Hershey HSY
NYSE HSY
$173.26 +0.11 (+0.06%)
As of: Sep 8, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Hershey (HSY) Price to Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Hershey's (HSY) quarterly Price to Earnings came in at 79.13 in Q2 2026, down 85.35% year-over-year from 540.12 in Q2 2025, and down 20.73% quarter-over-quarter from 99.82 in Q1 2026.

Analysis

Hershey (HSY) Price to Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Hershey (HSY) has reported Price to Earnings for 18 consecutive years, with 79.13 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Price to Earnings fell 85.35% year-over-year to 79.13 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 24.32, a 9.82% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 41.79, up 170.85% from the prior year.
  • Price to Earnings was 79.13 for Q2 2026 at Hershey, down from 99.82 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Price to Earnings peaked at 540.12 in Q2 2025 and troughed at 43.03 in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 132.03 and a median of 111.23 in 2022 frame the typical range for Price to Earnings.
  • Across the five-year window, Price to Earnings soared 208.32% in 2025 and sank 85.35% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Price to Earnings stood at 119.77 in 2022, then slipped by 8.84% to 109.18 in 2023, then slumped by 60.59% to 43.03 in 2024, then surged by 168.09% to 115.35 in 2025, then tumbled by 31.4% to 79.13 in 2026.
  • The last three Price to Earnings figures came in at 79.13 (Q2 2026), 99.82 (Q1 2026), and 115.35 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Mondelez International 78.21 Bn 76.55 Bn 3.99 Bn
2 Hershey 35.00 Bn 34.21 Bn 1.26 Bn
3 Tootsie Roll Industries 2.91 Bn 2.77 Bn 52.63 Mn
4 Utz Brands 2.05 Bn 2.61 Bn 96.20 Mn
5 J&J Snack Foods 1.57 Bn 1.50 Bn 151.02 Mn
6 Sanfilippo John B & Son 847.35 Mn 846.20 Mn 44.15 Mn
7 Sow Good 61.10 Mn 61.10 Mn -
8 BranchOut Food 58.35 Mn 58.05 Mn 96,825.00
9 Bridgford Foods 54.91 Mn 54.58 Mn 10.86 Mn
10 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 9.30 Mn 8.69 Mn 1.41 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 28, 2026 79.13
Mar 29, 2026 99.82
Dec 31, 2025 115.35
Sep 28, 2025 138.18
Jun 29, 2025 540.12
Mar 30, 2025 153.58
Dec 31, 2024 43.03
Sep 29, 2024 87.76
Jun 30, 2024 205.79
Mar 31, 2024 49.81
Dec 31, 2023 109.18
Oct 1, 2023 78.99
Jul 2, 2023 125.59
Apr 2, 2023 88.76
Dec 31, 2022 119.77
Oct 2, 2022 113.29
Jul 3, 2022 143.91
Apr 3, 2022 84.51
Dec 31, 2021 117.35
Oct 3, 2021 79.18