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 +1.29% over the past year and −9.13% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, HRL is up +4,581.82% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.60%/yr, and is currently −61.90% below its real total-return high on Aug. 18, 2020.

Data ending Fri Oct. 30, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-10-30 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
HRL × 		+4,581.82%
+8.60%/yr 		+10.61%/yr
R2=0.942
Hormel Foods Corporation NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-10-30 Start
Value 		End
Value
HRL × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$468,181.68
2026-10-30

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-30

  YTD YoY
HRL × 		−9.13% +1.29%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
HRL × 		−61.90%
on 2026-10-30
from 2020-08-18 peak 		−66.09%
on 2026-10-09
from 2020-08-18 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-30 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
HRL × 		+1.29% −28.60%
−15.50%/yr 		−31.15%
−11.70%/yr 		−50.76%
−13.21%/yr 		−47.20%
−6.19%/yr

Annual Returns

Year HRL
2026 (YTD) −9.13%
2025 −23.32%
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 +6.93%
2011 +13.02%
2010 +34.02%
2009 +23.24%
2008 −21.74%
2007 +5.84%
2006 +13.26%
2005 +2.51%
2004 +19.54%
2003 +10.57%
2002 −13.84%
2001 +44.63%
2000 −9.50%
1999 +22.96%
1998 +0.35%
1997 +22.51%
1996 +8.23%
1995 −0.72%
1994 +11.51%
1993 −6.52%
1992 +8.85%
1991 +10.12%
1990 +8.58%
1989 +49.20%
1988 +0.35%
1987 +21.21%
1986 +34.82%
1985 +66.72%
1984 −5.34%
1983 +6.20%
1982 +48.49%
1981 +8.98%
1980 −14.79%