DJ Hershey Co. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ rallied 1.42% to $191.91 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.11% to 49,760.56 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.16% to 7,400.96.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Hershey Co. closed 19.86% 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. $(PEP)$ rose 1.63% to $151.85, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ rose 0.47% to $61.70, and J.M. Smucker Co. $(SJM)$ rose 1.12% to $100.33.
Trading volume (1.8 M) remained 39,021 below its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 12, 2026.
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May 12, 2026 16:54 ET (20:54 GMT)
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