Hershey Ownership | Who Owns Hershey?

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Hershey Ownership Summary

Hershey is owned by 52.38% institutional investors, 0.37% insiders, and 47.26% 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 2.31% of its assets in Hershey shares.

HSY Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Hershey	52.38%	0.37%	47.26%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	33.19%	16.40%	50.41%
Industry	Confectionery Stocks	36.65%	16.65%	46.70%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	19.07M	9.37%	$3.47B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	11.92M	8.05%	$2.17B
Blackrock	12.82M	6.28%	$2.36B
Capital investors	9.11M	6.15%	$1.66B
State street	7.25M	3.58%	$1.36B
Geode capital management	4.83M	3.26%	$876.43M
Charles schwab investment management	5.19M	2.56%	$971.01M
Morgan stanley	3.31M	2.24%	$602.06M
Royal bank of canada	3.02M	1.49%	$564.09M
Hershey trust	2.07M	1.40%	$375.99M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Drh investments	58.00K	9.84%	$10.81M
Baypointe partners	21.94K	8.39%	$3.99M
Kennon-green & company	44.15K	6.38%	$8.04M
Hershey trust	2.07M	3.65%	$375.99M
St. james investment company	113.59K	3.32%	$20.67M
Lawson kroeker investment management inc/ne	51.57K	2.79%	$9.38M
Lipe & dalton	31.02K	2.79%	$5.65M
Inkwell capital	15.01K	2.77%	$2.73M
Tobam	40.45K	2.74%	$7.57M
Elevate capital advisors	22.55K	2.71%	$4.10M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	1.50M	0.03%	1.50M
First trust advisors lp	1.26M	0.18%	891.29K
Fmr	1.15M	0.01%	773.43K
Balyasny asset management	758.47K	0.19%	758.47K
Point72 asset management	405.46K	0.13%	405.46K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Blackrock	12.82M	0.05%	-1.19M
Two sigma advisers, lp	-	-	-1.15M
Ubs group	1.34M	0.04%	-483.82K
Jpmorgan chase	1.37M	0.02%	-478.76K
Amundi	593.73K	0.04%	-478.17K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	1.50M	0.03%	1.50M	$272.51M
Point72 asset management	405.46K	0.13%	405.46K	$75.84M
Candlestick capital management lp	344.66K	1.56%	344.66K	$64.47M
Clark capital management group	237.71K	0.28%	237.71K	$44.46M
Exoduspoint capital management, lp	229.76K	0.44%	229.76K	$42.98M

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 %
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%
Dec 31, 2024	893	-37.02%	66,162,907	-45.57%	32	0.91%	371	-43.27%	366	-21.63%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	4.69M	2.31%	7.89K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	4.68M	2.31%	3.34K
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™	4.57M	2.26%	11.92K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	4.20M	2.07%	29.39K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	3.81M	1.88%	36.44K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	3.22M	1.59%	11.23K
American Funds American Balanced A	2.53M	1.25%	-
American Funds Washington Mutual A	2.16M	1.07%	112.17K
Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp	2.16M	1.07%	112.17K
Capital Group Growth Fnd of Amer Comp	2.14M	1.06%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 30, 2026	HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL	-	Sell	$1.54M
Mar 30, 2026	HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL	-	Sell	$487.14K
Mar 30, 2026	HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL	-	Sell	$9.75K
Mar 30, 2026	HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL	-	Sell	$88.26K
Mar 30, 2026	HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL	-	Sell	$7.31K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q2	-	6
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 52.38%, followed by 0.37% insiders and 47.25% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Hershey's industry, Confectionery Stocks, is 36.65%, which Hershey exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Hershey?

Hershey’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (19.07M shares, 9.37%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (11.92M shares, 8.05%), and Blackrock (12.82M shares, 6.28%). Together, they hold 23.70% 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 9.84% of its assets in 58K Hershey shares, valued at 10.81M$.

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 2.31% of its total shares outstanding invested in 4.69M Hershey shares.

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