DJ Hershey Co. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ shed 3.95% to $175.31 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.21% to 7,420.10 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.98% to 51,492.55.
Hershey Co. closed 26.80% below its 52-week high of $239.48, which the company achieved on March 2nd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ fell 3.10% to $141.59, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ fell 2.08% to $60.86, and J.M. Smucker Co. $(SJM)$ fell 2.61% to $112.96.
Trading volume (3.8 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 17, 2026.
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June 17, 2026 16:55 ET (20:55 GMT)
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