Hershey forward PE HSY

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 18.4×
10-year median: 23.7×
Against its 10-year history: 5th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 16.7× to 34.3×
Peer median: 15.9×

Hershey's forward PE is 18.4× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 23.7×, lower than on 95% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 16.7× in Jun 2018 to 34.3× in Mar 2025.

The median for 10 consumer staples stocks of a similar size is 15.9×.

Forward PE over time

median 23.7×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	18.4×	17.3×	30.6×
2025	26.4×	23.4×	34.3×
2024	27.0×	20.3×	28.8×
2023	21.4×	20.9×	30.3×
2022	26.2×	24.8×	29.5×
2021	25.8×	21.3×	25.8×
2020	22.9×	19.6×	26.7×
2019	25.4×	18.9×	28.0×
2018	19.3×	16.7×	21.9×
2017	22.0×	20.2×	24.7×
2016	23.3×	20.6×	26.6×
2015	22.0×	20.7×	27.1×
2014	26.1×	21.9×	26.4×
2013	24.9×	21.6×	26.2×
2012	20.7×	19.5×	22.5×
2011	20.8×	17.4×	20.8×
2010	17.5×	15.8×	19.8×
2009	15.6×	15.4×	19.3×
2008	18.8×	18.1×	22.7×
2007	21.0×	20.5×	26.8×

Against its peers

Companies in Consumer Defensive nearest Hershey's size, closest first, today.

Company	Forward PE
HSYHershey	18.4×
KMBKimberly-Clark	15.8×
KVUEKenvue	16.2×
ADMArcher-Daniels-Midland	13.5×
SYYSysco	16.0×
ELEstée Lauder Companies	32.8×
KRKroger	12.5×
KHCKraft Heinz	12.5×
DGDollar General	16.5×
CHDChurch & Dwight	26.9×
KDPKeurig Dr Pepper	14.2×
Peer median	15.9×

Where Hershey ranks

#15of 26Consumer staples stocks with the lowest forward PE

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.