DJ Hormel Foods Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Hormel Foods Corp. $(HRL)$ advanced 4.44% to $24.48 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.56% to 6,881.31 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.26% to 49,662.66.
Hormel Foods Corp. closed 23.67% 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 1.53% to $164.39, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ rose 0.37% to $60.08, and Kraft Heinz Co. $(KHC)$ rose 0.71% to $23.95.
Trading volume (7.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 18, 2026.
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