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HRL · Hormel Foods Corporation
$20.95 -0.52% Oct 26 close
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$HRL
Hormel Foods CorporationHormel Foods Corporation is a large-cap Food: Meat/Fish/Dairy company in the Consumer Non-Durables sector with a market cap of $14B.
Market Structure
Trend structure: range
Latest event: structure_shift
(bullish)
Resistance
23.89–24.04
· 5 touches · strong
Resistance
22.84–23.00
· 4 touches · moderate
Resistance
25.30–25.47
· 4 touches · moderate
Support
20.32–20.43
· 4 touches · moderate
Resistance
22.02–22.10
· 3 touches · moderate
Earnings
Normal technical setup
Next earnings
Wednesday, December 2, 2026
After market close
Exact clock time not supplied by source
Deterministic evidence
HRL-0.52%
Sector proxy · XLP-0.34%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
Session internals Mixed
Rule: direction and internals disagree — it met neither the strong nor the weak rule. Judged on internals, not on the size of the move.
Vs prior close-0.52%
From the open-0.52%
Range position39%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationDiverging (+1.11%)
SMH confirmationDiverging (+2.74%)
Short-term conviction -1 points.
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- QQQ, SMH moved against the stock — no index confirmation.
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More stats
52W Low
$18.96
Tight Wks
1
Base
B1
SMA 200
$22.88
ADR%
2.0%
ATR(14)
$0.46 (2.2%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
A/D Days
10A / 8D
A/D Rating
B
Earnings
in 36d
HRL Chart
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$HRL · $20.95 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
50
/ 100
Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Daily
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Weekly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Monthly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Moving Averages
50-day$21.08 ↓
100-day$22.98 ↓
200-day$22.88 ↓
Bearish (50 < 200)
RSI (14)
Reading56.7 · Bullish
Bullish momentum — comfortably in buyer territory.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateImproving
Histogram+0.254
Improving — MACD crossed above its signal line but still below zero. Histogram contracting.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width86% · 12.1%
Near the upper band — buyers in control.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol1.37 · Neutral
Rel volume0.69×
Pocket pivots · 10d0
5d vs 50d vol72%
Heavy vol up / down0 / 1
Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is easing versus its baseline.
- 1 heavy-volume down day vs 0 up in the last 20 sessions — supply is showing.
Support & Resistance
R · $22.02swing level
R · $23.89swing level
R · $24.84swing level
Price · $20.95now
S · $20.38swing level
S · $19.70swing level
S · $19.42swing level
Fibonacci · Downtrend swing
23.6% ◄ price here$20.76
38.2%$21.88
50.0%$22.78
61.8%$23.68
78.6%$24.97
Retracement resistance zones measured from the recent swing high down to the low.
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Below 200-day MA50/200 bearish
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Base & Breakout
Breakout follow-through
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RS Line vs SPY
52-week relative strength · blue = RS line · dashed = MA50 · dot = NH
Accumulation / Distribution
last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol
Net -7
No patterns detected
This symbol didn't match any pattern in the latest scan.
Minervini Trend Template
1/8Grades the price structure — moving-average stacking, distance from the 52-week high/low, and relative strength above the ≥70 uptrend bar. This is the technical trend check; the company's fundamentals and ≥80 RS leadership are scored separately in the Grade Card.
Price above SMA 150 & 200
$20.95 vs SMA150 $22.46 / SMA200 $22.88
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $22.46 vs SMA200 $22.88
SMA 200 trending up
Slope -0.36 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $21.08
Price above SMA 50
$20.95 vs SMA50 $21.08
30%+ above 52-week low
+10.5% from $18.96
Within 25% of 52-week high
-21.2% from $26.60
RS score above 70
RS 50
Fundamentals
52W Range
26%
Mkt Cap SEC
14.1B
EPS QoQ
+18%
Rev YoY
-4%
ROE
6%
Gross Margin
16%
D/E
0.36
EPS TTM
$0.87
P/E TTM
24.1x
Insider
No Buy
Company
Company profile
Hormel Foods Corporation
Scan History
Aug 10
Trend Only
✓ Gate
58
Aug 10
Trend Only
✓ Gate
57
-15.2%
Aug 07
Trend Only
✓ Gate
57
-16.3%
Aug 07
Trend Only
✓ Gate
57
-16.3%
Aug 06
Trend Only
✓ Gate
57
-16.5%
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