Hershey (HSY) Income Taxes Paid (2009 - 2026)
Hershey's Income Taxes Paid came in at $196.89 million for Q3 2026, up 336.9% from $45.07 million a year earlier and up 7.8% from the prior quarter.
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Hershey (HSY) Income Taxes Paid (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 27, 2026, Hershey reported Income Taxes Paid of $433.93 million, up 228.7% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $140.62 million, down 30.3% from FY2024.
- Income Taxes Paid carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of -8.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Income Taxes Paid was $201.8 million in FY2024 (-33.6%), $303.94 million in FY2023 (+37.3%), $221.32 million in FY2022 (-19.6%) and $275.17 million in FY2021 (+27.7%).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Income Taxes Paid since Q2 2023.
- Year-over-year, Income Taxes Paid increased in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 128.7%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Income Taxes Paid over five years came in Q2 2026 (growth of 587.2%), and the weakest in Q2 2025 (a decline of 80.2%).
- Business Quant data shows HSY's Income Taxes Paid at $182.59 million (Q2 2026), $24.39 million (Q1 2026) and $30.06 million (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Taxes Paid (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.12 Bn | 95.58 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 84.19 Bn | 77.20 Bn | 3.92 Bn | - |
| 3 | Hershey | 35.81 Bn | 32.54 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 196.89 Mn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 29.23 Bn | 16.88 Bn | 1.99 Bn | - |
| 5 | General Mills | 19.05 Bn | 16.70 Bn | 1.49 Bn | - |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 13.93 Bn | 13.71 Bn | 979.60 Mn | - |
| 7 | Mccormick | 13.03 Bn | 12.10 Bn | 794.90 Mn | - |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.08 Bn | 8.75 Bn | 471.52 Mn | - |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.17 Bn | 6.46 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 10.20 Mn |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.60 Bn | 7.23 Bn | 266.50 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | 196.89 Mn |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 182.59 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 24.39 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 30.06 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 45.07 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 26.57 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 38.92 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 21.46 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 14.81 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 134.25 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 31.28 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 39.45 Mn |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 35.35 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 216.87 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 12.28 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 30.60 Mn |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 17.84 Mn |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 162.87 Mn |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 10.02 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 75.44 Mn |
API Access
Hershey Income Taxes Paid API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=income-taxes-paid&ticker=HSY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "income-taxes-paid", "ticker": "HSY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=income-taxes-paid&ticker=HSY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();