The Latest Breaking News from Hormel Foods Corp

Hormel Foods Corp (NYSE:HRL) owned Skippy Foods has recalled 9,353 cases of peanut butter due to possible contamination of stainless steel fragments. The contamination is suspected to have happened from a piece of factory equipment. The affected varieties include Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread, Skippy Reduced Fat Chunky Peanut Butter Spread, and Skippy…

Goldman Sachs analyst Adam Samuelson downgraded Hormel Foods Corp (NYSE:HRL) to Sell from Neutral with a $44 price target, implying a 12.07% downside. Samuelson warned that the Russia-Ukraine conflict might become one of the most disruptive events across the food and agricultural supply chain. The analyst expects material fertilizer supply shocks across nutrients. Samuelson views…

Hormel Foods Corp (NYSE:HRL) reported first-quarter FY22 sales growth of 24% year-on-year, to $3.04 billion, beating the consensus of $2.93 billion. Organic net sales improved 13%. EPS of $0.44 was in line with Street view. The gross margin contracted 60 basis points Y/Y to 17.7%. The operating margin was 10.5%, and operating income for the…