Congress trades in The Hershey Company (HSY)
8 of the members we track disclosed 10 purchases of HSY between 2022-10-05 and 2026-03-27, and 10 sales. Here is what the stock did afterwards.
Every purchase is measured over the three months after the transaction date, against XLP — the ETF standing in for Consumer Staples — over exactly the same dates. The second figure is the one that carries information: the first mostly reflects what the sector did. How HSY was classified.
How these buys are tagged
5 of these purchases were made by a member whose own committee oversees Consumer Staples. 2 are marked Cluster: A buy is marked Cluster when at least one other tracked member of Congress bought the same stock within 30 days of it, regardless of committee membership.
| Buys | Number | Return after 3 months | vs. sector | Beat their sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All buys | 10 | -2.6% | -6.1% | 30% |
| Notable (committee-flagged) | 5 | -5.2% | -6.5% | 20% |
| Unaligned (no committee overlap) | 5 | +0.0% | -5.8% | 40% |
| Cluster, excl. mega-caps | 2 | Too few buys to measure | ||
| Not clustered, excl. mega-caps | 8 | -0.5% | -5.3% | 38% |
Who bought the most
- Robert Bresnahan — 2 buys
- C. Franklin — 2 buys
- Alan Armstrong — 1 buy
- Sheldon Whitehouse — 1 buy
- Carol Miller — 1 buy
Every disclosed purchase
| Member | Bought disclosed |
Signal | Price | 1W | 1M | 3M | vs sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Armstrong | 2026-03-27 2026-07-21 |
Unaligned | $213.73 | -3.5% | -10.4% | -16.2% | -19.8% |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | 2025-11-21 2025-12-01 |
Unaligned | $186.00 | +1.1% | +1.8% | +19.2% | +6.4% |
| Robert Bresnahan | 2025-05-15 2025-05-31 |
Notable | $163.69 | -6.0% | +3.3% | +10.1% | +9.2% |
| Carol Miller | 2025-03-10 2025-04-11 |
Unaligned Cluster | $186.36 | -8.5% | -11.9% | -10.4% | -9.1% |
| Robert Bresnahan | 2025-02-25 2025-03-27 |
Notable Cluster | $178.65 | -1.3% | -4.5% | -11.4% | -9.9% |
| Julie Johnson | 2025-01-15 2025-02-12 |
Unaligned | $151.75 | -0.4% | +4.0% | +8.2% | +3.1% |
| C. Franklin | 2024-08-07 2024-08-20 |
Notable | $199.82 | +0.4% | -0.0% | -11.5% | -13.1% |
| C. Franklin | 2024-08-02 2024-08-20 |
Notable | $199.08 | +1.2% | -3.0% | -10.0% | -11.1% |
| Dan Newhouse | 2024-04-10 2024-04-25 |
Notable | $192.03 | -5.0% | +6.6% | -3.3% | -7.5% |
| Rick Larsen | 2022-10-05 2023-05-26 |
Unaligned | $225.09 | -0.2% | +1.8% | -0.8% | -9.6% |
Prices are the closing price on the transaction date, not what was paid: filings never disclose an execution price. Blank figures mean the window has not elapsed yet. Sales are not scored — a sale closes a position rather than opening one — so the 10 disclosed sales of HSY are not in this table.
Download the data behind this page, or read how every figure is calculated. Trades in HSY are a small part of the full rankings, which score each member across everything they bought.
Data last updated .