All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

HRL: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

HRL total return snapshot: HRL returned −9.34% over the past year and −9.15% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, HRL is up +399,900.00% in nominal total return, or +19.49%/yr, and is currently −55.89% below its total-return high on Apr. 21, 2022.

Data ending Fri Oct. 16, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
HRL × 		+399,900.00%
+19.49%/yr 		+18.23%/yr
R2=0.823
Hormel Foods Corporation NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Start
Value 		End
Value
HRL × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$40,000,000.00
2026-10-16

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-16

  YTD YoY
HRL × 		−9.15% −9.34%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
HRL × 		−55.89%
on 2026-10-16
from 2022-04-21 peak 		−59.14%
on 2026-10-09
from 2022-04-21 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-16 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
HRL × 		−9.34% −28.15%
−15.24%/yr 		−27.63%
−10.22%/yr 		−42.75%
−10.56%/yr 		−28.39%
−3.28%/yr

Annual Returns

Year HRL
2026 (YTD) −9.15%
2025 −21.27%
2024 +1.21%
2023 −27.49%
2022 −4.67%
2021 +6.99%
2020 +5.38%
2019 +7.85%
2018 +19.68%
2017 +6.72%
2016 −10.62%
2015 +54.47%
2014 +17.28%
2013 +47.24%
2012 +8.79%
2011 +16.38%
2010 +36.02%
2009 +26.59%
2008 −21.67%
2007 +10.18%
2006 +16.11%
2005 +6.02%
2004 +23.44%
2003 +12.64%
2002 −11.79%
2001 +46.86%
2000 −6.43%
1999 +26.27%
1998 +1.97%
1997 +24.60%
1996 +11.82%
1995 +1.80%
1994 +14.49%
1993 −3.95%
1992 +12.01%
1991 +13.50%
1990 +15.22%
1989 +56.13%
1988 +5.06%
1987 +26.60%
1986 +163.83%
1985 +1,781.72%
1984 −1.06%
1983 +9.30%
1982 +53.57%
1981 +19.15%
1980 −7.84%