Hershey (HSY) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Hershey (HSY) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 15.93% in Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 15.93%, down 523.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 15.93% (down 523.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 13.95%, down 2016.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed advanced to 15.93% in Q1 2026 per HSY's latest filing, from 13.54% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 32.73% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 13.54% in Q4 2025.
• A 5-year average of 26.34% and a median of 29.12% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed jumped 399 bps in 2024, then sank 1919 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 29.62% in 2022, then declined by 3 bps to 28.74% in 2023, then increased by 14 bps to 32.73% in 2024, then tumbled by 59 bps to 13.54% in 2025, then climbed by 18 bps to 15.93% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows HSY's Return on Capital Employed at 15.93% in Q1 2026, 13.54% in Q4 2025, and 18.64% in Q3 2025.