The Next Palantir Moment Could Be Here
A $21M market cap company is landing multimillion-dollar contracts with banks and governments. With only 9.7M shares in the float, scarcity could spark explosive moves.
Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 550,000,000 |
| Shares Float | 290,120,000 |
| Shares Short | 12,550,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 25% |
| Institution Holdings | 90.63% |
About Hormel Foods Corp
Hormel Foods Corporation develops, processes, and distributes various meat, nuts, and other food products to foodservice, convenience store, 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, bacons, sausages, hams, and guacamoles; 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, HERDEZ, HORMEL GATHERINGS, 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, SQUARE TABLE, SPECIAL RECIPE, 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.
General
| Name | Hormel Foods Corp |
| Ticker | HRL |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Industry | Packaged Foods |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | October |
| Full Time Employees | 20,000 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 29.62 |
| Market Cap | 13,607,000,000 |
| PE Ratio | 18.04 |
| PEG Ratio | 3.07 |
| EBITDA | 1,291,505,024 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 1.43 |
| Profit Margin | 6.26% |
| Operating Margin | 8.02 |
| Return on Assets | 0.05 |
| Return on Equity | 0.09 |
| Revenue | 12.1B |
| Earnings Per Share | 1.37 |
| Revenue Per Share | 21.93 |
| Gross Profit | 1,973,089,024 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.05 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 18.31 |
| Forward PE | 16.18 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 1.14 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 1.71 |
Dividend
Hormel Foods Corp pays out a dividend of $1.16 per share, with a dividend yield of 4.69%.
HRL's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on August 15, 2025.
They pay out 77.04% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.29 |
| May 15, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.28 |
| Aug 15, 2024 | $0.28 |
| May 15, 2024 | $0.28 |
| Feb 15, 2024 | $0.28 |
| Nov 15, 2023 | $0.28 |
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