Hershey price to sales ratio HSY

Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 2.8×
10-year median: 3.5×
Against its 10-year history: 7th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 2.5× to 5.2×
Peer median: 1.7×

Hershey's price to sales ratio is 2.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 3.5×, lower than on 93% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 2.5× in Jun 2018 to 5.2× in May 2023.

The median for 10 consumer staples stocks of a similar size is 1.7×.

Price to sales ratio over time

median 3.5×

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	2.8×	2.6×	4.1×
2025	3.3×	2.8×	3.5×
2024	3.2×	3.1×	3.7×
2023	3.4×	3.3×	5.2×
2022	4.7×	4.4×	5.2×
2021	4.5×	3.7×	4.5×
2020	3.9×	3.1×	4.2×
2019	3.9×	2.8×	4.2×
2018	2.9×	2.5×	3.2×
2017	3.2×	2.9×	3.3×
2016	3.0×	2.4×	3.3×
2015	2.6×	2.4×	3.3×
2014	3.2×	2.7×	3.4×
2013	3.1×	2.6×	3.2×
2012	2.5×	2.2×	2.6×
2011	2.3×	1.9×	2.3×
2010	1.9×	1.9×	2.1×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to sales ratio
HSYHershey	2.8×
KMBKimberly-Clark	2.2×
KVUEKenvue	2.4×
ADMArcher-Daniels-Midland	0.5×
SYYSysco	0.5×
ELEstée Lauder Companies	2.6×
KRKroger	0.3×
KHCKraft Heinz	1.2×
DGDollar General	0.7×
CHDChurch & Dwight	4.0×
KDPKeurig Dr Pepper	2.3×
Peer median	1.7×

What the price to sales ratio tells you

Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months. Useful for companies with little or no profit yet, since sales are harder to make negative than earnings.

Ignores margins entirely. A software company at 10× sales with 30% margins can be cheaper than a grocer at 1× sales with 2% margins.

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.