HSY Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Hershey Company | NYSE:HSY)

Hershey is a leading US confectionery manufacturer (around a $55 billion market, according to Euromonitor), controlling 35% of the domestic chocolate aisle. Beyond its namesake label, the firm's portfolio has expanded over the last 85 years and now comprises 100 brands, including Reese's, Kit Kat, Kisses, and Ice Breakers. Hershey's products are sold in about 80 countries, albeit with just a high-single-digit percentage of sales coming from markets outside the US, including Brazil, India, and Mexico. The firm has sought inorganic opportunities to extend its reach beyond its core confectionery business, adding Amplify Snack Brands and its Skinny Pop ready-to-eat popcorn to its portfolio, as well as Pirate Brands, Dot's Pretzels, and LesserEvil over the past few years.

Hershey Company trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol HSY.

As of April 17, 2026, HSY stock price climbed to $192.63 with 2,723,917 million shares trading.

HSY has a beta of -0.31, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. HSY has a correlation of 0.02 to the broad based SPY ETF.

HSY has a market cap of $39.06 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Hershey Company reported $3 billion in Revenue and $1.71 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $104 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.31.

In the last 3 years, HSY traded as high as $276.88 and as low as $140.13.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that HSY belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, VO, SCHD, IVV.

HSY has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +19.0% while the SPY ETF gained +36.3%. HSY has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -1.9% and -6.6%, respectively, while the SPY returned +2.9% and +8.3%, respectively.

HSY support price is $187.75 and resistance is $194.97 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that HSY shares will trade within this expected range on the day.