Hormel Foods Corporation

Hormel Foods Corporation

HRL·NYSE

$23.14

-0.90%
Consumer DefensivePackaged Foods

Hormel Foods Corporation develops, processes, and distributes various meat, nuts, and food products to retail, foodservice, deli, and commercial customers in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Grocery Products, Refrigerated Foods, Jennie-O Turkey Store, and International & Other. It provides various perishable products that include fresh meats, frozen items, refrigerated meal solutions, sausages, hams, guacamoles, and bacons; and shelf-stable products comprising canned luncheon meats, nut butters, snack nuts, chilies, shelf-stable microwaveable meals, hashes, stews, tortillas, salsas, tortilla chips, and others. The company also engages in the processing, marketing, and sale of branded and unbranded pork, beef, poultry, and turkey products, as well as offers nutritional food products and supplements, desserts and drink mixes, and industrial gelatin products. It sells its products primarily under the SKIPPY, SPAM, Hormel, Natural Choice, Applegate, Justin's, Jennie-O, Café H, Herdez, Black Label, Sadler's, Columbus, Gatherings, Herdez, Wholly, Columbus, Planters, NUT-rition, Planters Cheez Balls, Corn Nuts, etc. brand names through sales personnel, independent brokers, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Geo. A. Hormel & Company and changed its name to Hormel Foods Corporation in January 1995. Hormel Foods Corporation was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Austin, Minnesota.

At a Glance

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Market Cap$12.73B
EPS0.8700
P/E Ratio26.60
Earnings Date06/04/2026

SEC Filings

HRL - Filing history and reports

Filing TypeFiling DatePeriod EndingFiscal YearActions
10-Q

10-Q 2026 Q2

Q2

May 28, 2026
April 26, 2026
2026
8-K

8-K 2026

N/A

May 28, 2026
May 28, 2026
2026
10-Q

10-Q 2026 Q1

Q1

February 26, 2026
January 25, 2026
2026
8-K

8-K 2026

N/A

February 26, 2026
February 26, 2026
2026
8-K

8-K 2026

N/A

February 18, 2026
February 17, 2026
2026
8-K/A

8-K/A 2025 (Amended)

N/A

February 13, 2026
October 23, 2025
2025
8-K

8-K 2026

N/A

February 02, 2026
January 27, 2026
2026
DEF 14A

DEF 14A 2026

N/A

December 17, 2025
January 27, 2026
2026
10-K

10-K 2025 FY

FY

December 05, 2025
October 26, 2025
2025
8-K

8-K 2025

N/A

December 04, 2025
December 04, 2025
2025
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10-K

Annual Report

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10-Q

Quarterly Report

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Filed 3 times per year
8-K

Current Report

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DEF 14A

Proxy Statement

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S-1

Registration Statement

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20-F

Foreign Annual Report

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