Hershey Posts Upbeat Q4 Earnings, Joins FormFactor, ITT, Cardinal Health And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Thursday

U.S. stocks were lower, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 350 points on Thursday.

Shares of Hershey Co (NYSE:HSY) rose sharply during Thursday's session after reporting better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results and FY26 outlook.

Hershey reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.71, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $1.40. Quarterly sales of $3.09 billion (+7% year over year) outpaced the Street view of $2.98 billion.

Hershey shares jumped 7.4% to $221.10 on Thursday.

Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today’s session.

• Polestar Automotive Holding Uk Plc (NASDAQ:PSNY) shares jumped 28.6% to $16.39 after announcing an equity financing of $400 million.
• SiTime Corp (NASDAQ:SITM) gained 21.8% to $424.01 after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results and issued first-quarter guidance above estimates. Also, the company announced it acquired Renesas’ timing business.
• Phibro Animal Health Corp (NASDAQ:PAHC) gained 19.1% to $48.82 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results and raised its FY26 guidance.
• FormFactor Inc (NASDAQ:FORM) gained 17.3% to $83.92 after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results and issued first-quarter guidance above estimates.
• InterDigital Inc (NASDAQ:IDCC) jumped 15.7% to $363.20 following strong quarterly earnings.
• McKesson Corp (NYSE:MCK) surged 14.8% to $944.35 following upbeat quarterly earnings.
• Regal Rexnord Corp (NYSE:RRX) gained 13.9% to $203.10 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly adjusted EPS results.
• Ensign Group Inc (NASDAQ:ENSG) surged 12.6% to $195.03 following upbeat quarterly results.
• Tenable Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:TENB) gained 11.2% to $21.92 after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results and issued FY26 adjusted EPS guidance above estimates.
• ITT Inc (NYSE:ITT) gained 10.4% to $204.39 following strong quarterly earnings.
• Nio Inc – ADR (NYSE:NIO) gained 9.8% to $4.88 after the company announced it expects warm fourth-quarter results.
• Align Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ALGN) surged 9.6% to $176.75 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results.
• Cardinal Health Inc (NYSE:CAH) gained 9.1% to $225.36 following upbeat quarterly earnings.
• Celestica Inc (NYSE:CLS) gained 8.5% to $299.67.
• Kulicke And Soffa Industries Inc (NASDAQ:KLIC) gained 8.2% to $60.21 after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results and issued current-quarter guidance above estimates.
• Tapestry Inc (NYSE:TPR) gained 7.7% to $139.87 following strong quarterly results.
• Arm Holdings PLC – ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) gained 6.9% to $112.16 following quarterly results.

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