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HSY NYSE

The Hershey Company
1W: +0.7% 1M: +1.1% 3M: -8.3% YTD: -7.2% 1Y: -6.7% 3Y: -6.1% 5Y: +4.4%
$164.48
-3.75 (-2.23%)
After Hours: $165.40 (+0.92, +0.56%)
Weekly Expected Move ±4.2%
$156 $163 $170 $177 $184
NYSE · Consumer Defensive · Food Confectioners · Tech Score Buy · Power 60 · $33.8B mcap · 197M float · 0.831% daily turnover · Short 71% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 82% of companies Debt: 14.2% of company value Bonds: $40.1M held by 122 funds, 36 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.67 (down 99.0%), The Hershey Company would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $5.61B against a stock market value of $33.80B.
Distance to default 10.16 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-28, debt counted $2.76B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 27.5%; Altman Z 4.15. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Balance Sheet Trends

Total Assets
$13.7B +6.1% ▲
5Y CAGR: +8.5%
Total Liabilities
$9.1B +10.6% ▲
5Y CAGR: +5.7%
Shareholders Equity
$4.6B -1.7% ▼
5Y CAGR: +15.7%
Cash & Investments
$926M +26.7% ▲
5Y CAGR: -4.1%
Total Debt
$5.4B -0.8% ▼
5Y CAGR: +2.3%
Net Debt
$4.5B -5.1% ▼

Assets vs Liabilities & Equity

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Balance Sheet
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Assets —
Cash$329M$464M$402M$731M$926M
Short-Term Investments$0$0$0$0$0
Cash & ST Investments$329M$464M$402M$731M$926M
Net Receivables$671M$711M$824M$800M$730M
Inventory$989M$1.2B$1.3B$1.3B$1.4B
Other Current Assets$128M$128M$118M$704M$0
Total Current Assets$2.2B$2.6B$2.9B$3.8B$3.6B
Property, Plant & Equip.$2.6B$2.8B$3.6B$3.8B$3.5B
Goodwill & Intangibles$4.7B$4.6B$4.9B$4.9B$5.5B
Long-Term Investments$93M$133M$207M$213M$0
Other Non-Current Assets$775M$812M$186M$194M$1.1B
Total Non-Current Assets$8.2B$8.3B$9.0B$9.2B$10.2B
Total Assets$10.4B$10.9B$11.9B$12.9B$13.7B
— Liabilities —
Accounts Payable$692M$971M$631M$808M$1.3B
Short-Term Debt$942M$1.4B$1.0B$1.9B$722M
Deferred Revenue$0$0$0$0$0
Other Current Liabilities$0$0$0$0$971M
Total Current Liabilities$2.5B$3.3B$3.0B$3.9B$3.0B
Long-Term Debt$4.0B$3.3B$3.7B$3.1B$4.7B
Other Non-Current Liab.$476M$425M$384M$383M$732M
Total Non-Current Liabilities$5.2B$4.4B$4.8B$4.3B$6.1B
Total Liabilities$7.7B$7.6B$7.8B$8.2B$9.1B
— Equity —
Common Stock$222M$222M$222M$222M$0
Retained Earnings$2.7B$3.6B$4.6B$5.7B$0
Accumulated OCI-$249M-$252M-$230M-$304M$0
Total Stockholders Equity$2.8B$3.3B$4.1B$4.7B$4.6B
Total Liabilities & Equity$10.4B$10.9B$11.9B$12.9B$13.7B
— Key Metrics —
Total Debt$5.4B$5.1B$5.1B$5.4B$5.4B
Net Debt$5.0B$4.7B$4.7B$4.7B$4.5B
Total Investments$93M$133M$207M$213M$0

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