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Hershey shares outstanding HSY

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2008.

Latest quarter, to Jun 28, 2026
202.7M
On a year earlier
−0.2%
fewer shares

Hershey had 202.7M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q2 FY26, the quarter to Jun 28, 2026.

That is about the same as a year earlier.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY2013227.4M+0%
FY2012227.3M−1%
FY2011229.3M−0%
FY2010229.7Mn/a

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q2 FY26202.7M−0%
Q1 FY26203.9M+0%
Q3 FY25203.5M+0%
Q2 FY25203.2M+0%
Q1 FY25203.1M−1%
Q3 FY24203M−1%
Q2 FY24203M−1%
Q1 FY24204.9M−0%
Q3 FY23205.5M−0%
Q2 FY23205.5M−0%
Q1 FY23205.8M−1%
Q3 FY22206.3M−1%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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