DJ Hershey Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ shed 1.45% to $187.18 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.32% to 7,677.28 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.30% to 53,577.40.
Hershey Co. closed 21.84% 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 Tuesday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ fell 1.66% to $142.27, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ fell 2.64% to $62.99, and J.M. Smucker Co. $(SJM)$ fell 0.33% to $125.45.
Trading volume (932,064) remained 937,790 below its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 25, 2026.