Hershey PE ratio HSY

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 23.2×
10-year median: 26.0×
Against its 10-year history: 29th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 14.9× to 54.4×
Peer median: 22.5×

Hershey's PE ratio is 23.2× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $169.64 against $7.32 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 26.0×, lower than on 71% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 14.9× in Apr 2025 to 54.4× in Feb 2026.

The median for 10 consumer staples stocks of a similar size is 22.5×.

PE ratio over time

median 26×

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	23.2×	21.9×	54.4×
2025	27.5×	14.9×	28.3×
2024	19.8×	18.0×	22.4×
2023	20.1×	19.6×	33.4×
2022	30.2×	26.5×	31.8×
2021	28.1×	23.8×	28.1×
2020	26.7×	21.6×	29.4×
2019	24.3×	19.8×	27.5×
2018	22.0×	19.0×	33.6×
2017	33.8×	27.2×	40.4×
2016	26.9×	25.3×	49.3×
2015	39.9×	23.6×	40.3×
2014	28.9×	24.0×	30.5×
2013	27.9×	26.2×	31.6×
2012	25.1×	21.7×	26.0×
2011	22.8×	20.4×	26.1×
2010	21.7×	21.4×	24.6×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
HSYHershey	23.2×
KMBKimberly-Clark	18.7×
KVUEKenvue	22.5×
ADMArcher-Daniels-Midland	22.0×
SYYSysco	22.2×
ELEstée Lauder Companies	222×
KRKroger	36.1×
KHCKraft Heinz	n/m
DGDollar General	17.3×
CHDChurch & Dwight	33.8×
KDPKeurig Dr Pepper	35.0×
Peer median	22.5×

Where Hershey ranks

#57of 95Consumer staples stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

More on Hershey

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