Hershey (HSY) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Hershey (HSY) has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.65 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 91.32% year-over-year to 0.65 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.44, a 23.55% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.6, up 5.69% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.65 for Q2 2026 at Hershey, down from 0.81 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 7.49 in Q2 2025 and troughed at 0.27 in Q3 2025.
• A 5-year average of 0.95 and a median of 0.45 in 2023 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio surged 623.01% in 2025 and tumbled 91.32% in 2026, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.34 in 2022, then surged by 30.53% to 0.44 in 2023, then decreased by 24.58% to 0.34 in 2024, then grew by 2.68% to 0.34 in 2025, then jumped by 89.0% to 0.65 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.65 (Q2 2026), 0.81 (Q1 2026), and 0.34 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.