Insider trade

CFO sold ~$171K of HSY shares in the open market

Traded Aug 5, 2026 · Filed Aug 6, 2026

~$171K
Reported value · 950 sh @ $180.00: 52K
Holds after · shares reported: -11.3%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -0.8%, $179.58 → $159.30 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of Hershey Company (The) sold $171K of Hershey Company (The) shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

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: Aug 5, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 6, 2026

CFO$100K–$500KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$171,000

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

6 days after 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 $179.58 on Aug 5, 2026, 11% above its 52-week low and 24% below its high, little changed over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $162.31 (Nov 3, 2025) to $236.28 (Feb 27, 2026), 23% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $179.27 on Jun 23, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+1.0%	+0.4%	+0.6%
30 days	-5.0%	-0.9%	-4.0%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000047111-26-000228
Filed / recorded: Aug 6, 2026, 8:04 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: Steven E Voskuil
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: SVP, Chief Financial Officer
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 5, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 950
Price per share: $180.00
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 52,245
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The sale reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on May 5, 2026.

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