Insider trade

10% owner sold ~$250K of HSY shares in the open market

Traded Aug 17, 2026 · Filed Aug 19, 2026

Hershey Company (The)HSY

~$250K
Reported value · 1,362 sh @ $183.4451: 996K
Holds after · shares reported: -12.0%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -1.1%, $181.06 → $159.30 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A big owner of Hershey Company (The) sold $250K of Hershey Company (The) 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: Aug 17, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 19, 2026

10% owner$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$249,852

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

18 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 $181.06 on Aug 17, 2026, 12% above its 52-week low and 23% below its high, after a 2% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $162.31 (Nov 3, 2025) to $236.28 (Feb 27, 2026), 25% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $177.51 on Jul 6, 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	-3.7%	+1.1%	-4.8%
30 days	-10.8%	+1.4%	-12.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000950142-26-002386
Filed / recorded: Aug 19, 2026, 8:48 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: Aug 17, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,362
Price per share: $183.4451
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 996,159
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 $183.0693 to $183.9400, 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.