Insider trade

10% owner sold ~$297K of HSY shares in the open market

Traded May 5, 2026 · Filed May 6, 2026

Hershey Company (The)HSY

~$297K
Reported value · 1,600 sh @ $185.60: 1.71M
Holds after · shares reported: −12.9%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +7.0%, $184.91 → $161.01 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

A big owner of Hershey sold $297K 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: May 5, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: May 6, 2026

10% owner$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$296,962

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

5 days after results of Apr 30, 2026, 86 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 $184.91 on May 5, 2026, 22% above its 52-week low and 22% below its high, after a 14% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $151.29 (May 21, 2025) to $236.28 (Feb 27, 2026), 40% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $215.17 on Mar 23, 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	+1.7%	+2.3%	−0.5%
30 days	−6.0%	+1.0%	−7.0%
90 days	−4.0%	+5.2%	−9.2%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000950142-26-001303
Filed / recorded: May 6, 2026, 9:21 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: May 5, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,600
Price per share: $185.60
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 1,706,859
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 $185.0100 to $185.9912, 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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