The Hershey Company
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US4278661081

SecurityHSY / The Hershey Company
InstitutionUbs Ag
Latest Disclosed Ownership166,078 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 15,849,000
Ubs Ag ownership in HSY / The Hershey Company

On November 12, 2014 - Ubs Ag filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 166,078 shares of The Hershey Company (US:HSY) valued at $15,848,824 USD as of September 30, 2014. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on August 14, 2014 disclosing 29,911,620 shares of The Hershey Company. This represents a change in shares of -27.65% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $30,425,490 USD.

Ubs Ag has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (HSY) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 232,000 of underlying shares valued at $5,944,000 USD and put options representing 1,306,262 of underlying shares valued at $33,466,000 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

HSY / The Hershey Company Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F HERSHEY COM 427866108 166,078 -63,460 -27.65 15,849 -29.09 0.0117
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM 369604103 32,946,797 3,035,177 10.15 844,097 7.38 0.6226
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F HERSHEY COM 427866108 229,538 -5,336 -2.27 22,350 -8.85 0.0175
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM 369604103 29,911,620 165,146 0.56 786,077 2.07 0.6153
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A-1 HERSHEY COM 427866108 234,874 39,072 19.95 24,521 28.81 0.0218
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A-1 GENERAL ELECTRIC COM 369604103 29,746,474 2,500,770 9.18 770,137 0.84 0.6845
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F HERSHEY COM 427866108 234,874 24,521
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM 369604103 29,746,474 770,137
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A-1 HERSHEY COM 427866108 195,802 29,115 17.47 19,037 23.47 0.0178
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A-1 GENERAL ELECTRIC COM 369604103 27,245,704 896,695 3.40 763,697 21.32 0.7140
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F HERSHEY COM 427866108 195,802 19,037
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM 369604103 27,245,704 763,697
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F HERSHEY COM 427866108 166,687 -7,855 -4.50 15,418 -1.06 0.0158
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM 369604103 26,349,009 2,323,732 9.67 629,478 12.98 0.6440
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F HERSHEY COM 427866108 174,542 174,542 15,583 0.0185
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM 369604103 24,025,277 24,025,277 557,146 0.6604
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Call 232,000 -5.63 5,944 -7.99 n/a n/a n/a
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F HERSHEY COM Call 700 -46.15 67 -47.24 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Call 245,830 -13.77 6,460 -12.48 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F HERSHEY COM Call 1,300 -18.75 127 -23.95 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Call 285,100 -40.46 7,381 -45.00 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A HERSHEY COM Call 1,600 -98.36 167 -98.24 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Call 285,100 7,381 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F HERSHEY COM Call 1,600 167 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Call 478,800 -1.87 13,421 15.14 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A HERSHEY COM Call 97,400 27.65 9,470 34.17 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F HERSHEY COM Call 97,400 9,470 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Call 478,800 13,421 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Call 487,900 -32.77 11,656 -30.74 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F HERSHEY COM Call 76,300 1,005.80 7,058 1,045.78 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Call 725,748 16,830 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F HERSHEY COM Call 6,900 616 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Put 1,306,262 160.28 33,466 153.74 n/a n/a n/a
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F HERSHEY COM Put 3,800 442.86 363 433.82 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Put 501,862 -54.53 13,189 -53.84 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F HERSHEY COM Put 700 250.00 68 223.81 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Put 1,103,673 0.01 28,574 -7.63 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A HERSHEY COM Put 200 -83.33 21 -82.05 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Put 1,103,673 28,574 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F HERSHEY COM Put 200 21 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Put 1,103,560 19.37 30,933 40.06 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A HERSHEY COM Put 1,200 -14.29 117 -10.00 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F HERSHEY COM Put 1,200 117 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Put 1,103,560 30,933 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Put 924,500 -28.69 22,086 -26.54 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F HERSHEY COM Put 1,400 16.67 130 21.50 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F GENERAL ELECTRIC COM Put 1,296,400 30,064 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F HERSHEY COM Put 1,200 107 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.