DJ Hormel Foods Corp. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Hormel Foods Corp. $(HRL)$ slid 1.94% to $24.82 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.03% to 49,499.20 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.54% to 6,908.86.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Hormel Foods Corp. closed 22.61% 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 0.94% to $167.58, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ fell 0.30% to $59.94, and Kraft Heinz Co. $(KHC)$ rose 0.06% to $24.57.
Trading volume (7.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 26, 2026.
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February 26, 2026 17:16 ET (22:16 GMT)
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