Hershey Ownership | Who Owns Hershey?

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Hershey Ownership Summary

Hershey is owned by 32.67% institutional investors, 0.60% insiders, and 66.73% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.46% of HSY shares. Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp is the top mutual fund, with 2.39% of its assets in Hershey shares.

HSY Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Hershey	32.67%	0.60%	66.73%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	43.92%	15.26%	40.82%
Industry	Confectionery Stocks	40.47%	21.22%	38.31%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	19.16M	9.46%	$3.25B
Blackrock	12.82M	6.28%	$2.36B
Capital investors	12.46M	6.15%	$2.11B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	12.02M	5.94%	$2.04B
State street	6.64M	3.25%	$1.22B
Charles schwab investment management	4.64M	2.29%	$785.00M
Geode capital management	3.80M	1.88%	$642.14M
Jpmorgan chase	2.90M	1.43%	$491.37M
Morgan stanley	2.41M	1.18%	$442.29M
Royal bank of canada	2.20M	1.08%	$371.89M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Drh investments	48.72K	9.47%	$8.25M
Kennon-green & company	32.36K	4.74%	$5.48M
Hershey trust	2.07M	3.65%	$349.94M
Prentiss smith	28.63K	3.17%	$4.85M
Monte financial group	37.96K	2.75%	$6.43M
Orion investment	34.02K	2.30%	$5.76M
Virginia wealth management group	14.87K	2.24%	$2.73M
Birmingham capital management co inc/al	30.71K	2.20%	$5.65M
Fluent financial	21.37K	1.98%	$3.93M
Hendley	32.38K	1.92%	$5.48M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Capital investors	12.46M	0.40%	2.98M
Holocene advisors, lp	842.28K	0.46%	842.28K
Squarepoint ops	544.90K	0.09%	540.92K
Ubs group	1.12M	0.03%	489.52K
Raymond james financial	478.17K	0.03%	478.17K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Jpmorgan chase	2.90M	0.04%	-1.80M
Blackrock	12.82M	0.05%	-1.19M
Two sigma advisers, lp	-	-	-1.15M
International assets investment management	2.84K	0.04%	-570.80K
Qube research	73.98K	0.02%	-422.25K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Raymond james financial	478.17K	0.03%	478.17K	$80.98M
Candlestick capital management lp	300.00K	1.52%	300.00K	$55.15M
Balyasny asset management	189.76K	0.05%	189.76K	$32.14M
Readystate asset management lp	143.50K	0.75%	143.50K	$24.30M
Scopus asset management	130.17K	0.52%	130.17K	$22.04M

Sold Out

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

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2024	893	-37.02%	66,162,907	-45.57%	32	0.91%	371	-43.27%	366	-21.63%
Sep 30, 2024	1,404	-	121,238,792	3.43%	59	1.82%	651	-7.13%	458	6.51%
Jun 30, 2024	1,381	-0.65%	116,165,826	0.89%	56	1.79%	683	-0.58%	427	3.89%
Mar 31, 2024	1,390	1.02%	115,141,640	-0.83%	56	1.75%	687	6.84%	411	-7.22%
Dec 31, 2023	1,376	3.15%	116,105,895	0.80%	56	1.79%	643	13.60%	443	-0.45%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp	4.84M	2.39%	691.17K
American Funds Washington Mutual A	4.84M	2.39%	691.17K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	4.68M	2.31%	3.34K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	4.66M	2.30%	17.03K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	4.10M	2.02%	28.20K
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™	4.08M	2.01%	3.20K
Capital Group American Mutual Comp	3.80M	1.88%	424.66K
American Funds American Mutual A	3.80M	1.88%	424.66K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	3.19M	1.58%	13.69K
American Funds American Balanced A	2.22M	1.10%	640.28K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 25, 2025	Voskuil Steven E	SVP, Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$540.00K
Feb 03, 2025	McCalman Jennifer	VP, Chief Accounting Officer	Sell	$41.14K
Dec 03, 2024	Voskuil Steven E	SVP, Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$180.00K
Nov 04, 2024	McCalman Jennifer	VP, Chief Accounting Officer	Sell	$49.84K
Oct 21, 2024	Voskuil Steven E	SVP, Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$185.47K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	-	2
2024 Q4	-	3
2024 Q3	-	12
2024 Q2	-	4

HSY Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Hershey?

Hershey shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 32.67%, followed by 0.60% insiders and 66.73% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Hershey's industry, Confectionery Stocks, is 40.47%, which Hershey falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Hershey?

Hershey’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (19.16M shares, 9.46%), Blackrock (12.82M shares, 6.28%), and Capital investors (12.46M shares, 6.15%). Together, they hold 21.89% 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 9.47% of its assets in 48.72K Hershey shares, valued at 8.25M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Hershey shares?

Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp is the top mutual fund holder of Hershey shares, with 2.39% of its total shares outstanding invested in 4.84M Hershey shares.

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