How much does $10,000 in HSY pay in dividends?

At HSY's current yield of 3.44%, $10,000 pays about $344.17 a year — roughly $86.04 per payment, paid quarterly, or $28.68 a month averaged out.

What would HSY be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?

Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in HSY would grow to about $14,087 after 10 years, against $13,442 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.

How often does HSY pay dividends?

HSY pays quarterly — 4 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.

Is HSY's dividend guaranteed?

No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check HSY's full payment history before relying on any of it.

HSY Dividend Calculator

The Hershey Company yields 3.44%, close to the 2.92% median across US dividend payers — a rate that is unremarkable in itself, which puts the weight on how reliably it is paid rather than on how large it is. The figures below convert it into cash at a range of investment sizes.

HSY paid $5.73 per share over the last twelve months on a quarterly schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.

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The Hershey Company

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Holding period10 years

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Dividend income

$10,000 in HSY pays you

$344.17

per year

Paid each quarter: $86.04
Monthly average: $28.68
Shares bought: 60.11
Payments a year: 4

Total over 10 years, taken as cash

$3,441.73

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Based on the trailing twelve-month dividend, assuming it stays flat. Payments are not guaranteed and can be cut or suspended at any time. Figures are before tax and exclude any change in the share price.

HSY dividend income by investment amount

Based on the current yield of 3.44%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.

Dividend income from HSY at a range of investment amounts.
Invested	Per year	Per payment	Monthly average
$1,000	$34.42	$8.60	$2.87
$5,000	$172.09	$43.02	$14.34
$10,000	$344.17	$86.04	$28.68
$25,000	$860.43	$215.11	$71.70
$50,000	$1,720.86	$430.22	$143.41
$100,000	$3,441.73	$860.43	$286.81

HSY with dividends reinvested

$10,000 in HSY, every dividend reinvested, holding the payment and share price flat. Deliberately conservative — most calculators assume years of uninterrupted growth, and that assumption drives most of the result.

After 10 years: $14,087
After 20 years: $19,846
After 30 years: $27,958

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What makes up HSY's 3.44% yield

HSY paid $5.73 per share over the last twelve months against a share price of $166.37, which is where the 3.44% comes from. Special and one-off distributions are excluded from that figure — they do not recur, and including them would overstate every projection below.

A yield near the median tells you little on its own, so the number worth pairing it with is the payout ratio: at 0.75, roughly 75% of HSY's earnings are committed to the dividend and the remaining 25% is retained. Two companies on identical yields can sit at opposite ends of that range, and it is the difference between a payment with room to absorb a weak year and one without.

Staples businesses sell things people buy in every part of a cycle, which is what has historically allowed long uninterrupted payment records in this sector. The trade-off is that the growth funding those raises is usually modest.

When HSY pays, and what that changes

HSY pays quarterly, the standard schedule for US-listed payers, so the "per payment" column is one quarter of the annual figure and the "monthly average" column is a smoothed figure rather than a description of when cash arrives — nothing is paid in eight months of the year.

Each payment has an ex-dividend date, and it is the date that governs entitlement: shares bought on or after it do not carry that payment. HSY's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.

Is HSY's dividend covered by earnings?

HSY's payout ratio of 0.75 means about 75% of earnings are committed to the dividend. That is within earnings but a narrower margin than the sub-0.60 range generally considered comfortable, so a weaker year absorbs more of the cover.

Demand in this kind of business holds up across a cycle, so the earnings behind the ratio move less than the market's average and the figure is reasonably representative rather than a snapshot of a good year.

The figures hold the dividend flat. No multi-year record of consecutive increases is on file for HSY, so treat the projection as arithmetic on today's payment rather than as an expectation about future ones.

HSY dividend calculator FAQ

How much does $10,000 in HSY pay in dividends?: At HSY's current yield of 3.44%, $10,000 pays about $344.17 a year — roughly $86.04 per payment, paid quarterly, or $28.68 a month averaged out.
What would HSY be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?: Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in HSY would grow to about $14,087 after 10 years, against $13,442 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.
How often does HSY pay dividends?: HSY pays quarterly — 4 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
Is HSY's dividend guaranteed?: No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check HSY's full payment history before relying on any of it.

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The Hershey Company is a common stock trading at $166.37 per share, paying quarterly. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.