Insider trade

10% owner sold ~$7.4K of HSY shares in the open market

Traded Aug 17, 2026 · Filed Aug 19, 2026

Hershey Company (The)HSY

~$7.4K
Reported value · 40 sh @ $184.00: 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 $7.4K 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<$25K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$7,360

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: 40
Price per share: $184.00
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 996,119
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No