Hershey Ownership | Who Owns Hershey?

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Hershey Ownership Summary

Hershey is owned by 35.62% institutional investors, 0.31% insiders, and 64.08% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.37% of HSY shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 2.32% of its assets in Hershey shares.

HSY Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Hershey	35.62%	0.31%	64.08%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	33.57%	17.09%	49.35%
Industry	Confectionery Stocks	37.75%	18.46%	43.79%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	19.07M	9.37%	$3.47B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	12.78M	6.28%	$2.66B
Blackrock	12.82M	6.28%	$2.36B
State street	7.32M	3.60%	$1.52B
Charles schwab investment management	4.30M	2.11%	$893.67M
Geode capital management	4.20M	2.06%	$869.07M
Morgan stanley	3.94M	1.94%	$819.68M
Royal bank of canada	3.04M	1.49%	$631.25M
Fmr	2.99M	1.47%	$621.68M
Capital world investors	2.75M	1.35%	$571.70M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Drh investments	58.39K	9.85%	$12.14M
Kennon-green & company	43.72K	7.45%	$9.09M
Inkwell capital	18.27K	3.87%	$3.80M
Hershey trust	1.95M	3.44%	$404.58M
Lawson kroeker investment management inc/ne	51.21K	3.10%	$10.65M
Miramar capital	63.84K	2.95%	$13.27M
Lipe & dalton	26.66K	2.90%	$5.54M
Concorde financial	17.59K	2.87%	$3.66M
Scharf investments	418.12K	2.68%	$86.92M
Skba capital management	92.60K	2.64%	$19.25M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Capital world investors	2.75M	0.08%	2.75M
Two sigma investments, lp	1.98M	0.33%	1.79M
Norges bank	1.50M	0.03%	1.50M
Fmr	2.99M	0.03%	1.28M
Qube research	878.84K	0.20%	878.84K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Capital investors	-	-	-9.11M
Blackrock	12.82M	0.05%	-1.19M
Two sigma advisers, lp	-	-	-1.15M
Balyasny asset management	225.05K	0.06%	-1.05M
Charles schwab investment management	4.30M	0.14%	-1.02M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Capital world investors	2.75M	0.08%	2.75M	$571.70M
Norges bank	1.50M	0.03%	1.50M	$272.51M
Qube research	878.84K	0.20%	878.84K	$182.70M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	835.99K	0.04%	835.99K	$173.79M
Point72 asset management	405.46K	0.13%	405.46K	$75.84M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Trunorth capital management	-1.00
Tfo-tdc	-1.00
Strengthening families & communities	-2.00
Clarivest asset management	-2.00
Legend financial advisors	-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	1,116	-22.98%	72,483,766	-43.09%	35	0.91%	538	-12.52%	334	-37.22%
Dec 31, 2025	1,207	-13.17%	106,583,992	-15.61%	52	1.35%	497	-22.59%	452	-0.44%
Sep 30, 2025	1,332	-1.26%	125,414,343	-2.10%	61	1.55%	614	-2.54%	438	-2.23%
Jun 30, 2025	1,315	-4.78%	127,901,938	5.90%	63	1.78%	615	-10.48%	437	-0.23%
Mar 31, 2025	1,356	-2.16%	120,422,951	-0.61%	59	1.66%	671	7.53%	434	-17.02%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	4.70M	2.32%	17.27K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	4.68M	2.31%	3.34K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	3.77M	1.86%	-38.84K
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™	3.42M	1.69%	2.94K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	3.20M	1.58%	-21.65K
American Funds Income Fund of Amer A	2.75M	1.36%	1.15M
American Funds American Balanced A	2.53M	1.25%	-
American Funds American Mutual A	2.23M	1.10%	617.70K
Capital Group American Mutual Comp	2.23M	1.10%	617.70K
American Funds Washington Mutual A	2.16M	1.07%	112.17K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
May 18, 2026	HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL	-	Sell	$401.94K
May 18, 2026	HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL	-	Sell	$71.71K
May 18, 2026	HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL	-	Sell	$48.14K
May 18, 2026	HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL	-	Sell	$44.26K
May 18, 2026	HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL	-	Sell	$285.88K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q2	-	181
2026 Q1	-	80
2025 Q4	3	5
2025 Q3	-	10
2025 Q2	-	6

HSY Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Hershey?

Hershey shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 35.62%, followed by 0.31% insiders and 64.07% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Hershey's industry, Confectionery Stocks, is 37.75%, which Hershey falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Hershey?

Hershey’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (19.07M shares, 9.37%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (12.78M shares, 6.28%), and Blackrock (12.82M shares, 6.28%). Together, they hold 21.93% of Hershey’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Hershey?

Yes, BlackRock owns 6.28% of Hershey, totaling 12.82M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.05% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 2.36B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -1.191M shares, a -8.50% change.

Who is Hershey’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Drh investments is Hershey’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 9.85% of its assets in 58.39K Hershey shares, valued at 12.14M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Hershey shares?

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Hershey shares, with 2.32% of its total shares outstanding invested in 4.7M Hershey shares.

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