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Hershey price to free cash flow HSY

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
15.3×
10-year median
23.2×
Against its 10-year history
1st
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
14.4× to 35.7×
Peer median
20.1×

Hershey's price to free cash flow is 15.3× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 23.2×, lower than on 99% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 14.4× in Oct 2026 to 35.7× in May 2017.

The median for 10 consumer staples stocks of a similar size is 20.1×.

Price to free cash flow over time

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

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far15.3×14.4×26.3×
202520.3×17.1×23.9×
202421.0×20.8×31.5×
202323.5×22.9×30.1×
202227.4×25.9×29.5×
202126.4×20.3×26.6×
202021.2×17.1×24.3×
201922.4×18.1×25.5×
201819.1×16.8×25.4×
201725.5×23.4×35.7×
201628.3×26.3×29.3×
201528.2×24.7×48.1×
201437.3×24.9×37.3×
201325.6×21.8×27.5×
201224.3×23.9×58.7×
201131.0×15.8×31.0×
201015.8×13.7×16.2×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
HSYHershey15.3×
KMBKimberly-Clark20.1×
KVUEKenvue19.6×
ADMArcher-Daniels-Midland23.0×
SYYSysco20.1×
ELEstée Lauder Companies29.9×
KRKroger16.5×
KHCKraft Heinz7.7×
DGDollar General14.6×
CHDChurch & Dwight22.4×
KDPKeurig Dr Pepper24.0×
Peer median20.1×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

More on Hershey

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