Financial Resilience | Hormel Foods maintains adjusted EPS expectations despite challenges, showcasing effective cost management and strategic execution in a complex market environment. |
Turkey Turnaround? | Explore how industry-wide production declines could potentially benefit Hormel's struggling turkey segment, with analysts eyeing possible price increases and margin improvements. |
Operational Excellence | Delve into Hormel's supply chain enhancements and productivity gains, driving gross margin upside and positioning the company for potential earnings growth. |
Future Prospects | Analysts project a price target range of $35-$37, with expectations of narrowing EPS guidance and potential upside driven by lower feed costs and improving retail trends. |
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.
Metrics to compare | HRL | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Consumer Non-Cyclicals sector companies | Relationship RelationshipHRLPeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | 21.8x | 17.3x | 11.7x | |
PEG Ratio | −2.01 | 0.45 | 0.03 | |
Price/Book | 2.2x | 1.6x | 1.5x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 1.4x | 1.1x | 0.9x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 3.0% | 20.4% | 18.2% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 10.2% | 9.1% | Unlock |