Who owns Hershey Company (The)?What is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
Institutions own 68.0% of Hershey Company (The)'s shares, through 1,457 funds, banks and other managers that report their holdings to the SEC; individual investors and others hold the rest. The largest on 30 June 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (6.6%), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (4.9%), Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC (3.7%).
- Institutions ownWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 68.0%
- Institutional holders
- 1,457
- The 10 largest hold
- 31.8%
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 98.1%
- Holdings as of
- 30 Jun 2026
Who owns the shares
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
The largest shareholders
| # | Holder | Shares | Of the company | Value | Change last quarter (shares) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 13,131,312 | 6.61% | 2.30B USD | +350,826 |
| 2 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 9,683,520 | 4.87% | 1.70B USD | +56,829 |
| 3 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 7,271,155 | 3.66% | 1.28B USD | +66,727 |
| 4 | State Street Corp | 7,227,295 | 3.64% | 1.27B USD | -92,760 |
| 5 | Morgan Stanley | 5,646,902 | 2.84% | 990.75M USD | +1,704,037 |
| 6 | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 4,760,502 | 2.40% | 835.23M USD | +461,752 |
| 7 | Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. | 4,760,502 | 2.40% | 835.23M USD | New position |
| 8 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 4,280,665 | 2.15% | 748.28M USD | +85,113 |
| 9 | Capital World Investors | 3,500,000 | 1.76% | 614.08M USD | +750,000 |
| 10 | FMR LLC | 3,004,051 | 1.51% | 527.06M USD | +13,631 |
| 11 | Royal Bank Of Canada | 2,891,678 | 1.46% | 507.35M USD | -144,778 |
| 12 | Gqg Partners LLC | 2,766,786 | 1.39% | 485.44M USD | New position |
| 13 | Capital Research Global Investors | 2,699,237 | 1.36% | 473.59M USD | +316,544 |
| 14 | Invesco Ltd. | 2,022,858 | 1.02% | 354.91M USD | +320,415 |
| 15 | Northern Trust Corp | 1,771,282 | 0.89% | 310.77M USD | -8,206 |
| 16 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1,651,100 | 0.83% | 299.81M USD | +125,240 |
| 17 | Bank Of America Corp | 1,566,662 | 0.79% | 274.87M USD | +171,018 |
| 18 | Hershey Trust Co | 1,336,119 | 0.67% | 234.42M USD | -610,000 |
| 19 | Norges Bank | 1,333,760 | 0.67% | 234.01M USD | New position |
| 20 | Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,269,080 | 0.64% | 222.73M USD | +58,614 |
| 21 | Stifel Financial Corp | 1,244,459 | 0.63% | 218.34M USD | +24,861 |
| 22 | Bank Of New York Mellon Corp | 1,161,666 | 0.58% | 203.81M USD | +21,945 |
| 23 | Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 1,128,711 | 0.57% | 198.03M USD | +118,825 |
| 24 | UBS AM | 1,120,257 | 0.56% | 196.55M USD | +34,873 |
| 25 | Legal & General Group PLC | 1,046,583 | 0.53% | 183.62M USD | +35,851 |
All institutions last quarter
- Bought or added
- 792 · 126 new
- Sold or cut
- 709 · 193 sold out
- Net shares bought
- +10.42M · 1.83B USD
- Institutional ownership
- 62.7% → 68.0%
Biggest buyers last quarter
- Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P.New position
- Gqg Partners LLCNew position
- Morgan Stanley+1,704,037
- Norges BankNew position
- Federated Hermes, Inc.+988,763
Biggest sellers last quarter
- First Trust Advisors LP-805,508
- Hershey Trust Co-610,000
- Qube Research & Technologies Ltd-460,267
- Citadel Advisors LLC-365,211
- Millennium Management LLC-314,440
From the holders' 13F filings with the SEC for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026, filed up to 45 days after it; the buyers and sellers are among the 100 largest holders.
Common questions about Hershey Company (The)'s shareholders
Source: Financial Modeling PrepVerified against SEC filings
