Ticker brief
HSY HERSHEY CO/THE
Consumer, Non-cyclical · Food
last close
$169.64
1 day
-3.4%
14 days
+4.2%
mkt cap
$36.9B
signals 14d
9
authors 14d
8
crowd 14d
-1.6σ
Options inteloptions-surface reads · latest available day per source
| metric | reading | context |
|---|---|---|
| IV — ATM 30d | 30% mid · 71 pctile own 1y | IV/HV 1.46× |
| Skew — 25Δ RR 30d | -0.027 72 pctile own 1y | balanced vs own range |
| Net dealer OI (NDOI) | -0.01 thin | 5-session Δ +0.08 (as of 2026-07-16) |
| OI alarm | quiet | last alarm 2024-12-11 (z=7.3) |
| Next earnings | 2026-10-29 (proj) | in 3d |
Sentiment — last 14 days
daily mean sentiment, 2026-10-03 → 2026-10-16 · now -0.15 (−1 bearish … +1 bullish)
Who spoke8
| author | grade | trader score | signals | mean sent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @GDXTrader | C | +0.63 | 2 | +0.20 |
| @WinnerInvestor | C | -1.72 | 1 | -0.25 |
| @MisterInversor | C | -5.25 | 1 | -0.55 |
| @CHItrader | B | -0.22 | 1 | -0.30 |
| @GetPursa | C | +0.10 | 1 | -0.30 |
| @cajurite | C | +0.39 | 1 | -0.40 |
| @BourbonCap | B | -1.57 | 1 | +0.00 |
| @zerohedge | C | -2.79 | 1 | -0.15 |
Recent signals9of 9 in 14d — receipts included
| date (PT) | author | sent | what they said | since then | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | @zerohedge | -0.15 | Cocoa grindings exceeded estimates while chocolate stocks rose. | -0.7% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-13 | @GDXTrader | +0.20 | Cocoa is breaking resistance with bullish momentum and a possible long setup. | +4.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-12 | @GDXTrader | +0.20 | Cocoa is testing trendline resistance within an uptrend, but confirmation is still needed. | +3.5% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-08 | @BourbonCap | +0.00 | Lists Hershey valuation, yield, margin and ROIC metrics without a stated stance. | +4.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-06 | @cajurite | -0.40 | Says HSY is weakly holding $160 support and warns a break could worsen the decline. | +5.5% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | @GetPursa | -0.30 | Wells Fargo maintained Equal-Weight on Hershey while cutting its target to $170. | +5.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | @CHItrader | -0.30 | Wells Fargo maintained Equal-Weight and cut Hershey's target to $170. | +5.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-04 | @MisterInversor | -0.55 | Expects sugar-dependent food and beverage companies to suffer despite remaining viable. | +5.9% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-03 | @WinnerInvestor | -0.25 | Jokes that HSY has fallen so much the author had to support it by buying its products. | +5.9% | tweet ↗ |
“Since then” = price move from the close on the signal's date (PT) to the latest close — what happened after they said it, not a backtest. A — means no trading session has closed since the signal yet. Sentiment is our extracted per-tweet score, −1…+1.