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Hershey (HSY) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Hershey (HSY) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.34 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 2.68% to 0.34 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.6, a 5.69% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.6, up 5.69% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.34 for Q4 2025 at Hershey, down from 0.36 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 10.0 in Q2 2025 to a low of 0.33 in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 1.08 and a median of 0.49 in 2022 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: crashed 69.41% in 2021, then skyrocketed 622.37% in 2025.
  • Hershey's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.34 in 2021, then decreased by 0.06% to 0.34 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 30.53% to 0.44 in 2023, then dropped by 24.58% to 0.34 in 2024, then rose by 2.68% to 0.34 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HSY's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.34 (Q4 2025), 0.36 (Q3 2025), and 10.0 (Q2 2025).