Hershey (HSY) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2011)

Hershey (HSY) reported Times Interest Earned of $13.8 for Q4 2011, up 62.02% year-over-year from $8.52 in Q4 2010, and up 10.63% quarter-over-quarter from $12.48 in Q4 2011.

Hershey (HSY) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2011) Analysis & Trends

Hershey (HSY) has 3 years of Times Interest Earned data on file, last reported at $13.8 in Q4 2011.

  • Times Interest Earned for Q4 2011 came in at $13.8, up 62.02% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2012 was $65.56 (up 523.96% YoY), and the FY2014 annual result was $15.89, up 8.7% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned improved to $13.8 in Q4 2011 per HSY's latest filing, from $12.48 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Times Interest Earned peaked at $13.8 in Q4 2011 and troughed at $5.13 in Q3 2009.
  • A 3-year average of $10.03 and a median of $10.74 in 2009 frame the typical range for Times Interest Earned.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2010 and 2011: Times Interest Earned retreated 21.18% in 2010, then jumped 79.04% in 2011.
  • A 3-year view of Times Interest Earned shows it stood at $10.81 in 2009, then dropped by 21.18% to $8.52 in 2010, then surged by 62.02% to $13.8 in 2011.
  • Business Quant data shows HSY's Times Interest Earned at $13.8 in Q4 2011, $12.48 in Q4 2011, and $9.78 in Q3 2011.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 Mondelez International 80.71 Bn 79.24 Bn 2.80 Bn -
2 Hershey 9.96 Bn 9.08 Bn 1.22 Bn -
3 Tootsie Roll Industries 2.93 Bn 2.87 Bn 51.29 Mn -
4 Sow Good 40.34 Mn 38.02 Mn - -
5 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 12.93 Mn 11.72 Mn -13.21 Mn -13.90
6 Tootsie Roll Industries - - 51.29 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2011 13.80
Oct 2, 2011 12.48
Jul 3, 2011 9.78
Apr 3, 2011 11.30
Dec 31, 2010 8.52
Oct 3, 2010 13.46
Jul 4, 2010 5.46
Apr 4, 2010 10.67
Dec 31, 2009 10.81
Oct 4, 2009 12.54
Jul 5, 2009 5.13
Apr 5, 2009 6.40