Hormel Reaches New 52-Week High (HRL)

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE:HRL) hit a new 52-week high Wednesday as it is currently trading at $39.66, above its previous 52-week high of $39.60 with 179,030 shares traded as of 11:20 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 966,500 shares over the past 30 days.

Hormel has a market cap of $10.33 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector and food & beverage industry. Shares are up 26.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

Hormel Foods Corporation engages in the production and marketing of various meat and food products. Its meat products include fresh, frozen, cured, smoked, cooked, and canned meat. The company has a P/E ratio of 21, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Hormel as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, reasonable valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. You can view the full Hormel Ratings Report.

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