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Hershey Co. short interest

Short interest in Hershey Co. was 9.1 million shares at the 31 August 2026 settlement, down 11.5% on the previous settlement, with 8.59 days to cover at an average daily volume of 1.1 million shares, as reported to FINRA.

SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
31 August 20269,139,522-11.5%1,064,4078.59
14 August 202610,330,336+24.4%1,283,2708.05
31 July 20268,307,601-8.3%1,786,3534.65
15 July 20269,063,797-8.6%2,107,7474.30
30 June 20269,916,072+20.4%2,719,3253.65
15 June 20268,233,418-2.7%1,946,8384.23
29 May 20268,461,484-19.3%1,869,2864.53
15 May 202610,480,814+17.5%1,970,2725.32
30 April 20268,918,832-5.4%2,075,6084.30
15 April 20269,427,802+8.8%1,892,4724.98
31 March 20268,664,199+13.7%2,017,6964.29
13 March 20267,618,456-7.5%1,411,3635.40

FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement. Days to cover is shares short over average daily volume. Short interest as a share of the float is not shown: the float is not in the public record.

Source

FINRA equity short interest data, the public dataset.

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