Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) Stock

About Hormel Foods Corporation

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.

Hormel Foods Corporation is led by CEO Jeffrey Ettinger, employs 20,000 people, headquartered in Austin, US, publicly traded since 1980.

Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) stock trades at $25.23 with a market capitalization of $13.88B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.40, price-to-book of 1.42, price-to-sales of 0.92. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $19.70 and $31.86, and currently trades 20.8% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 5.71%.

On profitability, Hormel Foods Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 6.05%, return on capital employed of 9.08%, an operating margin of 5.94%, a net profit margin of 4.03%.

Official website: www.hormelfoods.com