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Hormel Foods Corp Stock: price and insider trades · United States
1 insider bought €179k of shares over the last 90 days, the latest filed 06 Oct 2026.
Hormel Foods Corp: what insiders have been doing
Hormel Foods Corp, founded in 1891, is a Food & Agriculture company based in Austin, United States. Its directors and officers file their transactions with SEC (Form 4). In the past year (18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026), 48 filings came from 23 insiders.
Open-market activity splits into 1 purchase totalling €179k and 2 sales totalling €709k; 1 insider sit on the buying side and 2 insiders on the selling side. Netting one side against the other leaves €530k of net selling. A purchase on the market is a deliberate choice to commit personal money, which is why it draws more attention than a grant. The buyers include 1 senior executive. The largest single trade was a sale of €434k by Bhojwani Gary C, published on 10 July 2026, equal to 0.0045% of the market capitalisation.
The most recent open-market purchase was published on 6 October 2026, 12 days ago. The median gap between a trade and its publication by SEC (Form 4) is 2 days. The legal deadline for a Form 4 is two business days after the transaction. Sales are harder to read than purchases, since they often meet personal needs such as tax or diversification.
With 48 filings in twelve months, the company is more active than the median of 19 filings across the 5,810 companies we follow on the same exchange. The full history, which starts in 2016, counts 4 purchases against 22 sales. On the fundamentals side, the SEC filing (10-K) for the period ending 26 October 2025 lists revenue at 12.11 bn USD and net income at 478.2 m USD; the dividend was 1.16 USD per share.
For comparison within the same sector, see the insider buying recorded at Village Farms International, Inc. and Orkla ASA. Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.
Insider Decl.
329
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€383,830
4 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€5M
22 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleMurano Elsa A2 sales
Gary C. Bhojwani1 sale
Lykken Steven J1 buy
William A. Newlands1 buy
Since the insiders bought
- -28.4%Entry US$33.13 · Close at T+365 US$23.71
- -13.3%Entry US$37.36 · Close at T+365 US$32.40
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate Hormel Foods Corp Hold (neutral), based on 8 analysts. Average price target: US$25.31.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 14,678 of 24,148 companies
45.0
score / 100
Value54
Quality36
FCF yld4.8%
Earn yld4.3%
EV/EBITDA14.0x
ROE4.3%
Gross mgn16%
Net mgn4.0%
Debt/EBITDA2.8x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended October 2025 · cache
US$19.81
Analyst consensus
8 analystsHold
US$23.00Target US$25.31(+28%)US$29.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$12.1B
Gross profitUS$1.9B16% margin
EBITDAUS$1B8% margin
Net incomeUS$478.2M2.8% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)32.0x
PER (forward)12.6x
P/Book1.4x
Beta0.29
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$10.9B
Total debtUS$2.9B
Free Cash FlowUS$534.3M
Debt / Equity36%
Profitability & ownership
ROE4.3%
ROA4.6%
% insiders0.5%
% institutions91.4%
Last declaration on 15 October 2026
Declarations329 total
62,468 shares0Common StockSEC:0002153282-26-000004:0
10,000 shares@ US$20.100.0018% mcap22.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001531376-26-000014:0
Canonical exit: 3 Jan 2027 (T+90)
864 shares@ US$20.250.0002% mcap1.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001590716-26-000002:0
7,635.41 shares@ US$19.940.0014% mcap21.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001531376-26-000012:0
2,830.37 shares@ US$19.940.0005% mcap8.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001476403-26-000012:0
1,513.92 shares@ US$19.940.0003% mcap21.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001435654-26-000012:0
3,027.83 shares@ US$19.940.0005% mcap10.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001614711-26-000014:0
3,027.83 shares@ US$19.940.0005% mcap8.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001614708-26-000018:0
20,200 shares@ US$24.51280.0045% mcap80.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001614708-26-000016:0
20,200 shares@ US$24.540.0045% mcap100.0% of flowCommonSEC144:0001958244-26-000443
8,341 sharesCommon StockSEC:0002117379-26-000004:0
5,734 sharesCommon StockSEC:0002123047-26-000006:0
1,722 shares@ US$21.470.0003% mcap71.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001341185-26-000007:0
12,043 shares0Common StockSEC:0002123047-26-000004:0
1,332.78 shares@ US$22.6526.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001435654-26-000010:0
2,491.72 shares@ US$22.658.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001476403-26-000004:0
6,721.85 shares@ US$22.6527.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001531376-26-000007:0
2,665.56 shares@ US$22.6511.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001614711-26-000008:0
2,665.56 shares@ US$22.659.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001614708-26-000012:0
5,405 shares0Common StockSEC:0001614711-26-000006:0
6,541 shares0Common StockSEC:0001531376-26-000002:0
6,541 shares0Common StockSEC:0001476403-26-000002:0
6,541 shares0Common StockSEC:0001435654-26-000002:0
6,541 shares0Common StockSEC:0001341185-26-000004:0
6,541 shares0Common StockSEC:0001196024-26-000002:0
25 of 329 declarations
About Hormel Foods Corp
Hormel Foods Corp /DE/ (ticker: HRL) is a U.S. food company listed on the NYSE in the United States. The business was founded in 1891 by George A. Hormel in Austin, Minnesota, and the company remains headquartered there today. Over more than 130 years, Hormel has evolved from a regional meat processor into a diversified branded food platform built around consumer-recognized names, value-added protein products, and a growing mix of retail, foodservice, and international businesses.
Hormel’s operating model is anchored in three core channels: Retail, Foodservice, and International. The Retail business is the most brand-visible part of the portfolio and includes well-known names such as SPAM, HORMEL, SKIPPY, Applegate, Columbus, Planters, Justin’s, Wholly Guacamole, and Jennie-O. These brands cover categories including shelf-stable meats, bacon, peanut butter, natural and organic meats, turkey, guacamole, deli items, and convenient prepared foods. The company’s competitive strength comes from brand equity, category leadership in selected niches, broad distribution, innovation, and the ability to participate in both mainstream and premium food segments.
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In strategic terms, Hormel is best understood as a protein-focused branded food company with an increasingly balanced portfolio. Its Foodservice segment serves restaurants, broadline distributors, and institutional customers with custom solutions and volume-oriented products. The International segment gives the company exposure to growth markets abroad, with sales in more than 80 countries and meaningful commercial activity in Asia, including China and Japan, as well as other global markets. This geographic spread helps reduce reliance on any single end market, although commodity input costs and consumer demand remain important variables.
Recent company developments support a clearer portfolio-repositioning story. In February 2026, Hormel reported first-quarter fiscal 2026 results with net sales of about $3.03 billion and organic net sales growth of 2%, indicating that top-line momentum remained intact. In late 2025 and early 2026, the company moved to reshape its portfolio by announcing and then completing the sale of its whole-bird turkey business, a step that aligns with management’s goal of focusing on more value-added and less commodity-sensitive businesses. Hormel also completed a strategic partnership around the Justin’s brand to support future growth.
For investors, HRL represents a defensive U.S. consumer staple with strong brand recognition, steady cash generation, and ongoing portfolio optimization. Its NYSE listing and U.S. domicile make it a familiar name for global equity allocators seeking exposure to the packaged food sector.
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