Hershey (HSY) Payables (2009 - 2026)
Hershey's Payables came in at $1.85 billion for Q3 2026, up 10.5% from $1.67 billion a year earlier and up 1.6% from the prior quarter.
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Hershey (HSY) Payables (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Hershey's Payables was $1.47 billion, down 40.2% from FY2024.
- Payables carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 17.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Payables was $2.47 billion in FY2024 (+36.6%), $1.81 billion in FY2023 (+8.5%), $1.66 billion in FY2022 (+2.0%) and $1.63 billion in FY2021 (+149.5%).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Payables since Q4 2024.
- Year-over-year, Payables increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 10.1%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Payables over five years came in Q1 2022 (growth of 174.9%), and the weakest in Q4 2025 (a decline of 40.2%).
- Business Quant data shows HSY's Payables at $1.82 billion (Q2 2026), $1.47 billion (Q1 2026) and $1.47 billion (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Payables (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.56 Bn | 96.02 Bn | - | 22.06 Bn |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 83.86 Bn | 76.87 Bn | 3.92 Bn | 13.16 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.38 Bn | 31.11 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 1.85 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.62 Bn | 16.27 Bn | 1.99 Bn | 4.78 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.33 Bn | 15.98 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 3.92 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.08 Bn | 13.86 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 1.40 Bn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.60 Bn | 11.66 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 2.82 Bn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.11 Bn | 8.77 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 678.00 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.02 Bn | 6.31 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 1.17 Bn |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.75 Bn | 7.37 Bn | 266.50 Mn | 910.40 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | 1.85 Bn |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 1.82 Bn |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 1.47 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.47 Bn |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 1.67 Bn |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 1.62 Bn |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.56 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.47 Bn |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 2.41 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.46 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.24 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.81 Bn |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 1.90 Bn |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 1.87 Bn |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 1.61 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.66 Bn |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 1.71 Bn |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 1.79 Bn |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 1.70 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.63 Bn |
API Access
Hershey Payables 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=payables&ticker=HSY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payables", "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=payables&ticker=HSY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();