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S&P 500   4,967.23
DOW   37,986.40
QQQ   414.65
How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 4/19/2024
Stock market today: Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to the finish line of another losing week
American Express profits jump 34%, helped by jump in new customers, higher spending
American Express, Fifth Third rise; Netflix, PPG Industries fall, Friday, 4/19/2024
Intuitive Surgical Stock Can Trend Much Higher This Year 
3 Magnificent Seven Stocks Outperforming the Rest
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S&P 500   4,967.23
DOW   37,986.40
QQQ   414.65
How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 4/19/2024
Stock market today: Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to the finish line of another losing week
American Express profits jump 34%, helped by jump in new customers, higher spending
American Express, Fifth Third rise; Netflix, PPG Industries fall, Friday, 4/19/2024
Intuitive Surgical Stock Can Trend Much Higher This Year 
3 Magnificent Seven Stocks Outperforming the Rest
Bargain Hunting: 3 Stocks With RSIs That Scream Oversold
S&P 500   4,967.23
DOW   37,986.40
QQQ   414.65
How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 4/19/2024
Stock market today: Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to the finish line of another losing week
American Express profits jump 34%, helped by jump in new customers, higher spending
American Express, Fifth Third rise; Netflix, PPG Industries fall, Friday, 4/19/2024
Intuitive Surgical Stock Can Trend Much Higher This Year 
3 Magnificent Seven Stocks Outperforming the Rest
Bargain Hunting: 3 Stocks With RSIs That Scream Oversold

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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Stocks - Price & Volume

CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
$62.60
+1.4%
$58.28
$50.72
$87.30
$31.41B0.776.10 million shs7.99 million shs
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
$16.15
+0.2%
$16.87
$15.08
$40.78
$7.02B0.99.07 million shs6.45 million shs
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
$143.58
+0.3%
$149.99
$114.68
$178.21
$17.77B0.431.20 million shs1.11 million shs
Hormel Foods Co. stock logo
HRL
Hormel Foods
$34.75
+1.1%
$33.21
$28.51
$41.73
$19.03B0.273.15 million shs2.36 million shs
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Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
+2.18%-1.31%+1.14%-9.46%-24.66%
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
-2.54%-13.14%-3.33%-16.62%-51.05%
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
+0.58%-1.16%-6.82%+0.63%-10.85%
Hormel Foods Co. stock logo
HRL
Hormel Foods
+1.00%-1.63%-0.28%+12.10%-13.68%

MarketRank™

CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
3.9522 of 5 stars
2.03.04.22.02.11.71.9
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
3.7699 of 5 stars
4.32.00.00.03.02.51.9
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
3.359 of 5 stars
1.93.02.51.43.01.71.3
Hormel Foods Co. stock logo
HRL
Hormel Foods
2.7125 of 5 stars
0.84.03.31.81.41.71.3

Analyst Ratings

CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
1.93
Reduce$67.507.83% Upside
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
2.65
Moderate Buy$27.6471.16% Upside
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
1.75
Reduce$148.633.51% Upside
Hormel Foods Co. stock logo
HRL
Hormel Foods
1.60
Reduce$31.00-10.79% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest CLX, HRL, ADM, and CHWY Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
4/17/2024
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
DA Davidson
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Reiterated RatingNeutral ➝ Neutral$162.00
4/17/2024
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
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Lower Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$155.00 ➝ $151.00
4/16/2024
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
Citigroup
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$165.00 ➝ $155.00
4/10/2024
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
Barclays
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Lower Price TargetUnderweight ➝ Underweight$148.00 ➝ $136.00
4/3/2024
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
Citigroup
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$63.00 ➝ $64.00
4/2/2024
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
Citigroup
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Neutral$170.00 ➝ $165.00
3/26/2024
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
Morgan Stanley
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Reiterated RatingEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$160.00
3/26/2024
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
Jefferies Financial Group
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UpgradeUnderperform ➝ Hold$145.00
3/22/2024
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
Royal Bank of Canada
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$35.00 ➝ $22.00
3/21/2024
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
Jefferies Financial Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$27.00 ➝ $25.00
3/21/2024
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
Bank of America
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Lower Price TargetUnderperform ➝ Underperform$17.00 ➝ $16.50
(Data available from 4/19/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
$93.94B0.33$9.41 per share6.65$45.27 per share1.38
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
$11.15B0.63$0.36 per share45.38$1.18 per share13.69
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
$7.31B2.44$10.70 per share13.42$3.13 per share45.87
Hormel Foods Co. stock logo
HRL
Hormel Foods
$12.11B1.57$2.17 per share15.98$14.16 per share2.45

Profitability & Earnings

CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
$3.48B$6.409.7810.81N/A3.71%15.25%6.76%4/30/2024 (Confirmed)
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
$39.58M$0.08201.9076.908.610.33%11.69%1.54%5/29/2024 (Estimated)
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
$149M$0.63227.9122.682.221.09%319.41%12.27%4/30/2024 (Confirmed)
Hormel Foods Co. stock logo
HRL
Hormel Foods
$793.57M$1.4623.8020.563.286.55%11.51%6.64%6/6/2024 (Estimated)

Latest CLX, HRL, ADM, and CHWY Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
4/30/2024N/A
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
$1.35N/A-$1.35N/AN/AN/A  
4/30/2024N/A
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
$1.34N/A-$1.34N/AN/AN/A  
3/20/2024Q4 2024
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
-$0.05$0.04+$0.09$0.01$2.79 billion$2.83 billion
3/12/2024Q4 23
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
$1.43$1.36-$0.07$1.66$23.79 billion$22.98 billion      
2/29/2024Q1 24
Hormel Foods Co. stock logo
HRL
Hormel Foods
$0.34$0.41+$0.07$0.42$2.91 billion$3.00 billion      
2/1/2024Q2 2024
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
$1.08$2.16+$1.08$3.57$1.80 billion$1.99 billion      

Dividends

CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
$2.003.19%+7.72%31.25%52 Years
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
$4.803.34%+3.13%761.90%46 Years
Hormel Foods Co. stock logo
HRL
Hormel Foods
$1.133.25%+5.76%77.40%59 Years

Latest CLX, HRL, ADM, and CHWY Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
3/25/2024
Hormel Foods Co. stock logo
HRL
Hormel Foods
quarterly$0.28253.3%4/12/20243/25/20245/15/2024
2/28/2024
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
quarterly$1.203.16%4/23/20244/24/20245/10/2024
1/25/2024
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
quarterly$0.503.89%2/7/20242/8/20242/29/2024
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
0.34
1.60
0.95
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
N/A
1.00
0.66
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
11.37
0.89
0.57
Hormel Foods Co. stock logo
HRL
Hormel Foods
0.30
1.49
0.79

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
78.28%
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
93.09%
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
78.53%
Hormel Foods Co. stock logo
HRL
Hormel Foods
40.99%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
1.20%
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
2.10%
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
0.51%
Hormel Foods Co. stock logo
HRL
Hormel Foods
0.69%

Miscellaneous

CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stock logo
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
41,802501.76 million495.74 millionOptionable
Chewy, Inc. stock logo
CHWY
Chewy
18,100434.92 million425.78 millionOptionable
The Clorox Company stock logo
CLX
Clorox
8,700124.11 million123.47 millionOptionable
Hormel Foods Co. stock logo
HRL
Hormel Foods
20,000547.70 million543.92 millionOptionable

CLX, HRL, ADM, and CHWY Headlines

SourceHeadline
3 Meat Food Stocks Hogging in the Limelight on Robust Industry Trends3 Meat Food Stocks Hogging in the Limelight on Robust Industry Trends
zacks.com - April 19 at 10:56 AM
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. Decreases Stake in Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL)Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. Decreases Stake in Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL)
marketbeat.com - April 19 at 4:39 AM
Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. Sells 78,149 Shares of Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL)Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. Sells 78,149 Shares of Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL)
marketbeat.com - April 17 at 7:32 PM
MegaMex Foods Debuts DOÑA MARIA® Mole RojoMegaMex Foods Debuts DOÑA MARIA® Mole Rojo
finance.yahoo.com - April 17 at 1:25 PM
MegaMex Foods Debuts DOÑA MARIA® Mole RojoMegaMex Foods Debuts DOÑA MARIA® Mole Rojo
prnewswire.com - April 17 at 10:00 AM
Hormel Foods: Buy, Sell, or Hold?Hormel Foods: Buy, Sell, or Hold?
fool.com - April 16 at 9:23 AM
Hormel Foods looking for nominationsHormel Foods looking for nominations
wattagnet.com - April 14 at 3:26 PM
1 Dividend Growth Stock Down 35% to Buy Right Now1 Dividend Growth Stock Down 35% to Buy Right Now
fool.com - April 13 at 4:01 PM
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale Sells 408,638 Shares of Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL)DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale Sells 408,638 Shares of Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL)
marketbeat.com - April 13 at 5:58 AM
Hormel Foods (HRL) Looks Appetizing on Foodservice DemandHormel Foods (HRL) Looks Appetizing on Foodservice Demand
zacks.com - April 12 at 1:31 PM
Hendershot Investments Inc. Has $1.47 Million Holdings in Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL)Hendershot Investments Inc. Has $1.47 Million Holdings in Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL)
marketbeat.com - April 10 at 8:12 PM
Hormel Foods Seeking Nominations for 2024 Class of 10 Under 20 Food HeroesHormel Foods Seeking Nominations for 2024 Class of 10 Under 20 Food Heroes
prnewswire.com - April 10 at 8:00 AM
Hormel Institute gets federal grant for hepatitis E studyHormel Institute gets federal grant for hepatitis E study
kimt.com - April 10 at 3:36 AM
Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL) Receives Consensus Rating of "Reduce" from AnalystsHormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL) Receives Consensus Rating of "Reduce" from Analysts
americanbankingnews.com - April 10 at 2:30 AM
Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL) Given Consensus Rating of "Reduce" by AnalystsHormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL) Given Consensus Rating of "Reduce" by Analysts
marketbeat.com - April 10 at 2:29 AM
Hometown Food Security Project, Hormel Foods Present student art exhibitHometown Food Security Project, Hormel Foods Present student art exhibit
austindailyherald.com - April 9 at 10:14 PM
Tobam Lowers Stake in Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL)Tobam Lowers Stake in Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL)
marketbeat.com - April 9 at 11:48 AM
First Merchants Corp Has $833,000 Holdings in Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL)First Merchants Corp Has $833,000 Holdings in Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL)
marketbeat.com - April 8 at 8:28 AM
Is Hormel Foods (HRL) Outperforming Other Consumer Staples Stocks This Year?Is Hormel Foods (HRL) Outperforming Other Consumer Staples Stocks This Year?
zacks.com - April 5 at 10:46 AM
Hormel Foods director sells over $150k in company stockHormel Foods director sells over $150k in company stock
investing.com - April 5 at 5:44 AM
Trust Point Inc. Makes New $984,000 Investment in Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL)Trust Point Inc. Makes New $984,000 Investment in Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL)
marketbeat.com - April 4 at 12:49 PM
Years Worth of Passive Income Is Hiding in Plain SightYears' Worth of Passive Income Is Hiding in Plain Sight
fool.com - April 3 at 2:28 AM
PLANTERS® Brand Team Introduces New Flavor-Forward Innovation in Snack Nuts with Launch of PLANTERS® Nut Duos SnacksPLANTERS® Brand Team Introduces New Flavor-Forward Innovation in Snack Nuts with Launch of PLANTERS® Nut Duos Snacks
prnewswire.com - April 2 at 8:00 AM
Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL) SVP Kevin L. Myers Sells 10,000 SharesHormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL) SVP Kevin L. Myers Sells 10,000 Shares
insidertrades.com - April 2 at 6:10 AM

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Company Descriptions

Archer-Daniels-Midland logo

Archer-Daniels-Midland

NYSE:ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company engages in the procurement, transportation, storage, processing, and merchandising of agricultural commodities, ingredients, flavors, and solutions in the United States, Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Ag Services and Oilseeds, Carbohydrate Solutions, and Nutrition. The company originates, merchandises, stores, and transports agricultural raw materials, such as oilseeds and soft seeds. It also engages in the agricultural commodity and feed product import, export, and distribution; and various structured trade finance activities. In addition, the company offers soybean meal and oil; vegetable and salad oils and protein meals; ingredients for the food, feed, energy, and industrial customers; margarine, shortening, and other food products; and partially refined oils to produce biodiesel and glycols for use in chemicals, paints, and other industrial products. Further, it provides peanuts, peanut-derived ingredients, and cotton cellulose pulp; sweeteners, corn and wheat starches, syrup, glucose, wheat flour, and dextrose; alcohol, and other food and animal feed ingredients; ethyl alcohol and ethanol; corn gluten feed and meal; distillers' grains; corn germ; and citric acids. Additionally, the company provides proteins, natural flavors, flavor systems, natural colors, emulsifiers, soluble fiber, polyols, hydrocolloids, probiotics, prebiotics, postbiotics, enzymes, and botanical extracts; and other specialty food and feed ingredients; edible beans; formula feeds, and animal health and nutrition products; and contract and private label pet treats and food products. It also offers futures commission merchant; commodity brokerage services; cash margins and securities pledged to commodity exchange clearinghouse; and cash pledged as security under certain insurance arrangements. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Chewy logo

Chewy

NYSE:CHWY
Chewy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the pure play e-commerce business in the United States. It provides pet food and treats, pet supplies and pet medications, and other pet-health products, as well as pet services for dogs, cats, fish, birds, small pets, horses, and reptiles through its retail websites and mobile applications. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Plantation, Florida.
Clorox logo

Clorox

NYSE:CLX
The Clorox Company manufactures and markets consumer and professional products worldwide. It operates through four segments: Health and Wellness, Household, Lifestyle, and International. The Health and Wellness segment offers cleaning products, such as laundry additives and home care products primarily under the Clorox, Clorox2, Scentiva, Pine-Sol, Liquid-Plumr, Tilex, and Formula 409 brands; professional cleaning and disinfecting products under the CloroxPro and Clorox Healthcare brands; professional food service products under the Hidden Valley brand; and vitamins, minerals and supplement products under the RenewLife, Natural Vitality, NeoCell, and Rainbow Light brands in the United States. The Household segment provides cat litter products under the Fresh Step and Scoop Away brands; bags and wraps under the Glad brand; and grilling products under the Kingsford brand in the United States. The Lifestyle segment offers dressings, dips, seasonings, and sauces primarily under the Hidden Valley brand; natural personal care products under the Burt's Bees brand; and water-filtration products under the Brita brand in the United States. The International segment provides laundry additives; home care products; water-filtration systems; digestive health products; grilling products; cat litter products; food products; bags and wraps; natural personal care products; and professional cleaning and disinfecting products internationally primarily under the Clorox, Ayudin, Clorinda, Poett, Pine-Sol, Glad, Brita, RenewLife, Ever Clean and Burt's Bees brands. It sells its products primarily through mass retailers; grocery outlets; warehouse clubs; dollar stores; home hardware centers; drug, pet, and military stores; third-party and owned e-commerce channels; and distributors, as well as a direct sales force The Clorox Company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.
Hormel Foods logo

Hormel Foods

NYSE:HRL
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.