Hormel Foods - HRL Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hormel Foods in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" HRL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HRL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Hormel Foods' shares. Their HRL share price forecasts range from $44.00 to $57.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $47.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.7%.
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Hormel Foods' stock was trading at $48.81 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, HRL stock has increased by 2.8% and is now trading at $50.17.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 1st 2022.
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Hormel Foods will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, September 1st at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Hormel Foods Co. (NYSE:HRL) announced its earnings results on Thursday, June, 2nd. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $3.10 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.07 billion. Hormel Foods had a net margin of 7.70% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.10%. Hormel Foods's revenue was up 18.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.42 EPS.
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Hormel Foods declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 23rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 11th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Monday, August 15th. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.07%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 8th.
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Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.09%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 56 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 59.43%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HRL will have a dividend payout ratio of 50.24% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Hormel Foods shares split on the morning of Wednesday, February 10th 2016. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, November 25th 2015. The newly issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Tuesday, February 9th 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Hormel Foods issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.87-$1.97 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.94. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.70 billion-$12.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.41 billion.

104 employees have rated Hormel Foods Chief Executive Officer James P. Snee on Glassdoor.com. James P. Snee has an approval rating of 89% among the company's employees.

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Hormel Foods trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HRL."

Hormel Foods' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.09%), ProShare Advisors LLC (0.58%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.40%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.23%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.21%) and TD Asset Management Inc. (0.21%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher J Policinski, Deanna T Brady, Elsa A Murano, Gary Jamison, Glenn R Leitch, Glenn S Forbes, Howse Steve, James M Splinter, James N Sheehan, Jana L Haynes, Kevin L Myers, Larry L Vorpahl, Lori J Marco, Luis G Marconi, Mark A Coffey, Patrick J Connor, Robert Nakasone, Steven J Lykken, Susan K Nestegard, Swen Neufeldt, Terrell K Crews, Thomas R Day and Todd James.
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One share of HRL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.17.

Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) has a market capitalization of $27.40 billion and generates $11.39 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $908.84 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.75 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 20,000 workers across the globe.

Hormel Foods was founded in 1891.

Hormel Foods' mailing address is 1 HORMEL PL, AUSTIN MN, 55912. The official website for the company is www.hormelfoods.com. The company can be reached via phone at (507) 437-5611, via email at ir@hormel.com, or via fax at 507-437-5838.