Hershey (HSY) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026)

Hershey (HSY) reported Share-based Compensation of $17.1 million for Q1 2026, up 26.35% year-over-year from $13.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 9.86% quarter-over-quarter from $19.0 million in Q4 2025.

Hershey (HSY) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Hershey (HSY) has 18 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $17.1 million in Q1 2026.

  • Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 came in at $17.1 million, up 26.35% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $69.0 million (up 32.79% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $65.5 million, up 47.39% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation fell to $17.1 million in Q1 2026 per HSY's latest filing, from $19.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $24.7 million in Q4 2023 and troughed at $6.0 million in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $16.1 million and a median of $16.8 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Share-based Compensation slumped 68.48% in 2024, then jumped 126.51% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $15.4 million in 2022, then soared by 60.71% to $24.7 million in 2023, then tumbled by 52.0% to $11.8 million in 2024, then jumped by 60.52% to $19.0 million in 2025, then declined by 9.86% to $17.1 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows HSY's Share-based Compensation at $17.1 million in Q1 2026, $19.0 million in Q4 2025, and $15.4 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Mondelez International 80.71 Bn 79.24 Bn 2.80 Bn 29.00 Mn
2 Hershey 9.96 Bn 9.08 Bn 1.22 Bn 17.13 Mn
3 Tootsie Roll Industries 2.93 Bn 2.87 Bn 51.29 Mn -
4 Sow Good 40.34 Mn 38.02 Mn - -134,860.00
5 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 12.93 Mn 11.72 Mn -13.21 Mn 160,000.00
6 Tootsie Roll Industries - - 51.29 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 17.13 Mn
Mar 29, 2026 17.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 19.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 19.01 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 15.45 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 15.45 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 17.44 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 17.44 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 13.56 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 13.56 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 11.84 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 11.84 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 15.07 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 15.07 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 11.51 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 11.51 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 5.99 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 5.99 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 24.67 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 24.67 Mn