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Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for HRL, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.60 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How HRL has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.60 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Hormel Foods Corporation moved 0.60% on average · correlation 0.19 · higher than 61% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.41 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.96% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.40% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Packaged Foods · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Packaged Foods · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against HRL on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Hormel Foods Corporation

HRL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Hormel Foods makes and sells packaged meat, nut and prepared-food products, running through retail, foodservice and international segments. Its brands include Spam, Skippy, Applegate and Planters, sold to grocery, foodservice and convenience customers worldwide. It is headquartered in Austin, Minnesota.
Where it sits in the stack
Hormel sits outside our Rubin index; it belongs to the consumer-defensive sector of our universe, in the packaged-foods sleeve alongside other branded food producers.
Who it is priced against
No peer group is set for Hormel in our data; the comparison the market usually draws is with General Mills and Conagra Brands as branded packaged-food producers of similar scale.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Hormel is an S&P 500 constituent but carries no Rubin seat and no Closelooknet score yet; the diary has not quoted it in any edition.
What the diary watches
Whether the international and foodservice segments recover enough to offset softer retail demand for shelf-stable brands.

Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Stephens, 2026-08-28

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for HRL from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Stephens — target 23 from 25 Target cut to $23 from $25 (+8.1% to spot) 2026-08-28

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 5.91%, quarterly · last 0.29 USD on 2026-07-13

Dividends and capital return

What HRL pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.17 USD per share · a 5.91% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +1.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.15 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.29 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-13
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.28 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.13 USD · 2025: 1.16 USD · 2026: 0.88 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-13

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL)?

Hormel Foods Corporation trades as HRL on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is HRL in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Hormel Foods Corporation is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does HRL trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -15% vs the 50-day and -14.6% vs the 200-day average, 25.9% below the 52-week high and +1.5% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 55 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Hormel Foods Corporation trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Hormel Foods Corporation had a beta of 0.60 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 61% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.96% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Hormel Foods Corporation do?

Hormel Foods makes and sells packaged meat, nut and prepared-food products, running through retail, foodservice and international segments. Its brands include Spam, Skippy, Applegate and Planters, sold to grocery, foodservice and convenience customers worldwide. It is headquartered in Austin, Minnesota. No peer group is set for Hormel in our data; the comparison the market usually draws is with General Mills and Conagra Brands as branded packaged-food producers of similar scale.

Where does Hormel Foods Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Hormel sits outside our Rubin index; it belongs to the consumer-defensive sector of our universe, in the packaged-foods sleeve alongside other branded food producers. Hormel is an S&P 500 constituent but carries no Rubin seat and no Closelooknet score yet; the diary has not quoted it in any edition.

Does Hormel Foods Corporation pay a dividend?

Hormel Foods Corporation has paid 1.17 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 5.91% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.29 USD on 2026-07-13. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Hormel Foods Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on Hormel Foods Corporation on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Stephens on 2026-08-28 (target 23 from 25). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for HRL, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Packaged Foods. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.