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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
HRL Hormel Foods	$30.69 -0.4%	$30.11	$27.59 ▼ $33.80	$16.88B	0.33	2.69 million shs	2.55 million shs
LANC Lancaster Colony	$172.77 +0.6%	$168.87	$156.14 ▼ $202.63	$4.76B	0.47	153,582 shs	172,225 shs
PPC Pilgrim's Pride	$45.77 +0.1%	$47.57	$37.28 ▼ $57.16	$10.85B	0.45	1.25 million shs	564,146 shs
SJM J. M. Smucker	$103.82 -1.0%	$107.32	$93.30 ▼ $125.42	$11.06B	0.31	1.29 million shs	1.10 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
HRL Hormel Foods	-0.39%	+1.43%	-0.47%	-0.23%	+1.49%
LANC Lancaster Colony	0.00%	+0.52%	+2.09%	-3.91%	-9.32%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride	+0.09%	+2.74%	-6.93%	-8.41%	+18.36%
SJM J. M. Smucker	-0.93%	+8.01%	-7.73%	-9.75%	-4.78%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
HRL Hormel Foods	4.2599 of 5 stars	2.3	2.0	4.2	1.8	3.3	0.8	1.9
LANC Lancaster Colony	4.7063 of 5 stars	2.3	5.0	4.2	3.2	1.3	3.3	1.3
PPC Pilgrim's Pride	1.118 of 5 stars	1.1	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	1.7	1.9
SJM J. M. Smucker	4.649 of 5 stars	3.2	3.0	4.2	1.3	3.2	3.3	0.6

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
HRL Hormel Foods	2.57	Moderate Buy	$32.86	7.06% Upside
LANC Lancaster Colony	2.50	Moderate Buy	$203.50	17.79% Upside
PPC Pilgrim's Pride	2.14	Hold	$48.67	6.33% Upside
SJM J. M. Smucker	2.36	Hold	$115.80	11.54% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LANC, HRL, SJM, and PPC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
6/23/2025	HRL Hormel Foods	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Sell ➝ Buy	$35.00
6/23/2025	PPC Pilgrim's Pride	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$50.00
6/11/2025	SJM J. M. Smucker	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$120.00 ➝ $106.00
6/11/2025	SJM J. M. Smucker	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$119.00 ➝ $105.00
6/11/2025	SJM J. M. Smucker	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$128.00 ➝ $118.00
6/11/2025	SJM J. M. Smucker	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$118.00 ➝ $105.00
6/11/2025	SJM J. M. Smucker	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$135.00 ➝ $115.00
6/11/2025	SJM J. M. Smucker	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$118.00 ➝ $115.00
6/10/2025	SJM J. M. Smucker	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$120.00
6/6/2025	SJM J. M. Smucker	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$123.00 ➝ $124.00
6/6/2025	SJM J. M. Smucker	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$134.00 ➝ $129.00

(Data available from 7/4/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
HRL Hormel Foods	$11.92B	1.42	$2.04 per share	15.04	$14.62 per share	2.10
LANC Lancaster Colony	$1.87B	2.54	$8.44 per share	20.48	$33.63 per share	5.14
PPC Pilgrim's Pride	$17.88B	0.61	$7.30 per share	6.27	$17.94 per share	2.55
SJM J. M. Smucker	$8.73B	1.27	$8.69 per share	11.95	$57.11 per share	1.82

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
HRL Hormel Foods	$805.04M	$1.36	22.57	16.68	3.51	6.27%	10.20%	6.11%	9/3/2025 (Estimated)
LANC Lancaster Colony	$158.61M	$6.15	28.09	23.63	N/A	8.99%	19.30%	15.03%	8/20/2025 (Estimated)
PPC Pilgrim's Pride	$1.09B	$5.07	9.03	8.37	N/A	6.72%	36.95%	13.39%	7/30/2025 (Estimated)
SJM J. M. Smucker	-$1.23B	-$11.56	N/A	9.96	8.01	-14.10%	15.20%	5.65%	8/27/2025 (Estimated)

Latest LANC, HRL, SJM, and PPC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	PPC Pilgrim's Pride	$1.63	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.62 billion	N/A
6/10/2025	Q4 2025 [Q&A]	SJM J. M. Smucker	$2.25	$2.31	+$0.06	-$6.85	$2.18 billion	$2.14 billion
5/29/2025	Q2 2025	HRL Hormel Foods	$0.35	$0.35	N/A	$0.33	$2.92 billion	$2.90 billion
4/30/2025	Q3 2025	LANC Lancaster Colony	$1.61	$1.54	-$0.07	$1.49	$483.47 million	$457.84 million
4/30/2025	Q1 2025	PPC Pilgrim's Pride	$1.26	$1.31	+$0.05	$1.24	$4.53 billion	$4.46 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
HRL Hormel Foods	$1.16	3.78%	N/A	85.29%	60 Years
LANC Lancaster Colony	$3.80	2.20%	N/A	61.79%	62 Years
PPC Pilgrim's Pride	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SJM J. M. Smucker	$4.32	4.16%	N/A	N/A	27 Years

Latest LANC, HRL, SJM, and PPC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/19/2025	HRL Hormel Foods	quarterly	$0.29	3.85%	7/14/2025	7/14/2025	8/15/2025
5/14/2025	LANC Lancaster Colony	quarterly	$0.95	2.3%	6/6/2025	6/6/2025	6/30/2025
4/17/2025	SJM J. M. Smucker	quarterly	$1.08	3.71%	5/16/2025	5/16/2025	6/2/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
HRL Hormel Foods	0.35	2.47	1.17
LANC Lancaster Colony	N/A	2.36	1.33
PPC Pilgrim's Pride	1.02	1.35	0.88
SJM J. M. Smucker	1.16	0.81	0.35

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
HRL Hormel Foods	40.99%
LANC Lancaster Colony	66.44%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride	16.64%
SJM J. M. Smucker	81.66%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
HRL Hormel Foods	0.72%
LANC Lancaster Colony	29.50%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride	82.56%
SJM J. M. Smucker	3.40%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
HRL Hormel Foods	20,000	549.90 million	545.94 million	Optionable
LANC Lancaster Colony	3,200	27.57 million	19.44 million	Optionable
PPC Pilgrim's Pride	61,600	237.12 million	41.35 million	Optionable
SJM J. M. Smucker	8,000	106.51 million	102.89 million	Optionable

LANC, HRL, PPC, and SJM Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

KBC Group NV Sells 5,757 Shares of The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM)

July 4 at 4:07 AM | marketbeat.com

A Splash of Natural: JM Smucker Joins the Movement to Ditch Artificial Food Colors

July 3 at 6:29 PM | msn.com

Are SJM's Bold Portfolio Moves Paying Off in Core Segments?

July 3 at 10:01 AM | zacks.com

Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. Reduces Position in The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM)

July 3 at 8:19 AM | marketbeat.com

Revisor Wealth Management LLC Makes New Investment in The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM)

July 3 at 6:47 AM | marketbeat.com

Hudson Edge Investment Partners Inc. Has $5.65 Million Stock Position in The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM)

July 3 at 6:27 AM | marketbeat.com

Vontobel Holding Ltd. Purchases 7,947 Shares of The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM)

July 3 at 4:59 AM | marketbeat.com

The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM) Shares Bought by Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd.

July 3 at 4:22 AM | marketbeat.com

The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM) Shares Acquired by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.

July 2 at 4:33 AM | marketbeat.com

Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. Acquires New Shares in The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM)

July 2 at 4:01 AM | marketbeat.com

The J. M. Smucker Slides 12% in a Month: How to Play SJM Stock

July 1 at 12:25 PM | zacks.com

Bessemer Group Inc. Decreases Stake in The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM)

July 1 at 3:56 AM | marketbeat.com

JM Smucker plans tariff-driven price hike for coffee

June 30, 2025 | fooddive.comF

J.M. Smucker Co. announced commitment to remove color additives from products by end of 2027

June 30, 2025 | msn.com

J.M. Smucker plans to remove artificial colors from its jams and other products

June 30, 2025 | msn.com

The J.M. Smucker Co. To Remove FD&C Colors

June 29, 2025 | theshelbyreport.comT

J.M. Smucker plans to remove artificial colors from its products by the end of 2027

June 29, 2025 | tucson.comT

Brokerages Set The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM) PT at $115.80

June 29, 2025 | americanbankingnews.com

Jim Cramer Calls J. M. Smucker’s Recent Quarterly Report “Horrendous”

June 28, 2025 | msn.com

The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM) Shares Purchased by Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

June 28, 2025 | marketbeat.com

JM Smucker moves on colour additives

June 27, 2025 | msn.com

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LANC, HRL, PPC, and SJM Company Descriptions

Hormel Foods NYSE:HRL

$30.69 -0.12 (-0.39%)

Closing price 07/3/2025 03:56 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$30.62 -0.07 (-0.21%)

As of 07/3/2025 04:31 PM Eastern

Hormel Foods Corporation develops, processes, and distributes various meat, nuts, and other food products to retail, foodservice, deli, and commercial customers in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Retail, Foodservice, and International segments. The company 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, chili, shelf-stable microwaveable meals, hash, stews, tortillas, salsas, tortilla chips, nutritional food supplements, and others. It sells its products under the HORMEL, ALWAYS TENDER, APPLEGATE, AUSTIN BLUES, BACON 1, BLACK LABEL, BREAD READY, BURKE, CAFÉ H, CERATTI, CHI-CHI'S, COLUMBUS, COMPLEATS, CORN NUTS, CURE 81, DAN'S PRIZE, DI LUSSO, DINTY MOORE, DON MIGUEL, DOÑA MARIA, EMBASA, FAST N EASY, FIRE BRAISED, FONTANINI, HAPPY LITTLE PLANTS, HERDEZ, HORMEL GATHERINGS, HORMEL SQUARE TABLE, HORMEL VITAL CUISINE, HOUSE OF TSANG, JENNIE-O, JUSTIN'S, LA VICTORIA, LAYOUT, LLOYD'S, MARY KITCHEN, MR. PEANUT, NATURAL CHOICE, NUT-RITION, OLD SMOKEHOUSE, OVEN READY, PILLOW PACK, PLANTERS, ROSA GRANDE, SADLER'S SMOKEHOUSE, SKIPPY, SPAM, SPECIAL RECIPE, THICK & EASY, VALLEY FRESH, AND WHOLLY brands 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.

Lancaster Colony NASDAQ:LANC

$172.77 +0.97 (+0.56%)

As of 06/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Lancaster Colony Corporation engages in the manufacturing and marketing of specialty food products for the retail and foodservice channels in the United States. It operates in two segments, Retail and Foodservice. The company offers frozen garlic bread under the New York BRAND Bakery; frozen Parkerhouse style yeast and dinner rolls under the Sister Schubert's brand; salad dressings under the Marzetti, Simply Dressed, Cardini's, and Girard's brands; vegetable and fruit dips under the Marzetti brand; croutons and salad toppings under the New York BRAND Bakery, Chatham Village, and Marzetti brands; and frozen pasta under the Marzetti Frozen Pasta brand. It also manufactures and sells other products to brand license agreements, including Olive Garden dressings, Buffalo Wild Wings sauces, and Chick-fil-A sauces. The company sells its products through sales personnel, food brokers, and distributors to retailers and restaurants. Lancaster Colony Corporation was incorporated in 1961 and is based in Westerville, Ohio.

Pilgrim's Pride NASDAQ:PPC

$45.77 +0.04 (+0.09%)

As of 07/3/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

Pilgrim's Pride Corp. engages in the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of fresh, frozen and value-added chicken and pork products to retailers, distributors, and foodservice operators. It operates through the following segments: U.S., U.K. and Europe, and Mexico. The company was founded by Lonnie A. Pilgrim and Aubrey Pilgrim on October 2, 1946, and is headquartered in Greeley, CO.

J. M. Smucker NYSE:SJM

$103.82 -1.01 (-0.96%)

Closing price 07/3/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$104.12 +0.30 (+0.29%)

As of 07/3/2025 04:35 PM Eastern

The J. M. Smucker Company manufactures and markets branded food and beverage products worldwide. It operates in three segments: U.S. Retail Pet Foods, U.S. Retail Coffee, and U.S. Retail Consumer Foods. The company offers mainstream roast, ground, single serve, and premium coffee; peanut butter and specialty spreads; fruit spreads, toppings, and syrups; jelly products; nut mix products; shortening and oils; frozen sandwiches and snacks; pet food and pet snacks; and foodservice hot beverage, foodservice portion control, and flour products, as well as dog and cat food, frozen handheld products, juices and beverages, and baking mixes and ingredients. It provides its products under the Meow Mix, Milk-Bone, Pup-Peroni, Canine Carry Outs, Folgers, Café Bustelo, Dunkin', Folgers, Café Bustelo, 1850, Jif, Smucker's, Smucker's Uncrustables, Robin Hood, and Five Roses. The company sells its products through direct sales and brokers to food retailers, club stores, discount and dollar stores, online retailers, pet specialty stores, natural foods stores and distributors, drug stores, military commissaries, and mass merchandisers. Smucker Company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Orrville, Ohio.

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