Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL)

About Hormel Foods Corporation

Hormel Foods Corporation develops, processes, and distributes various meat, nut, and other food products to foodservice, convenience stores, and commercial customers in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Retail, Foodservice, and International. The company provides perishable products, including fresh meats, frozen items, refrigerated meal solutions, bacon, sausages, hams, guacamole, and other items that require refrigeration, as well as shelf-stable products, such as canned luncheon meats, nut butters, snack nuts, chili, shelf-stable microwaveable meals, hash, stews, tortillas, salsas, tortilla chips, and other items that do not require refrigeration. 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.

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Super investor ownership

11 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:

• Two Sigma, TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP$305.92M · 0.2% of book
• Mairs & Power, MAIRS & POWER INC$84.34M · 0.8% of book
• Bill Gates, GATES FOUNDATION TRUST$51.76M · 0.1% of book
• Israel Englander, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$34.03M · 0.0% of book
• Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$25.95M · 0.0% of book

A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.

Politician trades in HRL

We hold 10 disclosed trades in HRL by members of Congress and executive-branch officials. The latest 5:

• Kevin Hern · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 13 Aug 2026 · disclosed 1 Sept 2026
• Daniel Goldman · HouseSell · $15,001 - $50,000 · traded 10 Apr 2023 · disclosed 19 May 2023
• Daniel Goldman · HouseBuy · $15,001 - $50,000 · traded 6 Mar 2023 · disclosed 17 Apr 2023
• Carol Devine Miller · HouseSell · $15,001 - $50,000 · traded 28 Jul 2021 · disclosed 2 Sept 2022
• Christopher L. Jacobs · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 4 Jan 2021 · disclosed 17 Feb 2021

A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.

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