HSY Congressional Stock Trades & Insider Buying (2026)

HSY insider buying and selling over the past year

Over the past year HERSHEY CO insiders filed 17 open-market Form 4 trades — 3 purchases worth $445.4K and 14 sales worth $24.56M — which makes them net sellers by $24.12M.

Most of the selling was pre-scheduled: 14 of the 14 sales (100.0%) were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, which are set up in advance and say less about an insider's current view than discretionary sales. Activity clustered in 2025-11 (5 trades) and 2026-03 (5 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-03-27. The average open-market sale price was $213.73; the last close of $170.83 is 20.1% below that level, so sellers exited above the current price. The single largest trade was a sale of 30,000 shares worth $6.42M on 2026-03-27. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved -20.1%, from $213.73. Insiders paid an average of $185.59 per share for their open-market purchases; against the last close of $170.83 that cost basis is under water at -8.0%.

Where HSY trades relative to its one-year range

HERSHEY CO closed at $170.83 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $157.61 to $236.28. That puts the stock near the bottom of its range, at 16.8% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved -8.5%, and over roughly three months -0.3%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 1,518,500 shares.

Across 42 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 20) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was -7.6%. HSY is behind that median and beat 48% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded HSY

STOCK Act disclosures show 32 trades in HSY by 11 members of Congress over five years (17 purchases, 15 sales), most recently on 2026-09-04. The most active traders were Ro Khanna (D-CA), 9 trades; Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), 6 trades; Scott Franklin (R-FL), 5 trades; Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA), 3 trades; Dan Newhouse (R-WA), 2 trades.

By party the trades split 19 by Republicans, 13 by Democrats; by chamber, 29 from the House, 3 from the Senate.

HSY lobbying disclosures

HERSHEY CO appears in 2 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2018, with $320.0K in reported lobbying spend.

Compare HSY with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to HSY:

• KHC one-year return -5.8%
• STZ one-year return -5.7%
• DEO one-year return -3.6%
• PEP one-year return -13.9%
• HRL one-year return -14.1%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-03-27
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-09-04
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

HSY data questions

Are HSY insiders buying or selling stock?

Over the past year HERSHEY CO insiders filed 17 open-market Form 4 trades — 3 purchases worth $445.4K and 14 sales worth $24.56M — which makes them net sellers by $24.12M.

What is the one-year price range for HSY?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, HSY traded between $157.61 and $236.28, last closing at $170.83.

Has any member of Congress traded HSY stock?

Yes. 11 members disclosed 32 trades in HSY over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-09-04.