Growth Metrics

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

Hershey (HSY) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.21% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital fell 10.0% to 0.21% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.21%, a 10.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.16%, down 15.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.21% for Q4 2025 at Hershey, down from 0.22% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.53% in Q3 2023 to a low of 0.21% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.31% and a median of 0.28% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: tumbled -31bps in 2021, then increased 26bps in 2023.
  • Hershey's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.34% in 2021, then decreased by -23bps to 0.27% in 2022, then rose by 1bps to 0.27% in 2023, then rose by 15bps to 0.31% in 2024, then tumbled by -32bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HSY's Return on Invested Capital are 0.21% (Q4 2025), 0.22% (Q3 2025), and 0.25% (Q2 2025).