Hershey Company’s filing revealed that its VP, Chief Accounting Officer McCalman Jennifer unloaded Company’s shares for reported $41144.0 on Feb 03 ’25. In the deal valued at $148.00 per share,278 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, McCalman Jennifer now holds 2,682 shares worth roughly $0.39 million.
Then, McCalman Jennifer bought 278 shares, generating $41,144 in total proceeds.
Before that, Raup Charles R bought 1,000 shares. Hershey Company shares valued at $159,170 were divested by the Former Officer at a price of $159.17 per share.
Piper Sandler downgraded its Hershey Company [HSY] rating to an Underweight from a a Neutral in a research note published on January 31, 2025; the price target was decreased to $120 from $153. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Deutsche Bank’s analysts, who remained covering the stock and in late January has reiterated a ‘”a Hold”‘ rating for it. Mizuho also remained covering HSY and reiterated its “Neutral” recommendation on December 23, 2024.
Price Performance Review of HSY
On Tuesday, Hershey Company [NYSE:HSY] saw its stock fall -2.06% to $144.74. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -3.33%. Hershey Company shares have fallen nearly -14.53% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -27.06% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $211.92 was reached on 01/02/25, a 52-week low of $146.48 was recorded on 02/04/25. SMA at 50 days reached $166.65, while 200 days put it at $185.17.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For HSY Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 143.28, which if violated will result in even more drops to 141.82. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 146.87. A further resistance level may holdings at 149.00. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 29.40, which indicates oversold technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -3.49, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 93.49%. Stochastics %K at 10.84% indicates the stock is a buying.
How much short interest is there in Hershey Company?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Hershey Company stocks on 2025-01-15, dropping by -0.68 million shares to a total of 6.77 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-12-13 was 7.45 million shares. There was a decline of -10.07%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
