Growth Metrics

Hershey (HSY) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Hershey (HSY) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.21% as the latest value for Q1 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 11.0% to 0.21% in Q1 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2025 was 0.21%, a 11.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2024 number at 0.34%, up 4.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.21% for Q1 2025 at Hershey, down from 0.33% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.33% in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.21% in Q1 2025.
  • A 4-year average of 0.28% and a median of 0.28% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: grew 3bps in 2021, then decreased -11bps in 2025.
  • Hershey's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.27% in 2021, then grew by 8bps to 0.3% in 2022, then rose by 11bps to 0.33% in 2024, then plummeted by -35bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HSY's Return on Capital Employed are 0.21% (Q1 2025), 0.33% (Q4 2024), and 0.33% (Q1 2024).