DJ Hormel Foods Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day

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Shares of Hormel Foods Corp. $(HRL)$ rallied 2.76% to $25.30 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.53% to 49,501.30 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.51% to 6,882.72.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.

Hormel Foods Corp. closed 21.11% short of its 52-week high of $32.07, which the company reached on April 4th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ rose 2.04% to $166.18, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ fell 0.12% to $59.40, and Kraft Heinz Co. $(KHC)$ rose 2.56% to $24.48.

Trading volume (4.2 M) remained 876,764 below its 50-day average volume of 5.1 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 4, 2026.

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February 04, 2026 17:14 ET (22:14 GMT)

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