Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $20.47: Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10 and A.R:R 2.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
Hormel Foods is a global branded food company with more than $12 billion in annual revenue, operating through Retail, Foodservice, and International segments with brands including SPAM, Planters, Skippy, Jennie-O, and Applegate. McLane Company (distributor to Walmart,... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $20.47: Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10 and A.R:R 2.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: RSI 44 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 4.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/10 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Hormel Foods Corporation
Latest news
- 'China Allows Exports for 425 US Beef Plants, Trade Group Says' - Bloomberg — benzinga May 15, 2026 positive
- 'Trump Move On Beef To Affect All Beef-Exporting Nations; Trump Administration To Allow More Foreign-Produced Beef At Lo — benzinga May 11, 2026 neutral
- 'Justice Department Is Criminally Investigating Beef Companies; President Trump Called For Probe In The Fall, Alleging P — benzinga Apr 20, 2026 negative
- JP Morgan Downgrades Hormel Foods to Neutral, Lowers Price Target to $23 — benzinga Apr 9, 2026 negative
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -2.9% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $20.47: Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10 and A.R:R 2.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: RSI 44 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $19.28. Score 4.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $22.84 (+12.0% upside). Prior stop was $19.28. Stop-loss: $19.28.
Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0).
Hormel Foods Corporation trades at a P/E of 22.9 (forward 13.0). TrendMatrix value score: 6.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
15 analysts cover HRL with a consensus score of 3.5/5. Average price target: $26.
What does Hormel Foods Corporation do?Hormel Foods is a global branded food company with more than $12 billion in annual revenue, operating through Retail,...
Hormel Foods is a global branded food company with more than $12 billion in annual revenue, operating through Retail, Foodservice, and International segments with brands including SPAM, Planters, Skippy, Jennie-O, and Applegate. McLane Company (distributor to Walmart, convenience stores, drug stores) accounted for approximately 27% of consolidated net sales in fiscal 2025. The top five customers collectively represented approximately 38% of consolidated gross sales.