Analyst ratings
Across 23 analysts the consensus is a Hold: 8 buy calls against 1 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $214.10.
Hershey · NYSE: HSY · Confectioners
Over the past week, Hershey (HSY) logged about 17 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Sell. The crowd averages 41% bullish but is deeply split: X runs 63% bullish while Reddit sits at just 0%. Wall Street is more cautious, with 8 of 23 analysts rating HSY a buy.
There is little buzz around HSY this week and little agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Sell.
Wall Street’s 35% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from Reddit at 0% to X at 63%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
Across 23 analysts the consensus is a Hold: 8 buy calls against 1 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $214.10.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits just below the neutral line, momentum is cooling and the 3 sources disagree sharply, so the read is a Sell.
The crowd runs 6 points hotter than the 35% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: X reads 63% bullish while Reddit sits at 0%, a 63-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, Hershey (HSY) buzz held subdued around 28.8 while the price drifted down 4.1% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 2.6M shares. Updated Jul 13, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, HSY lost 2.8%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 28.5 and was relatively stable, swinging between 22.3 and 38.1. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 14 of the 16 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Buzz, bullish share, the loudest item and the positive / neutral / negative split for every tracked source over the last 7 days.
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Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X and News sources, Hershey (HSY) currently carries an Adanos sell signal with 93/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 41% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 17 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around Hershey (HSY) is fairly quiet with 4 mentions across 13 tracked subreddits. The tone is 0% bullish with stable 3-day activity momentum, suggesting steady attention.
Hershey (HSY) sentiment is bearish across all 3 tracked sources. X reads 63% bullish, News reads 60% bullish and reddit coverage is the most negative at 0% bullish. The combined signal points to broad sell-side pressure with 93/100 conviction.
Social sentiment data shows consistently bearish discussion around Hershey (HSY). All 3 tracked sources lean negative, with reddit being the most bearish at 0% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling across X and News. The sell signal carries 93/100 conviction.
X is the dominant discussion channel with 8 mentions (47% of total volume). News contributes 5 mentions and Reddit contributes 4 mentions. Sentiment is bearish across all sources.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. HSY's sell signal at 93/100 conviction reflects consistently bearish sentiment across multiple platforms. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The HSY sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
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