$290,000 of HERSHEY COMPANY lobbying was just disclosed, from Q2 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Labeling, nutrition issues, including sodium, additives and ingredients; no bill number Support for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding and opposition to changes in benefits administration (HR 1), including opposition to Healthy SNAP Act (S.561/H.R.479) FY26 Ag-FDA Appropriations: SNAP restrictions, Food Ingredients, Sodium Sugar reform: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (H.R. 8467), H.R.1 Support for corporate tax issues including GILTI and FDII and changes to the corporate income tax rate in HR 1 Cocoa supply chain and related trade matters; no bill number Tariffs, including exempting cocoa (no bill number) USMCA"
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
HSY Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $HSY stock 8 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 5 have been purchases and 3 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $HSY stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT BRESNAHAN has traded it 3 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 05/15, 02/25 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 04/08.
- REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 05/14, 05/05 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE DAN NEWHOUSE sold up to $15,000 on 04/11.
- REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON sold up to $15,000 on 04/01.
- REPRESENTATIVE CAROL D. MILLER purchased up to $15,000 on 03/10.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
HSY Insider Trading Activity
HSY insiders have traded $HSY stock on the open market 12 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 12 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $HSY stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- MICHELE BUCK (Chairman, President and CEO) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 50,500 shares for an estimated $8,394,318.
- ROBERT MALCOLM sold 5,488 shares for an estimated $907,267
- JAMES TUROFF (SVP, GC & Secretary) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 3,900 shares for an estimated $651,040.
- STEVEN E VOSKUIL (SVP, Chief Financial Officer) sold 3,000 shares for an estimated $540,000
- ROHIT GROVER (President, International) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 2,666 shares for an estimated $453,220.
- JENNIFER MCCALMAN (VP, Chief Accounting Officer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 1,252 shares for an estimated $194,169.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
HSY Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 646 institutional investors add shares of HSY stock to their portfolio, and 587 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- GAMMA INVESTING LLC removed 1,003,166 shares (-99.3%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $166,475,397
- CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS removed 853,210 shares (-6.8%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $145,924,506
- PACER ADVISORS, INC. added 807,433 shares (+6721.3%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $138,095,265
- GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC added 639,709 shares (+16.8%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $109,409,430
- MORGAN STANLEY added 633,855 shares (+24.7%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $108,408,220
- STERLING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC removed 569,322 shares (-98.8%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $97,371,141
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA added 557,056 shares (+25.4%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $95,273,287
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
HSY Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $HSY in the last several months. We have seen 0 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 3 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Wells Fargo issued a "Underweight" rating on 03/14/2025
- Piper Sandler issued a "Underweight" rating on 01/31/2025
- Jefferies issued a "Underperform" rating on 01/21/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for HSY, check out Quiver Quantitative's $HSY forecast page.
HSY Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $HSY recently. We have seen 12 analysts offer price targets for $HSY in the last 6 months, with a median target of $161.5.
Here are some recent targets:
- John Baumgartner from Mizuho set a target price of $155.0 on 05/28/2025
- Brian Holland from DA Davidson set a target price of $163.0 on 05/05/2025
- Andrew Lazar from Barclays set a target price of $165.0 on 05/05/2025
- Peter Grom from UBS set a target price of $170.0 on 05/02/2025
- Nik Modi from RBC Capital set a target price of $175.0 on 05/02/2025
- Megan Alexander from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $177.0 on 04/17/2025
- Thomas Palmer from Citigroup set a target price of $165.0 on 04/15/2025
This article is not financial advice. See Quiver Quantitative's disclaimers for more information.
