DJ Hershey Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ rallied 1.25% to $174.34 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.58% to 7,591.70 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.60% to 52,064.10.
Hershey Co. closed 27.20% short of its 52-week high of $239.48, which the company reached on March 2nd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ fell 0.03% to $136.65, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ rose 0.08% to $62.47, and J.M. Smucker Co. (SJM) fell 1.82% to $121.07.
Trading volume (1.3 M) remained 210,984 below its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 10, 2026.