DJ Hershey Co. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ slipped 1.43% to $188.71 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.63% to 7,064.01 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.59% to 49,149.38.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Hershey Co. closed 21.20% below its 52-week high of $239.48, which the company achieved on March 2nd.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ fell 1.32% to $154.92, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ fell 2.06% to $56.13, and J.M. Smucker Co. $(SJM)$ fell 0.42% to $95.74.
Trading volume (1.3 M) remained 739,773 below its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 21, 2026.
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April 21, 2026 16:53 ET (20:53 GMT)
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