Hershey Company (HSY)

HSY · Consumer Staples · United States United States

Hershey Company (HSY) is a US company in the Consumer Staples sector. The stock has its largest weight in XUCT (MSCI USA Consumer Staples), at 0.75%. Anyone who holds an ETF containing Hershey Company also has an indirect stake in the company.

Data and Charts: Hershey Company

Key Data for Hershey Company

Held in22 ETFs
Highest weight0.75%
Indices11
SectorConsumer Staples
CountryUnited States
ISINUS4278661081
WKN851297

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Hershey Company Stock Price Chart

The Hershey Company chart shows daily closing prices and is set to the current year by default. The stock is down 9.0% year to date and down 3.2% over twelve months. The last recorded close on October 30, 2026, was $165.61, at 10% of the 52-week range.

Price series from our database since Aug 12, 2024, 558 daily values.

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Hershey Company Stock Performance

Hershey Company stock performance
Year to date-9.0%1 year-3.2%
1 month+5.1%3 months-5.4%
Calendar year 2025+7.5%
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Measured in euros, Hershey Company is down 4.3% year to date and up 0.0% over twelve months. The difference from the dollar figures above comes from the exchange rate alone. Each daily price is converted at the ECB euro reference rate for that day.

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Alysly Data Analysis: Hershey Company

What ETF Is Hershey Company In?

Hershey Company has above-average ETF coverage and is held by 22 of the 104 ETFs we track, which together follow 11 indices. That puts the stock in more ETFs than 85.1% of the 4,341 stocks we track.

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What ETF is Hershey Company in
ETFIndexWeightper €1,000 in the ETF
XUCT / XUCSMSCI USA Consumer Staples0.75%€7.50
XDWSMSCI World Consumer Staples0.50%€4.99
WCOSMSCI World Consumer Staples0.49%€4.95
XDEBMSCI World Minimum Volatility0.26%€2.64
XDEWS&P 500 Equal Weight0.18%€1.81
XDEQMSCI World Quality0.04%€0.44
SXR8S&P 5000.04%€0.40
SPYL / SPY5S&P 5000.04%€0.36
XD9U / XD9DMSCI USA0.04%€0.36
XDWD / XDWLMSCI World0.03%€0.26
SWWDMSCI World0.03%€0.25
SPPWMSCI World0.03%€0.25
WIMIMSCI World IMI0.02%€0.23
SPYYMSCI ACWI0.02%€0.23
EUNLMSCI World0.02%€0.20
IUSQMSCI ACWI0.02%€0.20
SPYI / SPSAMSCI ACWI IMI< 0.01%< €0.05

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The last column shows how much of €1,000 in one of these funds goes to Hershey Company, based on each fund's latest holdings list.

US-listed ETFs holding Hershey Company (weight per latest SEC filing): SCHD 0.64%, VYM 0.10%, IVV 0.04%, SPY 0.04%, VOO 0.04%, VTI 0.04%. These funds are registered in the US; retail investors in the EU usually cannot buy them.

Hershey Company Weight in iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL) Since 2019

Sep 30, 2019Oct 29, 2026

In iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL), Hershey Company had a weight of 0.05% on Sep 30, 2019 and 0.02% on Oct 29, 2026. The fund tracks the MSCI World. Its share peaked at 0.07% on Sep 30, 2022. The weight rises and falls with the stock's price performance relative to the other index members. It can also change when the index provider adjusts the index composition.

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What's Inside Your ETF Portfolio and the ETF overlap check show how much Hershey Company overlaps with the rest of a portfolio.

Which Tracked Investors Hold Hershey Company?

Hershey Company is not among the largest purchases in the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026. The list is led by GOOGL, DAL and NEBIUS GROUP N.V. The only manager we track that holds Hershey Company reduced its position.

Tracked investors holding this stock
InvestorSharesValueQuarter
Bridgewater Associates8,635$2Mreduced by 5,806

As of Jun 30, 2026. Based on quarterly filings with the US securities regulator, submitted up to 45 days after the reference date. The change counts shares, not price gains.

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What Hershey Company Executives and Directors Traded Recently

Trades by executives and directors
DatePersonTypeSharesPrice
Oct 28, 2026HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL 10% ownerSell716$164.09
Oct 28, 2026HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL 10% ownerSell7,547$163.61
Oct 28, 2026HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL 10% ownerSell1,737$162.72
Oct 27, 2026HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL 10% ownerSell103$166.18
Oct 27, 2026HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL 10% ownerSell2,189$165.30
Oct 27, 2026HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL 10% ownerSell5,409$164.43
Oct 27, 2026HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL 10% ownerSell2,299$163.65
Oct 26, 2026HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL 10% ownerSell2,368$168.22

The table shows open-market purchases and sales reported over the past 90 days. Directors, officers and shareholders owning more than ten percent must report such transactions within two trading days. Awards and option exercises are excluded.

“Plan” means the transaction follows a schedule set up in advance under Rule 10b5-1. Sales consistently outnumber purchases in these filings because a large part of executive pay is granted in shares. For comparison: over the period covered, executives and directors reported sales at 271 of 350 tracked companies and purchases at 32.

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Stocks With ETF Exposure Similar to Hershey Company

Stocks with ETF exposure similar to Hershey Company
StockShared ETFsr1 yearAnnualized volatilityNet marginRevenue growth
Hershey Company––-3.2%28.0%7.6%+4.4%
Kroger21–+2.0%27.4%0.7%+0.4%
Philip Morris International21–+43.2%27.1%27.9%+7.3%
Vylor Inc21–––––
Church & Dwight22–+31.1%21.7%11.9%+1.6%
Procter & Gamble Company22–+8.0%19.5%18.4%+3.3%
Colgate-Palmolive Company21+0.63+24.5%21.5%10.5%+1.4%
Dollar Tree20–+35.5%44.8%6.6%+10.4%
Altria Group20–+36.6%23.2%29.8%-3.1%

These stocks reach a portfolio through largely the same funds as Hershey Company. “Shared ETFs” counts the funds that hold both.

Return and volatility are calculated from our daily closing prices in US dollars. Margin and growth come from each company's latest SEC annual filing. Because fiscal years do not end on the same date for every company, the underlying periods are not fully identical.

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Fundamental Analysis: Hershey Company

Hershey Company Key Financials

Revenue$11.7B
Net income$883.3M
Net margin7.6%
Gross margin33.5%
Return on equity19.0%
Equity ratio33.7%
Revenue growth+4.4%

Figures come from the SEC annual filing for the latest reported fiscal year (period end Dec 31, 2025).

Revenue and profit by fiscal year
Fiscal yearRevenueNet incomeMargin
FY ended Dec 202311.21.916.7%
FY ended Dec 202411.22.219.8%
FY ended Dec 202511.70.97.6%

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Technical Analysis: Hershey Company

Hershey Company Risk Metrics

Max drawdown-33.3%
Annualized volatility28.0%

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Below peak-29.9%
Beta to S&P 500-0.24
Correlation to S&P 500-0.11

The close on Oct 30, 2026, was 29.9% below the highest close since Aug 12, 2024. That high was reached on Feb 27, 2026. When the S&P 500 rose or fell 1%, Hershey Company moved 0.24% on average in the opposite direction (past 252 trading days). The correlation of -0.11, however, shows only a moderate link to the broad market. Accordingly, moves in the S&P 500 explain only a small part of the daily price moves of Hershey Company.

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What Hershey Company Correlates With

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