Hershey (HSY) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Hershey's Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 12.87% for Q3 2026, up 2.88 percentage points from 9.99% a year earlier and up 2.17 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Hershey (HSY) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Hershey's Return on Assets [ROA] was 6.62%, down 11.26 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] carries a five-year change of -8.15 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Assets [ROA] was 17.88% in FY2024 (+1.58 pp), 16.29% in FY2023 (+0.89 pp), 15.40% in FY2022 (+0.23 pp) and 15.17% in FY2021 (+0.41 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q4 2024.
- Year-over-year, Return on Assets [ROA] increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.97 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Assets [ROA] over five years came in Q3 2026 (a gain of 2.88 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2025 (a drop of 10.91 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows HSY's Return on Assets [ROA] at 10.71% (Q2 2026), 7.93% (Q1 2026) and 6.47% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.95 Bn | 98.82 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 84.23 Bn | 77.29 Bn | 3.92 Bn | 5.72% |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.99 Bn | 31.72 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 12.87% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.72 Bn | 16.47 Bn | 1.99 Bn | -4.79% |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.50 Bn | 16.16 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -2.96% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.27 Bn | 14.05 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 1.42% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.58 Bn | 12.23 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 8.69% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.22 Bn | 8.90 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 2.57% |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.17 Bn | 6.46 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 7.78% |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.87 Bn | 7.49 Bn | 266.50 Mn | 3.27% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | 12.87% |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 10.71% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 7.93% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.47% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 9.99% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 11.08% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 12.25% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 17.37% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 14.17% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.88% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 17.06% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 15.62% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 16.27% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 15.81% |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 15.40% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 15.10% |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 14.83% |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 15.39% |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 15.38% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.94% |
API Access
Hershey Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=HSY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=HSY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();