HERSHEY CO financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
HSY on NYSE
Location
Hershey, PA
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
17 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • HSY - HERSHEY CO financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Invested Capital 12%.

What Changed

  • Return On Invested Capital YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-63%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Dec 2025.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2025-12-31) highlights Return On Invested Capital 12.2%, Return On Equity 18.9%, and Return On Assets 6.9%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

54.5/100

Caution Confidence high

Return On Invested Capital

12%

Metric score 47.8/100

Return On Equity

19%

Metric score 64.1/100

Return On Assets

6.9%

Metric score 61.1/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.19x
Quick Ratio
0.55x
Debt to Equity
1.24x

Strengths

Current Ratio

Watchpoints

NetIncomeLoss YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Invested Capital 12% -63%
Return On Equity 19% -63%
Return On Assets 6.9% -63%
Operating Margin 15% -52%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.19x +25%
Quick Ratio 0.55x +12%
Debt-to-equity 1.24x +49%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 4.4%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -60%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 202,839,656 +0.23%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $11,692,576,000 +4.4%
Operating Income (Loss) $1,441,528,000 -50%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $1,214,208,000 -51%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $330,949,000 +31%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $729,547,000 -8.9%
Inventory, Net $1,429,254,000 +14%
Other Assets, Current $302,712,000 -57%
Assets, Current $3,588,899,000 -4.5%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $27,802,000 -25%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $325,345,000 -3.7%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $2,475,698,000 +32%
Goodwill $2,996,005,000 +11%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $1,123,285,000 +1%
Assets $13,741,297,000 +6.1%
Accounts Payable, Current $1,255,701,000 +8.3%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $311,241,000 +37%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $970,597,000 +20%
Liabilities, Current $3,011,896,000 -23%
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation $4,681,194,000 +47%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $679,540,000 +60%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $285,925,000 -6.2%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $731,917,000 +6.3%
Liabilities $9,104,547,000 +11%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $247,350,000 +19%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $5,495,449,000 -3.6%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $4,636,750,000 -1.7%
Liabilities and Equity $13,741,297,000 +6.1%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 221,553,025 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $925,859,000 +27%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $145,052,000 +24%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $455,003,000 +4.7%
Operating Lease, Liability $335,508,000 -2.9%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $939,799,000 -56%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $428,651,000 +0.24%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $7,142,798,000 +4.8%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $49,583,000 +22%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $61,286,000 +25%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $63,391,000 +21%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.046 +24%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $93,143,000 +13%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $42,707,000 -8.2%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards $134,203,000 +37%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 5,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $127,796,000 +8.7%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $38,761,000 +34%
Additional Paid in Capital $1,426,651,000 +3.6%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $85,398,000 +0.9%
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization $503,701,000 +11%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $309,951,000 -2.4%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $65,460,000 +47%
Interest Expense $224,806,000 +29%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 1 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY