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7/2/2009 4:17 PM

Hormel Foods Corp (HRL)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

Engaged in the production of a variety of meat and food products and the marketing of these products throughout the United States.

Current Price	$34.52	Mkt Cap	$4.76B
Open	$0.00	P/E Ratio	16.96
Prev. Close	$35.45	Div. (Yield)	0.76 (2.10%)
Daily Range	$34.38 - $35.24	Volume	0
52-Wk Range	$24.81 - $38.09	Avg. Daily Vol.	0

HRL News and Articles

Hormel, Herdez Del Fuerte create US venture Jun 19 at 7:50 AM – Associated Press
Ahead of the Bell: Meat processors Jun 12 at 8:05 AM – Associated Press
Grocery manufacturers spent $720K lobbying in 1Q Jun 11 at 11:11 AM – Associated Press
New ads present Spam as spark for lively meals Jun 8 at 12:39 AM – Associated Press
Hormel's 2Q profit beats, convenience sales up May 21 at 3:37 PM – Associated Press
Earnings roundup: Hormel, GameStop May 21 at 2:25 PM – Associated Press
Spam maker Hormel's 2Q profit edges up, beats view May 21 at 11:52 AM – Associated Press
Hormel 2Q profit edges up, beats view May 21 at 10:30 AM – Associated Press

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209 Outperform

14 Underperform

All-Star Members

72 Outperform

2 Underperform

Wall Street

7 Outperform

1 Underperform

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HendrixGal (< 20)
Submitted March 16, 2008

Founded in 1881 by George A. Hormel & Company and changed its name to Hormel Company in 1995. I love their products. I still eat "SPAM" sandwiches often. As long as this world keeps eating to live, then Hormel will be around to make sure were fed. So… More

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HRL Summary

Sector: Consumer Staples
Industry: Food Products
Tags: Food Products (95), Mid Cap (488), Consumer Staples (238), Food - Major Diversified (13)

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COOLSTOCK (65.96) Submitted: 6/9/2009 1:10:14 PM : Outperform

Start Price: $35.00 HRL Score: +3.45

good company its makes spam

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EBStroke (< 20) Submitted: 5/22/2009 11:50:00 AM : Outperform

Start Price: $34.21 HRL Score: +0.82

Zacks Rank 2, Recommend Buy, Ind Rank 38 / 217, Target 35.20, Avg Target of 7 analysts 35.15, Net score after 2 picks +5.98

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cordwood (< 20) Submitted: 5/14/2009 3:54:43 PM : Outperform

Start Price: $32.60 HRL Score: +6.09

innovative product developement;profit sharing w/ employees;steady management.

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bizzman (< 20) Score: +44.59

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Member Name	Member Rating	Start Date	Time Frame	Start Price	Stock Gain	S&P Gain	Score	Commentary
darrentali	62.82	8/13/2007	5Y	$32.60	+5.90%	-38.70%	+44.59
bizzman	< 20	8/13/2007	5Y	$32.60	+5.90%	-38.70%	+44.59
coun37	< 20	8/8/2007	NS	$33.02	+4.53%	-39.94%	+44.47	1 Comment
Elitesys	< 20	8/13/2007	3W	$32.63	+5.80%	-38.55%	+44.35
awellman	29.32	8/6/2007	3M	$32.85	+5.09%	-37.72%	+42.81
mikecoupe	< 20	8/23/2007	NS	$33.49	+3.09%	-38.62%	+41.71
wigsplita	35.83	10/1/2007	3M	$34.60	-0.24%	-41.15%	+40.90
richmouse	< 20	10/8/2007	5Y	$35.06	-1.53%	-42.20%	+40.67
sdshack	< 20	9/4/2007	1Y	$34.19	+0.97%	-39.09%	+40.06	1 Comment
Dedanaan	86.22	9/17/2007	NS	$34.30	+0.65%	-39.29%	+39.94

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Member Name	Member Rating	Start Date	Time Frame	Start Price	Stock Gain	S&P Gain	Score	End Date	Commentary
TrackKeyBanc	92.38	3/26/2009	NS	$31.48	+9.66%	+9.19%	+0.47
TrackDavenport	92.66	3/9/2009	NS	$30.06	+14.85%	+32.13%	-17.28
TrackJimCramer	64.82	1/30/2009	3W	$29.65	+16.43%	+8.43%	-8.00
TrackEdwardJones	86.68	10/22/2008	NS	$28.93	+19.30%	-2.76%	+22.07
TrackJimCramer	64.82	3/12/2008	3W	$40.22	-25.84%	-36.88%	+11.04	1/31/2009 @ $29.83
TrackDreman	91.15	9/30/2007	NS	$34.51	+0.03%	-41.14%	+41.17		2 Comments
TrackStifel	96.67	8/24/2007	NS	$34.71	-0.55%	-38.69%	+38.14
TrackBofASec	95.34	4/24/2007	NS	$36.73	-6.02%	-39.41%	+33.39
TrackMatrix	88.79	12/5/2006	NS	$37.07	-6.87%	-35.99%	+29.12

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