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HRL

Hormel Foods Corporation

HRL

NYSE·Consumer Defensive·Packaged Foods·Mkt cap $13.7B

$25.00

+0.48%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$19.70 - $31.86

P/E

28.09

Fwd P/E

16.76

Beta

0.34

Div Yield

4.68%

Avg Vol

5.5M

Shares Out

550.3M

Mkt Cap

$13.7B

Price action

Price chart

Down 19.3% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Diverse brand portfolio
  • Strong distribution network
  • Vertical integration in protein production
  • Proven brand recognition

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Low volatility (beta 0.3).

Growth

Stable outlook

Plant-based protein expansion

Value

Fairly valued vs Food & Beverage peers

Momentum

Strong

+12.6% over 3m

Quality

Thin

Strong fundamentals

Dividend

Solid

4.68% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Aug 27, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 28, 2026

Reported EPS of $0.40 vs $0.35 consensus (+14.3% surprise). Revenue of $3.0B vs $3.0B expected (+0.3%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +14.3%
Rev beat +0.3%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+14.3%

Next: Aug 27, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

-0%

+0%

+5%

+2%

+1%

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Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$2.9B

$2.9B

$3.1B

$3.0B

$2.9B

$3.0B

$3.2B

$3.0B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

15.5%

Operating

8.0%

Profit

6.0%

Wall Street consensus

3 analysts · 0% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

0%

Hold

3

100%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$23.50

-6.0% vs $25.00

Low $22.00
Median $23.50
High $25.00

Latest: Bank of America · May 29, 2026

2 analysts covering

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How HRL stacks vs Packaged Foods

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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