HRL
Hormel Foods Corp /de/ Consumer Staples Meat Packing Plants S&P 500Russell 3000
$21.28Close
$18.90 – $26.2052-week range
Dec 3, 2026Next report
Highlights
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 2 of 8 trend conditions
- Lagging the market RS 30 · weaker than 70% of stocks over 12 months
- Earnings shrinking EPS −68% year on year
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
19%
1wk
up 1.0%
price change
1mo
up 8.4%
price change
12-month return
up 4%
market up 11% ·
its own down 8%
F-score
—
— Not assessed
Altman Z
—
Unknown
P/E
—
price / earnings
PEG
—
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
—
price / book
Earnings yield
—
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
—
of the market · not assessed
Revenue growth
up 2%
year on year
EPS growth
down 68%
latest quarter · -55 pts
Sales growth
down 2%
latest quarter · -5 pts
ROE
up 6%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 4%
$534.3M FCF
D/E
0.36
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
2.2×
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
Repair signals
- Revenue reaccelerating (-2% then +2%)
Trade setup
ATR%
2.1%
$0.45 a day · 2×ATR $20.39
RS
30 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
2 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
2.0×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.77
50 sessions
Implied move
7.3%
by Dec 4, 2026 · report Dec 3, 2026
Trend template · 2 of 8
- Price above the 50-day average: passes
- Within 25% of the 52-week high: passes
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Gross margin narrowing Gross margin fell from 17.0% to 15.6%. The company is keeping less of each dollar of sales than it did a year ago.
Last reported
Aug 27, 2026
Last shock
Aug 27, 2026-10% in one session4.3× volumeon results+2% since
Options
$195,48228.9% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 16%
- Net 4%
- Free cash 4%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Oct 25, 2020 | FY2021Oct 31, 2021 | FY2022Oct 30, 2022 | FY2023Oct 29, 2023 | FY2024Oct 27, 2024 | FY2025Oct 26, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.6B | $11.4B | $12.5B | $12.1B | $11.9B | $12.1B |
| Gross margin | 19% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| Operating income | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $718.6M |
| Net income | $908.1M | $908.8M | $1,000.0M | $793.6M | $805.0M | $478.2M |
| Net margin | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 4% |
| Earnings per share | $1.66 | $1.66 | $1.82 | $1.45 | $1.47 | $0.87 |
| Free cash flow | $760.5M | $769.5M | $856.1M | $777.6M | $1.0B | $534.3M |
| Free cash margin | 8% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 4% |
| Cash | $1.7B | $613.5M | $982.1M | $736.5M | $741.9M | $670.7M |
| Long-term debt | $1.0B | $3.3B | $3.3B | $2.4B | $2.9B | $2.9B |
| Shareholders' equity | $6.4B | $7.0B | $7.5B | $7.7B | $8.0B | $7.9B |
Next report
Dec 3, 2026
Expected move The move, either way, the option market prices in through the next scheduled report: the at-the-money straddle for the first expiry that contains it, over the price. It includes the days around the report, so it slightly overstates the report alone. Methodology
±7.3%
$20 – $23 by Dec 4, 2026
Usual move The median, over the company's last four reports, of how far the stock moved either way from the close before the filing to the close of the session after it. Methodology
±6.9%
last 4: -9.0% · +10.8% · +1.1% · +4.7%
Expected against usual The move the options price through this report over the move the last four reports delivered. Above 1 the event is priced bigger than the company's own record; below 1, smaller. A price, not a forecast: it says what protection through the report costs, not which way the stock will go. Methodology
About usual
1.1× the usual move
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $20 – $23 ±5.4% by Nov 27, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- Bigger 28.9% priced · 25.6% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- About the same
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: costs less
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $195,482 calls $178,349 · puts $17,133 · latest session
- 0.10× -0.13 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls -1.77k · puts -373 past week
For options traders: ATM IV 28.9% (+5.7% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 1.01 · 25Δ skew 6.1 pts · Net GEX $1.2M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jul 26, 2026 | 32d |
| May 28, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Apr 26, 2026 | 32d |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jan 25, 2026 | 32d |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Oct 26, 2025 | 40d |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jul 27, 2025 | 32d |
| May 29, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Apr 27, 2025 | 32d |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jan 26, 2025 | 32d |
| Dec 5, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Oct 27, 2024 | 39d |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jul 28, 2024 | 38d |
| May 30, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Apr 28, 2024 | 32d |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jan 28, 2024 | 32d |
| Dec 6, 2023 | Annual ↗ | Oct 29, 2023 | 38d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Material agreement · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| May 28, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Director or officer change · Shareholder vote ↗ |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Results ↗ |