Hershey Ownership | Who Owns Hershey?

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Hershey Ownership Summary

Hershey is owned by 59.87% institutional investors, 0.25% insiders, and 39.88% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.49% 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	59.87%	0.25%	39.88%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	52.71%	13.91%	33.39%
Industry	Confectionery Stocks	50.79%	21.06%	28.15%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	19.39M	9.49%	$3.56B
Blackrock	12.82M	6.28%	$2.36B
State street	6.64M	3.25%	$1.22B
Charles schwab investment management	4.28M	2.10%	$786.49M
Jpmorgan chase	3.88M	1.90%	$712.50M
Geode capital management	3.72M	1.82%	$681.76M
Morgan stanley	2.41M	1.18%	$442.29M
Hershey trust	2.07M	1.01%	$379.81M
Bank of america corp /de/	2.04M	1.00%	$374.21M
Norges bank	1.75M	0.85%	$320.96M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Drh investments	54.15K	10.76%	$9.95M
Tikehau investment management	32.56K	5.30%	$5.99M
Savoir faire capital management	58.07K	4.15%	$10.68M
Kennon-green & company	24.36K	4.11%	$4.48M
Prentiss smith	28.70K	3.68%	$5.28M
Hershey trust	2.07M	3.65%	$379.81M
Woodley farra manion portfolio management	318.46K	3.18%	$58.54M
Hendley	44.50K	2.94%	$8.18M
Monte financial group	37.96K	2.75%	$6.43M
Miramar capital	58.76K	2.70%	$10.80M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Vanguard group	19.39M	0.07%	2.05M
Norges bank	1.75M	0.05%	1.75M
Macquarie group	1.45M	0.31%	1.44M
Jpmorgan chase	3.88M	0.06%	712.51K
Capital investors	699.10K	0.03%	699.10K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Nordea investment management ab	402.97K	0.09%	-1.89M
Blackrock	12.82M	0.05%	-1.19M
Two sigma advisers, lp	-	-	-1.15M
Two sigma investments, lp	8.44K	0.00%	-849.13K
Holocene advisors, lp	-	-	-650.73K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	1.75M	0.05%	1.75M	$320.96M
Capital investors	699.10K	0.03%	699.10K	$128.52M
Massachusetts financial services co /ma/	446.73K	0.03%	446.73K	$82.12M
Candlestick capital management lp	300.00K	1.52%	300.00K	$55.15M
Berkshire asset management llc/pa	71.83K	0.66%	71.83K	$13.20M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Tfo-tdc	-1.00
Valued wealth advisors	-1.00
Legend financial advisors	-2.00
Clarivest asset management	-2.00
Nvwm	-4.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Sep 30, 2023	1,334	-3.82%	115,181,651	-1.64%	56	1.72%	566	-3.90%	445	-3.26%

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 Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	4.63M	2.29%	-17.22K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	4.00M	1.98%	29.59K
Capital Group American Mutual Comp	3.80M	1.88%	424.66K
American Funds American Mutual A	3.80M	1.88%	424.66K
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™	3.75M	1.85%	3.98K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	3.18M	1.57%	27.41K
American Funds American Balanced A	2.22M	1.10%	640.28K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	1.85M	0.91%	13.92K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
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
Sep 19, 2024	Voskuil Steven E	SVP, Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$197.54K
Sep 06, 2024	Buck Michele	Chairman, President and CEO	Sell	$2.38M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2024 Q4	-	3
2024 Q3	-	12
2024 Q2	-	4
2024 Q1	-	10
2023 Q4	-	5

HSY Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Hershey?

Hershey shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 59.87%, followed by 0.25% insiders and 39.88% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Hershey's industry, Confectionery Stocks, is 50.79%, which Hershey exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Hershey?

Hershey’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (19.39M shares, 9.49%), Blackrock (12.82M shares, 6.28%), and State street (6.64M shares, 3.25%). Together, they hold 19.02% 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 10.76% of its assets in 54.15K Hershey shares, valued at 9.95M$.

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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