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Hormel makes tinned meat, turkey and peanut butter — brands familiar to several generations.
The portfolio splits in two: processing raw meat, where margins are thin and depend on input prices, and branded products, where the mark-up is higher and the shopper pays for the name. The company has spent decades shifting toward the latter, buying snack and prepared meal brands.
Turkey is a separate and temperamental part: its price swings, and avian flu outbreaks can wipe out flocks and ruin a year's result. Control of the company rests with a charitable foundation, which rules out a takeover. Risks: feed and meat prices, disease outbreaks and pressure from retailer own labels. The dividend has been raised for decades in a row.
Based on the last 12 months of reports, through 31 July 2026
The sector median covers every company in the sector on the US market, loss-making ones included.
Share count is a period average, so market cap is approximate.
Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) is a company in the Consumer defensive sector; its shares trade on NYSE.
The price of Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) on October 30, 2026 is 21.43 $, +2.56 % on the day. Over 52 weeks the stock traded between 18.96 $ and 26.60 $; the price now sits 32 % of the way up that range. Over the past year the price changed by −14.63 %. The P/E ratio is 34.47, which is above the sector median (22.58). Market capitalization is 11.81 billion $, rank 1 among 2 stocks of the same industry with a known capitalization.
Hormel Foods Corporation trades on NYSE under the ticker HRL. The company belongs to the Consumer defensive sector. The trading history on this page starts on 22 August 2016.
Over the past 52 weeks HRL has traded between 18.96 $ and 26.60 $. As of 30 October 2026 the price stood 16.10 % of the way from the 52-week low to the high.
Over one year HRL shares fell 14.63 %; over six months they fell 3.40 %. Volatility over 90 days is 28.97 %. Dividends are not included: this is price change only, as of 30 October 2026.
HRL trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.5, above the sector median of 22.6. Price to sales is 1.0, above the sector median of 0.8. Price to book is 1.5, below the sector median of 2.0. Calculated from reports for the period ending 31 July 2026.
Hormel Foods Corporation reported revenue of 12.1B $ and net income of 343M $ over the last four quarters. Net margin is 2.82 %. Revenue changed by +0.73 % year over year. Earnings per share are 0.62 $. Market capitalisation is 11.8B $.
HRL has a return on equity of 4.37 %, below the sector median of 6.34 %. Return on assets is 2.58 %, above the sector median of 2.28 %. Operating margin is 4.72 %, above the sector median of 3.54 %.