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HSY Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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HSY
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HSY Dividend answer
HSY (HSY) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 3.51%, or $5.81 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 3.46%, from $5.73 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $1.45 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Nov 16, 2026. Payment date: Dec 15, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $1.45 per share.
HSY Dividend Snapshot
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Next HSY Dividend Date
When HSY next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next HSY dividend
HSY's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest HSY Dividend Dates
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HSY Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
HSY Annual Dividend History
HSY Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $1.45, event yield 3.11%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 11.68%
- Cohort rank
- #66
- Cohort standing
- Top quartile
- Consumer Defensive rank
- #3
- 2020 regular DPS
- $3.154
- 2025 regular DPS
- $5.480
- Absolute change
- $2.326
- Years increased
- 4
- Years reduced
- 0
HSY's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 11.68% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #66 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
HSY Dividend Yield
How HSY's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
HSY's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent HSY dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $1.45 | $1.45 | 3.11% | Quarterly | $5.73 | Jul 29, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| May 15, 2026 | $1.45 | $1.45 | 3.02% | Quarterly | $5.64 | Apr 29, 2026 | May 15, 2026 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $1.45 | $1.45 | 2.54% | Quarterly | $5.56 | Feb 4, 2026 | Feb 17, 2026 | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | $1.37 | $1.37 | 3.06% | Quarterly | $5.48 | Oct 29, 2025 | Nov 17, 2025 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $1.37 | $1.37 | 3.08% | Quarterly | $5.48 | Jul 29, 2025 | Aug 15, 2025 | Sep 15, 2025 |
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| May 16, 2025 | $1.37 | $1.37 | 3.46% | Quarterly | $5.48 | May 1, 2025 | May 16, 2025 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $1.37 | $1.37 | 3.47% | Quarterly | $5.48 | Feb 5, 2025 | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 18, 2024 | $1.37 | $1.37 | 3.22% | Quarterly | $5.48 | Nov 7, 2024 | Nov 18, 2024 | Dec 16, 2024 |
| Aug 16, 2024 | $1.37 | $1.37 | 2.74% | Quarterly | $5.30 | Jul 31, 2024 | Aug 16, 2024 | Sep 16, 2024 |
| May 16, 2024 | $1.37 | $1.37 | 2.46% | Quarterly | $5.12 | May 2, 2024 | May 17, 2024 | Jun 14, 2024 |
| Feb 16, 2024 | $1.37 | $1.37 | 2.51% | Quarterly | $4.79 | Feb 7, 2024 | Feb 20, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Nov 16, 2023 | $1.19 | $1.19 | 2.28% | Quarterly | $4.46 | Oct 25, 2023 | Nov 17, 2023 | Dec 15, 2023 |
| Aug 17, 2023 | $1.19 | $1.19 | 1.98% | Quarterly | $4.30 | Jul 26, 2023 | Aug 18, 2023 | Sep 15, 2023 |
| May 18, 2023 | $1.04 | $1.04 | 1.55% | Quarterly | $4.14 | Apr 25, 2023 | May 19, 2023 | Jun 15, 2023 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | $1.04 | $1.04 | 1.70% | Quarterly | $4.01 | Feb 2, 2023 | Feb 17, 2023 | Mar 15, 2023 |
| Nov 17, 2022 | $1.04 | $1.04 | 1.75% | Quarterly | $3.87 | Nov 2, 2022 | Nov 18, 2022 | Dec 15, 2022 |
| Aug 18, 2022 | $1.04 | $1.04 | 1.62% | Quarterly | $3.74 | Jul 27, 2022 | Aug 19, 2022 | Sep 15, 2022 |
| May 19, 2022 | $0.901 | $0.901 | 1.76% | Quarterly | $3.60 | Apr 27, 2022 | May 20, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 |
| Feb 17, 2022 | $0.901 | $0.901 | 1.74% | Quarterly | $3.51 | Feb 2, 2022 | Feb 18, 2022 | Mar 15, 2022 |
| Nov 18, 2021 | $0.901 | $0.901 | 1.89% | Quarterly | $3.41 | Oct 27, 2021 | Nov 19, 2021 | Dec 15, 2021 |
| Aug 19, 2021 | $0.901 | $0.901 | 1.84% | Quarterly | $3.31 | Jul 23, 2021 | Aug 20, 2021 | Sep 15, 2021 |
| May 20, 2021 | $0.804 | $0.804 | 1.86% | Quarterly | $3.22 | Apr 27, 2021 | May 21, 2021 | Jun 15, 2021 |
| Feb 18, 2021 | $0.804 | $0.804 | 2.08% | Quarterly | $3.19 | Feb 4, 2021 | Feb 19, 2021 | Mar 15, 2021 |
| Nov 19, 2020 | $0.804 | $0.804 | 2.11% | Quarterly | $3.15 | Nov 6, 2020 | Nov 20, 2020 | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Aug 20, 2020 | $0.804 | $0.804 | 2.11% | Quarterly | $3.12 | Jul 23, 2020 | Aug 21, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 |
| May 21, 2020 | $0.773 | $0.773 | 2.42% | Quarterly | $3.09 | Apr 21, 2020 | May 22, 2020 | Jun 15, 2020 |
| Feb 20, 2020 | $0.773 | $0.773 | 1.90% | Quarterly | $3.04 | Jan 30, 2020 | Feb 21, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 |
| Nov 21, 2019 | $0.773 | $0.773 | 2.04% | Quarterly | $2.99 | Oct 22, 2019 | Nov 22, 2019 | Dec 16, 2019 |
| Aug 22, 2019 | $0.773 | $0.773 | 1.86% | Quarterly | $2.94 | Jul 25, 2019 | Aug 23, 2019 | Sep 16, 2019 |
| May 23, 2019 | $0.722 | $0.722 | 2.22% | Quarterly | $2.89 | Apr 23, 2019 | May 24, 2019 | Jun 14, 2019 |
| Feb 21, 2019 | $0.722 | $0.722 | 2.54% | Quarterly | $2.82 | Jan 29, 2019 | Feb 22, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 |
| Nov 20, 2018 | $0.722 | $0.722 | 2.59% | Quarterly | $2.76 | Oct 9, 2018 | Nov 21, 2018 | Dec 14, 2018 |
| Aug 23, 2018 | $0.722 | $0.722 | 2.72% | Quarterly | $2.69 | Jul 24, 2018 | Aug 24, 2018 | Sep 14, 2018 |
| May 24, 2018 | $0.656 | $0.656 | 2.86% | Quarterly | $2.62 | May 2, 2018 | May 25, 2018 | Jun 15, 2018 |
| Feb 22, 2018 | $0.656 | $0.656 | 2.66% | Quarterly | $2.59 | Feb 1, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 | Mar 15, 2018 |
| Nov 21, 2017 | $0.656 | $0.656 | 2.35% | Quarterly | $2.55 | Oct 5, 2017 | Nov 22, 2017 | Dec 15, 2017 |
| Aug 23, 2017 | $0.656 | $0.656 | 2.34% | Quarterly | — | Jul 26, 2017 | Aug 25, 2017 | Sep 15, 2017 |
| May 23, 2017 | $0.618 | $0.618 | 2.18% | Quarterly | — | May 2, 2017 | May 25, 2017 | Jun 15, 2017 |
| Feb 22, 2017 | $0.618 | $0.618 | 2.26% | Quarterly | — | Feb 3, 2017 | Feb 24, 2017 | Mar 15, 2017 |
| Nov 21, 2016 | $0.618 | $0.618 | 2.46% | Quarterly | — | Oct 17, 2016 | Nov 23, 2016 | Dec 15, 2016 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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HSY Dividends FAQ
Does HSY pay a dividend?
HSY (HSY) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $1.45 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is HSY's dividend yield?
HSY's trailing dividend yield is 3.46%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is HSY's next dividend?
HSY's next announced dividend is $1.45 per share with an ex-dividend date of Nov 16, 2026 and payment date of Dec 15, 2026.
When is HSY's ex-dividend date?
HSY's next announced ex-dividend date is Nov 16, 2026.
How has HSY's dividend changed?
HSY's one-year dividend growth is 4.49% based on comparable covered dividend history.