HRLHormel Foods
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: insiders net buying, but in a downtrend (−16% vs 200-day).
In a downtrend, below its 50- and 200-day averages. Oversold (RSI 26). Price is −16% vs its 200-day average.
Insiders were net buyers over the 90 days ending Oct 8, 2026.
Moderately shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Level with the previous count, down from 3.9% of shares outstanding three months ago.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How HRL is trading
Hormel Foods is −20% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 38 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- −16%
vs 200-day average · a clear downtrend
- RSI (14)
- 26
RSI (14) · oversold, sold harder than it has been bought
- Below its 52-week high
- 26%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $19.20
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- −7.9%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- −20%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- −47%
- vs 50-day average$22.18
- −13%
- 52-week high
- $26.05
- 52-week low
- $19.20
- Annualised volatility
- 26%
- Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-08
- −$294K
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −17% |
| 2025 | −21% |
| 2024 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | −27% |
| 2022 | −4.7% |
| 2021 | +7.0% |
| 2020 | +5.4% |
| 2019 | +7.8% |
| 2018 | +20% |
| 2017 | +6.7% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 5 of 10 | +0.06% |
| Feb | 10 | 4 of 10 | −0.48% |
| Mar | 10 | 6 of 10 | +1.6% |
| Apr | 10 | 6 of 10 | −0.35% |
| May | 10 | 4 of 10 | −1.2% |
| Jun | 10 | 5 of 10 | +1.4% |
| Jul | 11 | 8 of 11 | +1.2% |
| Aug | 11 | 6 of 11 | −2.1% |
| Sep | 11 | 3 of 11 | −2.9% |
| Oct | 11 | 5 of 11 | −1.9% |
| Nov | 10 | 6 of 10 | +2.2% |
| Dec | 10 | 5 of 10 | +1.5% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
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