Hormel Foods Corporation is a prominent global food company that specializes in the creation, preparation, and supply of a diverse array of meat, nut, and other culinary items. Its extensive clientele spans retail outlets, institutional food providers (foodservice), specialty delis, and various commercial enterprises across the United States and internationally. The company's operations are strategically structured into four main divisions: Grocery Products, Refrigerated Foods, Jennie-O Turkey Store, and International & Other. Hormel's product portfolio is broad, encompassing numerous perishable goods such as fresh meats, frozen food selections, convenient refrigerated meal options, a variety of sausages, hams, guacamole, and bacon. Additionally, it offers a wide range of non-perishable items, including canned luncheon meats, various nut butters, snack nuts, chili, microwave-ready meals, hashes, stews, tortillas, salsas, and tortilla chips. Beyond these offerings, Hormel Foods is also actively involved in the processing, promotion, and distribution of both branded and unbranded products derived from pork, beef, poultry, and turkey. The company further supplies nutritional food items and supplements, dessert and beverage mixes, and industrial-grade gelatin. Its extensive product line is marketed under numerous widely recognized brand names, including SKIPPY, SPAM, Hormel, Natural Choice, Applegate, Justin's, Jennie-O, Café H, Herdez, Black Label, Sadler's, Columbus, Gatherings, Wholly, Planters, NUT-rition, Planters Cheez Balls, and Corn Nuts. These products reach consumers through a multi-channel distribution network, utilizing internal sales teams, independent brokers, and various distributors. Founded in 1891 as Geo. A. Hormel & Company, the organization was officially rebranded as Hormel Foods Corporation in January 1995. Its corporate headquarters are located in Austin, Minnesota.
CEO: Jeffrey Ettinger. Company website
Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) trades at $20.81, up 0.24% on the day, as of Sep 20, 2026 14:24 UTC.
Hormel Foods Corporation has a market capitalisation of $11.45B, calculated from the live HRL share price and shares outstanding.
HRL trades at a trailing P/E of 33.03, from earnings per share of $0.63 over the last twelve months.
Hormel Foods Corporation generated revenue of $12.15B over the trailing twelve months, which puts the stock at 0.94 times sales.
Yes. Hormel Foods Corporation pays a dividend yielding 4.76% on the current share price.
HRL has traded between $19.70 and $26.60 over the past 52 weeks, and the last price is 21.8% below that high.
Yes. Hormel Foods Corporation keeps 2.82% of revenue as net income over the trailing twelve months.
Wall Street analysts rate HRL Hold, with an average price target of $24.67, 18.5% above the current price.
Hormel Foods Corporation is classified under the Consumer Defensive sector and the Packaged Foods industry, and is domiciled in US.
Jeffrey Ettinger is the chief executive of Hormel Foods Corporation, which employs 20,000 people.
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