DJ Hershey Co. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ shed 1.82% to $161.41 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.17% to 7,670.84 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.26% to 51,349.92.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of losses.
Hershey Co. closed 32.60% below its 52-week high of $239.48, which the company reached on March 2nd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) rose 0.15% to $128.69, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ fell 1.43% to $59.32, and J.M. Smucker Co. (SJM) rose 0.06% to $120.70.
Trading volume (1.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 29, 2026.