Hershey (HSY) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2011)

Hershey (HSY) reported Interest Coverage Ratio of 13.8 for Q4 2011, up 62.02% year-over-year from 8.52 in Q4 2010, and up 10.63% quarter-over-quarter from 12.48 in Q4 2011.

Hershey (HSY) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2011) Analysis & Trends

Hershey (HSY) has 3 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 13.8 in Q4 2011.

  • Interest Coverage Ratio for Q4 2011 came in at 13.8, up 62.02% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2012 was 65.56 (up 523.96% YoY), and the FY2014 annual result was 15.89, up 8.7% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio improved to 13.8 in Q4 2011 per HSY's latest filing, from 12.48 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Interest Coverage Ratio peaked at 13.8 in Q4 2011 and troughed at 5.13 in Q3 2009.
  • A 3-year average of 10.03 and a median of 10.74 in 2009 frame the typical range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2010 and 2011: Interest Coverage Ratio retreated 21.18% in 2010, then jumped 79.04% in 2011.
  • A 3-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 10.81 in 2009, then dropped by 21.18% to 8.52 in 2010, then surged by 62.02% to 13.8 in 2011.
  • Business Quant data shows HSY's Interest Coverage Ratio at 13.8 in Q4 2011, 12.48 in Q4 2011, and 9.78 in Q3 2011.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Mondelez International 80.71 Bn 79.24 Bn 2.80 Bn -
2 Hershey 9.96 Bn 9.08 Bn 1.22 Bn -
3 Tootsie Roll Industries 2.93 Bn 2.87 Bn 51.29 Mn -
4 Sow Good 40.34 Mn 38.02 Mn - -
5 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 12.93 Mn 11.72 Mn -13.21 Mn -13.90
6 Tootsie Roll Industries - - 51.29 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2011 13.80
Oct 2, 2011 12.48
Jul 3, 2011 9.78
Apr 3, 2011 11.30
Dec 31, 2010 8.52
Oct 3, 2010 13.46
Jul 4, 2010 5.46
Apr 4, 2010 10.67
Dec 31, 2009 10.81
Oct 4, 2009 12.54
Jul 5, 2009 5.13
Apr 5, 2009 6.40