DJ Hershey Co. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ slid 1.34% to $175.06 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.06% to 7,747.71 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.18% to 53,686.11.
Hershey Co. closed 26.90% below 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 Thursday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ fell 0.36% to $140.02, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ fell 1.60% to $61.45, and J.M. Smucker Co. (SJM) fell 2.23% to $128.51.
Trading volume (1.3 M) remained 342,875 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 3, 2026.
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