Hershey Quarterly Cash Flow Statement
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Hershey free cash flow
In the quarter ended Jun 28, 2026, Hershey generated $419.3 million of operating cash flow and spent $89.8 million on capital expenditures. That left free cash flow of $329.5 million, a free-cash-flow margin of 11.8% of revenue. Free cash flow was up 1114.6% from the prior year's $27.1 million.
Hershey returned $656.5 million to shareholders: $286.4 million in dividends and $370.1 million in share repurchases, equal to 199% of free cash flow. Free cash flow covered dividend payments 1.2 times.
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Hershey cash flow statement (quarterly)
| Quarter (USD) | Q2 20262026-06-28 | Q1 20262026-03-29 | Q4 20252025-12-31 | Q3 20252025-09-28 | Q2 20252025-06-29 | Q1 20252025-03-30 | Q4 20242024-12-31 | Q3 20242024-09-29 | Q2 20242024-06-30 | Q1 20242024-03-31 | Q4 20232023-12-31 | Q3 20232023-10-01 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income | 457.67M | 435.11M | 320.02M | 276.32M | 62.72M | 224.20M | 796.59M | 446.30M | 180.89M | 797.45M | 349.04M | 518.58M |
| Net Income growth (YoY) | +629.71% | +94.07% | -59.83% | -38.09% | -65.33% | -71.89% | +128.22% | -13.94% | -55.55% | +35.81% | -11.92% | +29.81% |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 136.09M | 133.00M | 132.52M | 127.78M | 123.83M | 119.56M | 123.81M | 113.25M | 110.42M | 107.76M | 116.72M | 103.31M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 17.71M | 17.13M | 19.01M | 15.45M | 17.44M | 13.56M | 11.84M | 15.07M | 11.51M | 5.99M | 24.67M | 20.51M |
| Change in Working Capital | -29.28M | -366.32M | 355.70M | 271.88M | -368.17M | -283.80M | 248.50M | -3.96M | 16.95M | -249.11M | 231.11M | -192.42M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 419.32M | 468.81M | 926.55M | 841.92M | 112.22M | 396.68M | 941.60M | 695.25M | 325.61M | 569.13M | 757.65M | 515.73M |
| Capital Expenditures | -89.83M | -114.60M | -138.09M | -85.92M | -85.09M | -145.53M | -134.53M | -127.96M | -130.15M | -213.30M | -222.51M | -218.09M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -82.44M | -117.12M | -896.53M | -80.40M | -154.79M | -146.99M | -410.99M | -159.59M | -162.16M | -227.57M | -463.13M | -219.51M |
| Dividends Paid | -286.39M | -288.00M | -271.34M | -271.13M | -271.23M | -271.59M | -270.49M | -270.38M | -270.52M | -273.40M | -237.81M | -237.72M |
| Share Repurchases | -370.08M | -69.27M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -494.19M | -25.00M | 0 |
| Debt Issued | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.48M | 1.99B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Debt Repaid | -1.51M | -1.61M | -1.75M | -301.32M | -301.52M | -1.80M | -301.88M | -1.45M | -1.46M | -1.57M | -1.87M | -1.18M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -425.24M | -402.84M | -266.92M | -513.95M | -559.57M | 537.08M | -449.53M | -394.10M | -231.22M | -221.66M | -363.89M | -277.69M |
| Net Change in Cash | -85.76M | -48.88M | -237.16M | 250.67M | -602.91M | 784.51M | 115.80M | 147.89M | -53.35M | 118.50M | -69.35M | 25.09M |
| Free Cash Flow | 329.49M | 354.21M | 788.47M | 755.99M | 27.13M | 251.16M | 807.08M | 567.30M | 195.45M | 355.83M | 535.14M | 297.64M |
This table shows 12 quarterly periods of Hershey's cash flow statement, from Q2 2026 back to Q3 2023, across 14 line items including net income, depreciation & amortization, stock-based compensation. Values in USD; B = billions, M = millions. Fiscal periods follow HSY's reporting calendar. What is a cash flow statement?