Hershey HSY
NYSE HSY
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Hershey (HSY) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)

Updated

Hershey's Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 10.71% for Q2 2026, down 0.37 percentage points from 11.08% a year earlier but up 2.77 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

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 five-year range for quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] is 6.47% (Q4 2025) to 17.37% (Q4 2024).
  • Year-over-year, Return on Assets [ROA] has declined for six consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.59 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Assets [ROA] over five years came in Q3 2021 (a gain of 2.57 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 7.93% (Q1 2026), 6.47% (Q4 2025) and 9.99% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROA (Qtr)
1 Unilever 146.11 Bn 99.98 Bn - -
2 Mondelez International 83.20 Bn 76.52 Bn 3.99 Bn 4.96%
3 Hershey 35.53 Bn 31.77 Bn 1.26 Bn 10.71%
4 Kraft Heinz 29.73 Bn 16.26 Bn 2.03 Bn -4.38%
5 General Mills 18.80 Bn 16.46 Bn 1.49 Bn -2.96%
6 J M Smucker 14.25 Bn 14.03 Bn 979.60 Mn 1.42%
7 Mccormick 13.11 Bn 12.76 Bn 794.90 Mn 8.69%
8 Hormel Foods 11.76 Bn 8.44 Bn 471.52 Mn 2.57%
9 Chewy 8.96 Bn 6.25 Bn 1.01 Bn 7.77%
10 Lamb Weston Holdings 7.60 Bn 7.23 Bn 266.50 Mn 3.27%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
Oct 3, 2021 15.66%
API Access

Hershey Return on Assets [ROA] API

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