DJ Hershey Co. Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ rose 2.21% to $194.75 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.43% to 6,939.03 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.36% to 48,892.47.
Hershey Co. closed 3.52% short of its 52-week high of $201.86, which the company reached on January 16th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ rose 3.32% to $153.63, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ rose 2.02% to $58.47, and J.M. Smucker Co. $(SJM)$ rose 1.33% to $104.86.
Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 260,438 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 30, 2026.
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January 30, 2026 16:53 ET (21:53 GMT)
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