Growth Metrics

Hershey (HSY) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Hershey (HSY) has disclosed Operating Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 14.39% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 1813.0% to 14.39% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 12.33%, a 1354.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 12.33%, down 1354.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin was 14.39% for Q4 2025 at Hershey, up from 13.66% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 32.53% in Q1 2024 to a low of 7.37% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 20.84% and a median of 20.46% in 2022 define the central range for Operating Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: surged 1505bps in 2024, then tumbled -1937bps in 2025.
  • Hershey's Operating Margin stood at 19.74% in 2021, then rose by 1bps to 19.86% in 2022, then fell by -12bps to 17.47% in 2023, then soared by 86bps to 32.52% in 2024, then crashed by -56bps to 14.39% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HSY's Operating Margin are 14.39% (Q4 2025), 13.66% (Q3 2025), and 7.37% (Q2 2025).