Hershey (HSY) Total Debt (2009 - 2026)
Hershey's Total Debt came in at $5.61 billion for Q2 2026, down 0.6% from $5.64 billion a year earlier but up 4.7% from the prior quarter.
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Hershey (HSY) Total Debt (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Hershey's Total Debt was $5.4 billion, up 5.9% from FY2024.
- Total Debt has increased in each of the last three years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 3.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Total Debt was $5.1 billion in FY2024 (+6.0%), $4.81 billion in FY2023 (+0.5%), $4.79 billion in FY2022 (-4.7%) and $5.03 billion in FY2021 (+9.3%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Total Debt is $4.51 billion (Q3 2021) to $5.93 billion (Q1 2025).
- Year-over-year, Total Debt increased in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 3.2%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Total Debt over five years came in Q2 2022 (growth of 16.3%), and the weakest in Q1 2026 (a decline of 9.6%).
- Business Quant data shows HSY's Total Debt at $5.36 billion (Q1 2026), $5.4 billion (Q4 2025) and $5.39 billion (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Total Debt (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 136.33 Bn | 111.70 Bn | - | 37.32 Bn |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 76.81 Bn | 70.13 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 21.45 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 33.25 Bn | 29.49 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 5.61 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 27.93 Bn | 14.46 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 19.00 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.97 Bn | 15.62 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 13.62 Bn |
| 6 | Mccormick | 13.05 Bn | 12.93 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 4.93 Bn |
| 7 | J M Smucker | 12.89 Bn | 12.67 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 6.74 Bn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.99 Bn | 7.67 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 2.86 Bn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.48 Bn | 4.77 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 591.70 Mn |
| 10 | Conagra Brands | 6.78 Bn | 5.76 Bn | 704.10 Mn | 7.27 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 5.61 Bn |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 5.36 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.40 Bn |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 5.39 Bn |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 5.64 Bn |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.93 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.10 Bn |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 5.29 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.42 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.39 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.81 Bn |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 4.91 Bn |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 4.95 Bn |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 4.70 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.79 Bn |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 4.89 Bn |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 5.01 Bn |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 4.96 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.03 Bn |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 4.51 Bn |
API Access
Hershey Total Debt API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=total-debt&ticker=HSY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "total-debt", "ticker": "HSY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=total-debt&ticker=HSY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();