Hershey Financial Ratios
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Hershey ratio analysis
Hershey earned a net margin of 7.6% in FY 2025, down from 19.8% a year earlier. Gross margin was 33.5% compared with a median of 45.4% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 19.0%, meaning Hershey generated 0.19 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 1.17 versus 1.08 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.19. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Hershey financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 47.3% | 44.8% | 43.2% | 45.1% | 45.4% | 45.4% | 45.9% | 46.0% | 42.6% |
| Operating margin | 12.3% | 25.9% | 22.9% | 21.7% | 22.8% | 21.9% | 20.0% | 20.8% | 17.5% | 16.9% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 19.8% | 16.7% | 15.8% | 16.5% | 15.7% | 14.4% | 15.1% | 10.4% | 9.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 15.6% | 17.2% | 13.9% | 17.4% | 17.7% | 15.4% | 18.1% | 16.3% | 13.2% | 10.0% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 19.0% | 47.1% | 45.4% | 49.8% | 53.6% | 57.2% | 66.1% | 84.2% | 85.5% | 91.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 6.4% | 17.2% | 15.6% | 15.0% | 14.2% | 14.0% | 14.1% | 15.3% | 14.1% | 13.0% |
| Debt / equity | 1.17 | 1.08 | 1.17 | 1.45 | 1.82 | 2.06 | 2.45 | 3.19 | 3.19 | 3.79 |
| Current ratio | 1.19 | 0.96 | 0.97 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 1.57 | 1.05 | 0.93 | 0.96 | 0.95 |
| Revenue growth | 4.4% | 0.3% | 7.2% | 16.1% | 10.1% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 3.7% | 1.0% | 0.7% |