Insider trade

10% owner sold ~$787K of HSY shares in the open market

Traded Mar 18, 2026 · Filed Mar 20, 2026

Hershey Company (The)HSY

~$787K
Reported value · 3,703 sh @ $212.6412: 2.04M
Holds after · shares reported: -25.1%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +15.5%, $212.72 → $159.30 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A big owner of Hershey Company (The) sold $787K 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: Mar 18, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Mar 20, 2026

10% owner$500K–$1M

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$787,410

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

41 days after results of Feb 5, 2026, 13 days before results of Mar 31, 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 $212.72 on Mar 18, 2026, 41% above its 52-week low and 10% below its high, after a 6% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $151.29 (May 21, 2025) to $236.28 (Feb 27, 2026), 72% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $201.47 on Feb 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	-0.8%	-3.6%	+2.8%
30 days	-12.3%	+8.5%	-20.9%
90 days	-20.6%	+13.6%	-34.2%
180 days	-22.0%	+18.0%	-40.0%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000950142-26-000797
Filed / recorded: Mar 20, 2026, 11:00 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: Mar 18, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 3,703
Price per share: $212.6412
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 2,042,416
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 $212.3600 to $212.9510, 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.