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title: "Weekly Recap | Hershey -2.04%, most brokers rate it buy"
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description: "Hershey closed at $169.79, down 2.04% for the week. The S&P 500 edged 0.08% lower, so the stock lagged the benchmark by about 1.96 percentage points. It was a soft five days: the stock opened Monday at $175.86 and tagged the week’s high of $178.025, then fell through Tuesday to $170.42. Wednesday and Thursday saw small pullbacks, and Friday dipped to the week’s low of $166.69 before recovering slightly. The close remained below the prior Friday’s $173.32."
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# Weekly Recap | Hershey -2.04%, most brokers rate it buy

## The Week

Hershey closed at $169.79, down 2.04% for the week. The S&P 500 edged 0.08% lower, so the stock lagged the benchmark by about 1.96 percentage points. It was a soft five days: the stock opened Monday at $175.86 and tagged the week’s high of $178.025, then fell through Tuesday to $170.42. Wednesday and Thursday saw small pullbacks, and Friday dipped to the week’s low of $166.69 before recovering slightly. The close remained below the prior Friday’s $173.32.

## Key Events

The week’s company news centred on share sales and legal items. Hershey Trust, trustee for Milton Hershey School, disclosed two selldowns: roughly $3.45 million of Hershey shares on Tuesday, then 29,999 shares worth about $5.21 million on Thursday. The company also announced a Q3 2026 dividend of R$0.34 per unit. Later in the week, a court dismissed a lawsuit over Reese’s Halloween pumpkins that lacked ‘cool’ carvings. Several market reports during the week also flagged Hershey as underperforming competitors or showing weak momentum among large-cap consumer staples.

## Analyst Ratings

Twenty-five brokers cover Hershey: 6 rate it buy, 2 overweight, 14 hold, 1 sell, and 2 have no opinion. The consensus rating is buy, with a consensus target of $205.52, about 21.05% above the last close. Targets range from $170 to $250, a wide spread. Hershey ranks first in analyst ratings among 53 names in the packaged foods and meats industry.

## The Week Ahead

The US calendar is fairly busy next week. Tuesday brings the Richmond Fed composite index, Wednesday the EIA weekly crude and Cushing crude stockpiles, and Thursday initial jobless claims, the current account balance, new home sales, and the EIA natural gas storage change. For a consumer staple like Hershey, initial claims and new home sales carry the more relevant read on consumer health.

## In Short

Hershey fell 2.04% and lagged the S&P 500, with the week’s price action staying weak. Two sell-downs by Hershey Trust and a run of reports showing the stock trailing peers left sentiment cautious. Against that, consensus ratings remain buy, the consensus target sits about 21% above the last close, and the company’s industry ranking is strong—but the $170 to $250 target range shows the disagreement has not narrowed. The key question now is whether the shares can hold near $166.69 as consumer data arrives next week.

*This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.*

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