HSY

Hershey Company (The)
Packaged Foods & Meats · Consumer Staples · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$161.01
+0.5% on the session
1-year return
-12.2%
-21.4% over six months
Volatility
27.0%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-32.2%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Hershey Company (The) is a packaged foods & meats name in the consumer staples sector. Over the past year it returned -12.2%, against -7.8% over three months and -8.0% over one. It trades 14.6% below its 200-day average, so recent moves have not repaired the longer downtrend. Annualized volatility of 27.0% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -32.2%, and it has traded a median $234M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate -0.07 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Consumer Staples#28 of 34
Stronger than 18% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#402 of 496

How HSY scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 7 others in Packaged Foods & Meats.

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Full metrics
1 day+0.5%
1 week-2.1%
1 month-8.0%
3 months-7.8%
6 months-21.4%
1 year-12.2%
12-1 momentum-4.6%
Volatility (1y, annualized)27.0%
Max drawdown (1y)-32.2%
Distance vs 200-day average-14.6%
Return per unit of risk-0.45
Median daily dollar volume$234M
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