DJ Hormel Foods Corp. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Hormel Foods Corp. $(HRL)$ slid 1.50% to $22.37 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.27% to 6,606.49 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.44% to 46,021.43.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Hormel Foods Corp. closed 30.25% short of its 52-week high of $32.07, which the company reached on April 4th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ fell 0.52% to $152.74, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ rose 0.04% to $56.49, and Kraft Heinz Co. $(KHC)$ fell 1.45% to $21.76.
Trading volume (3.6 M) remained 1.1 million below its 50-day average volume of 4.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 19, 2026.
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March 19, 2026 17:16 ET (21:16 GMT)
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