Hershey (HSY) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)

Hershey (HSY) reported Dividends Paid - Common of $288.0 million for Q1 2026, up 6.04% year-over-year from $271.6 million in Q1 2025, and up 6.14% quarter-over-quarter from $271.3 million in Q4 2025.

Hershey (HSY) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Hershey (HSY) has 18 years of Dividends Paid - Common data on file, last reported at $288.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Dividends Paid - Common for Q1 2026 came in at $288.0 million, up 6.04% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $830.6 million (up 2.21% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.1 billion, changed 0.05% from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common climbed to $288.0 million in Q1 2026 per HSY's latest filing, from $271.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Dividends Paid - Common peaked at $288.0 million in Q1 2026 and troughed at $48.8 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $187.3 million and a median of $203.2 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Dividends Paid - Common.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Dividends Paid - Common jumped 226.2% in 2023, then plunged 61.92% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Dividends Paid - Common shows it stood at $207.0 million in 2022, then grew by 14.86% to $237.8 million in 2023, then increased by 13.75% to $270.5 million in 2024, then rose by 0.31% to $271.3 million in 2025, then grew by 6.14% to $288.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows HSY's Dividends Paid - Common at $288.0 million in Q1 2026, $271.3 million in Q4 2025, and $68.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Dividends Paid - Common (Qtr)
1 Mondelez International 80.71 Bn 79.24 Bn 2.80 Bn 644.00 Mn
2 Hershey 9.96 Bn 9.08 Bn 1.22 Bn 288.00 Mn
3 Tootsie Roll Industries 2.93 Bn 2.87 Bn 51.29 Mn 13.14 Mn
4 Sow Good 40.34 Mn 38.02 Mn - -
5 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 12.93 Mn 11.72 Mn -13.21 Mn -
6 Tootsie Roll Industries - - 51.29 Mn 13.14 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 288.00 Mn
Mar 29, 2026 288.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 271.34 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 271.34 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 67.99 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 67.99 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 203.24 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 203.24 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 271.59 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 271.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 270.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 270.49 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 67.99 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 67.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 202.53 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 202.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 273.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 273.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 237.81 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 237.81 Mn