DJ Hormel Foods Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Hormel Foods Corp. $(HRL)$ rallied 1.01% to $22.92 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.25% to 6,716.09 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.10% to 46,993.26.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Hormel Foods Corp. closed 28.53% short of its 52-week high of $32.07, which the company reached on April 4th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ fell 0.77% to $156.50, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ rose 1.36% to $57.94, and Kraft Heinz Co. $(KHC)$ rose 0.79% to $22.89.
Trading volume (3.5 M) remained 1.3 million below its 50-day average volume of 4.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 17, 2026.
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March 17, 2026 17:15 ET (21:15 GMT)
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