DJ Hershey Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ slipped 1.58% to $171.65 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.81% to 7,543.64 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.27% to 52,487.41.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses.
Hershey Co. closed 28.32% short of its 52-week high of $239.48, which the company reached on March 2nd.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ fell 3.26% to $137.86, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ fell 1.98% to $58.30, and J.M. Smucker Co. $(SJM)$ fell 1.29% to $110.87.
Trading volume (2.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 9, 2026.
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July 09, 2026 16:54 ET (20:54 GMT)
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