Hershey (HSY) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Hershey (HSY) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 39.39% in Q1 2026.

• Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 39.39%, up 573.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 35.03% (down 745.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 33.55%, down 1377.0% from the prior year.
• Gross Margin climbed to 39.39% in Q1 2026 per HSY's latest filing, from 37.04% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 53.97% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 30.45% in Q2 2025.
• A 5-year average of 41.86% and a median of 42.15% in 2022 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Gross Margin jumped 1170 bps in 2024, then plunged 1787 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 43.16% in 2022, then decreased by 2 bps to 42.27% in 2023, then climbed by 28 bps to 53.97% in 2024, then tumbled by 31 bps to 37.04% in 2025, then increased by 6 bps to 39.39% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows HSY's Gross Margin at 39.39% in Q1 2026, 37.04% in Q4 2025, and 32.61% in Q3 2025.