DJ Hormel Foods Corp. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Hormel Foods Corp. $(HRL)$ slipped 1.35% to $24.08 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.87% to 7,641.16 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.32% to 52,759.21.
The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.
Hormel Foods Corp. closed 17.94% short of its 52-week high of $29.35, which the company achieved on August 22nd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ fell 0.35% to $142.08, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ fell 0.03% to $64.14, and Kraft Heinz Co. $(KHC)$ fell 0.43% to $25.57.
Trading volume (3.4 M) remained 499,067 below its 50-day average volume of 3.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 20, 2026.