Hershey Company
The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) makes and sells chocolate and other confectionery, salty snacks, gum, mints, protein bars, spreads, snack mixes, and pantry products. Its customers include wholesale distributors, grocery and drug-store chains, mass merchandisers, convenience stores, vending companies, and other… From the company’s description.
In fiscal 2025, Hershey Company reported revenue of $11.69B, up 4.4% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $883.26M. Its operating margin was 12.3%, and operations generated $2.28B in cash. Over the twelve months to Jun 28, 2026, revenue was $12.16B.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.
What Hershey Company does
In the company’s own words
The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) makes and sells chocolate and other confectionery, salty snacks, gum, mints, protein bars, spreads, snack mixes, and pantry products. Its customers include wholesale distributors, grocery and drug-store chains, mass merchandisers, convenience stores, vending companies, and other retailers, which primarily resell products to consumers. Hershey reports three segments: North America Confectionery, covering chocolate, sweets, refreshment products, and related offerings in the United States and Canada; North America Salty Snacks, including popcorn, pretzels, and other snacks in the United States; and International, comprising operations and sales outside North America. Its brands include Hershey’s, Reese’s, Kisses, Jolly Rancher, Kit Kat, Twizzlers, SkinnyPop, Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels, and LesserEvil. The company also operates Hershey’s Chocolate World retail locations and licenses its trademarks for products made by third parties. As of December 31, 2025, it employed approximately 19,595 full-time and part-time workers worldwide. Its website is www.thehersheycompany.com.
Company details
- Sector
- Consumer Staples
- Industry (SIC)
- Food Products
- Headquarters
- HERSHEY, PA
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 47111
- SIC
- 2060
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Hershey Company — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Superinvestors in Hershey Company · what they did last quarter
Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.
Largest fund holders · Hershey Company’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Hershey Company’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 12 issues of Hershey Company’s debt, $354.62M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.18%, maturing 2026 to 2050.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
All filings →Each filing opens into its own statements and disclosures here.
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