DJ Hershey Co. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ slid 1.99% to $226.26 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.57% to 6,832.76 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.34% to 49,451.98.
Hershey Co. closed 3.67% short of its 52-week high of $234.87, which the company achieved on February 9th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ fell 1.15% to $167.20, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ rose 0.63% to $61.86, and J.M. Smucker Co. $(SJM)$ fell 0.05% to $111.01.
Trading volume (2.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 12, 2026.
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February 12, 2026 16:52 ET (21:52 GMT)
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