Insider trade

10% owner sold ~$115K of HSY shares in the open market

Traded Jul 17, 2026 · Filed Jul 20, 2026

Hershey Company (The)HSY

~$115K
Reported value · 667 sh @ $172.55: 1.21M
Holds after · shares reported: −6.1%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +4.2%, $171.42 → $161.01 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

A big owner of Hershey sold $115K of Hershey shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Jul 17, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jul 20, 2026

10% owner$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$115,088

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

78 days after results of Apr 30, 2026, 13 days before results of Jul 30, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $171.42 on Jul 17, 2026, 6% above its 52-week low and 27% below its high, after a 6% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $162.31 (Nov 3, 2025) to $236.28 (Feb 27, 2026), 12% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $183.20 on Jun 3, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+7.5%	−1.0%	+8.5%
30 days	+10.4%	+1.9%	+8.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000950142-26-002130
Filed / recorded: Jul 20, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: HERSHEY CO
Issuer CIK: 47111
Ticker: HSY
Reporting person: HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL
Relationship: 10% owner
Security: Common Stock, $1.00 par value
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jul 17, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 667
Price per share: $172.55
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 1,208,464
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The Price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at price a ranging from $172.0100 to $172.9900, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to any security holder of The Hershey Company, or to The Hershey Company, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above.

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