Hershey (HSY) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Hershey (HSY) reported Retained Earnings of $5.6 billion for Q1 2026, little changed year-over-year from $5.7 billion in Q1 2025, and up 2.69% quarter-over-quarter from $5.5 billion in Q4 2025.

Hershey (HSY) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Hershey (HSY) has 18 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at $5.6 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 came in at $5.6 billion, changed 0.15% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $5.6 billion (changed 0.15% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $5.5 billion, up 1908.37% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings grew to $5.6 billion in Q1 2026 per HSY's latest filing, from $5.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Retained Earnings peaked at $5.7 billion in Q1 2025 and troughed at -$303.9 million in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $2.4 billion and a median of $3.2 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Retained Earnings.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Retained Earnings plunged 111.19% in 2022, then soared 2548.53% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at $3.6 billion in 2022, then sank by 106.41% to -$230.1 million in 2023, then tumbled by 32.08% to -$303.9 million in 2024, then jumped by 1908.37% to $5.5 billion in 2025, then rose by 2.69% to $5.6 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows HSY's Retained Earnings at $5.6 billion in Q1 2026, $5.5 billion in Q4 2025, and $5.4 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Mondelez International 80.71 Bn 79.24 Bn 2.80 Bn -11.41 Bn
2 Hershey 9.96 Bn 9.08 Bn 1.22 Bn 5.64 Bn
3 Tootsie Roll Industries 2.93 Bn 2.87 Bn 51.29 Mn 3.36 Mn
4 Sow Good 40.34 Mn 38.02 Mn - -105.57 Mn
5 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 12.93 Mn 11.72 Mn -13.21 Mn -9.95 Mn
6 Tootsie Roll Industries - - 51.29 Mn 3.36 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 5.64 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 5.50 Bn
Sep 28, 2025 5.45 Bn
Jun 29, 2025 -270.42 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 5.65 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -303.89 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 5.17 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 5.00 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -230.84 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -230.08 Mn
Oct 1, 2023 -250.65 Mn
Jul 2, 2023 -221.04 Mn
Apr 2, 2023 3.97 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 3.59 Bn
Oct 2, 2022 -296.05 Mn
Jul 3, 2022 3.21 Bn
Apr 3, 2022 -242.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -249.22 Mn
Oct 3, 2021 -298.40 Mn
Jul 4, 2021 -296.14 Mn