All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

HRL: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

HRL real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, HRL returned −17.95% over the past year and −18.87% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, HRL is up +88,944.80% in real purchasing-power return, or +15.70%/yr, and is currently −65.98% below its real total-return high on Aug. 18, 2020.

Data ending Fri Oct. 9, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
HRL × 		+88,944.80%
+15.70%/yr 		+15.13%/yr
R2=0.777
Hormel Foods Corporation NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 Start
Value 		End
Value
HRL × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$8,904,480.23
2026-10-09

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-09

  YTD YoY
HRL × 		−18.87% −17.95%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
HRL × 		−65.98%
on 2026-10-09
from 2020-08-18 peak 		−65.98%
on 2026-10-09
from 2020-08-18 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-09 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
HRL × 		−17.95% −36.48%
−20.30%/yr 		−44.86%
−18.00%/yr 		−55.37%
−14.90%/yr 		−51.75%
−7.03%/yr

Annual Returns

Year HRL
2026 (YTD) −18.87%
2025 −23.33%
2024 −1.63%
2023 −29.84%
2022 −10.46%
2021 −0.04%
2020 +3.97%
2019 +5.44%
2018 +17.44%
2017 +4.51%
2016 −12.43%
2015 +53.34%
2014 +16.40%
2013 +45.06%
2012 +6.94%
2011 +13.02%
2010 +34.01%
2009 +23.24%
2008 −21.74%
2007 +5.85%
2006 +13.26%
2005 +2.51%
2004 +19.55%
2003 +10.56%
2002 −13.84%
2001 +44.62%
2000 −9.50%
1999 +22.97%
1998 +0.35%
1997 +22.52%
1996 +8.23%
1995 −0.71%
1994 +11.51%
1993 −6.52%
1992 +8.85%
1991 +10.13%
1990 +8.56%
1989 +49.21%
1988 +0.61%
1987 +21.22%
1986 +160.95%
1985 +1,721.24%
1984 −5.81%
1983 +6.32%
1982 +49.63%
1981 +7.11%
1980 −13.24%