Hershey (HSY) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)

Hershey (HSY) reported Net Margin of 14.02% for Q1 2026, up 603.0% year-over-year from 1.99% in Q1 2025, and up 35.39% quarter-over-quarter from 10.35% in Q4 2025.

Hershey (HSY) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Hershey (HSY) has 18 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 14.02% in Q1 2026.

  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 14.02%, up 603.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.12% (down 620.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.55%, down 1227.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin climbed to 14.02% in Q1 2026 per HSY's latest filing, from 10.35% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 27.59% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 2.4% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 14.61% and a median of 14.64% in 2022 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Net Margin jumped 1445 bps in 2024, then tumbled 1723 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 14.94% in 2022, then decreased by 12 bps to 13.14% in 2023, then surged by 110 bps to 27.59% in 2024, then slumped by 62 bps to 10.35% in 2025, then soared by 35 bps to 14.02% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows HSY's Net Margin at 14.02% in Q1 2026, 10.35% in Q4 2025, and 8.69% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Mondelez International 80.71 Bn 79.24 Bn 2.80 Bn 4.89%
2 Hershey 9.96 Bn 9.08 Bn 1.22 Bn 14.02%
3 Tootsie Roll Industries 2.93 Bn 2.87 Bn 51.29 Mn 11.63%
4 Sow Good 40.34 Mn 38.02 Mn - -
5 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 12.93 Mn 11.72 Mn -13.21 Mn -50.59%
6 Tootsie Roll Industries - - 51.29 Mn 11.63%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 14.02%
Dec 31, 2025 10.35%
Sep 28, 2025 8.69%
Jun 29, 2025 2.40%
Mar 30, 2025 7.99%
Dec 31, 2024 27.59%
Sep 29, 2024 14.94%
Jun 30, 2024 8.72%
Mar 31, 2024 24.52%
Dec 31, 2023 13.14%
Oct 1, 2023 17.11%
Jul 2, 2023 16.34%
Apr 2, 2023 19.65%
Dec 31, 2022 14.94%
Oct 2, 2022 14.64%
Jul 3, 2022 13.30%
Apr 3, 2022 20.01%
Dec 31, 2021 14.61%
Oct 3, 2021 18.85%
Jul 4, 2021 15.14%