DJ Hershey Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights.
Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ rallied 1.87% to $189.94 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.26% to 53,417.16 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.28% to 7,652.86.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
Hershey Co. closed 20.69% below its 52-week high of $239.48, which the company achieved on March 2nd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ rose 0.83% to $144.67, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ rose 0.39% to $64.70, and J.M. Smucker Co. $(SJM)$ rose 1.25% to $125.87.
Trading volume (1.1 M) remained 820,781 below its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 24, 2026.