HSY
The Hershey Company · Consumer Defensive · Confectioners
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R500#198 today
$160.19
+0.56% today · -3.71% 1W
Oct 2 close or latest
PreviewWhy it's moving
Moving with the market
- HSY +0.56% on the last session vs SPY +0.74%: −0.2 pts of stock-specific move.
- Aftermath, big drop (Sep 30): After its 77 big drops in the past 5 years, HSY typically lost 0.3% over the next day (median) and was higher only 43% of the time; half the outcomes fell between -1.2% and +0.8%. An ordinary day: +0.0%. Among S&P 500 stocks after big drops, that ranks #492 of 500.
- Market backdrop (Fri): Average Hourly Earnings m/m 0.1% vs 0.3% expected (cooler); Non-Farm Employment Change 29K vs 89K expected (weaker); S&P futures +0.41%, 10-year yield -5bp in the 30 minutes after.
Assembled from Wallsti's own signals.
Best time to own HSY in the past two years
Buying and selling at the close. Each colored stretch is the best window for that holding period; the grey line is the full two years.
Best window per holding period
| Hold for | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one single day | Dec 6, 2024 | Dec 9, 2024 | +10.8% | #145 |
| one week | Jan 30, 2026 | Feb 6, 2026 | +18.9% | #149 |
| one month | Jan 6, 2026 | Feb 6, 2026 | +29.1% | #145 |
| 3 months | Nov 6, 2025 | Feb 6, 2026 | +39.2% | #182 |
| 6 months | Feb 4, 2025 | Aug 4, 2025 | +33.8% | #305 |
| one year | Feb 5, 2025 | Feb 5, 2026 | +58.8% | #187 |
Rank #149 for one week means 148 of the S&P 500 components had a better best-one week gain over the past year. Updated .
Today vs. the best starting days
| As of | 1d | 1w | 1m | 3m | 6m | 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 2, 2026 |
+0.6% | -3.7% | -9.7% | -11.4% | -21.1% | -12.7% |
| Best one single day Dec 6, 2024 |
+0.1% | -0.8% | -0.4% | -11.9% | -10.1% | -5.0% |
| Best one week Jan 30, 2026 |
+2.2% | +1.9% | +6.9% | +14.7% | +4.7% | +32.2% |
| Best one month Jan 6, 2026 |
-0.4% | -1.6% | -1.7% | -7.4% | +3.2% | +11.0% |
| Best 3 months Nov 6, 2025 |
-1.3% | -2.1% | -14.1% | -10.4% | +0.2% | -2.0% |
| Best 6 months Feb 4, 2025 |
-2.1% | -3.3% | -14.4% | -18.5% | -26.2% | -24.6% |
| Best one year Feb 5, 2025 |
+0.8% | -2.2% | -13.7% | -18.3% | -24.4% | -23.5% |
Trailing gains over each window, today and on the day each best window started, to compare today's setup with the best entries.