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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000048465-26-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HRL"
cik: "0000048465"
company_name: "HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-05-27T21:41:28+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T10:13:01.402935+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hormel Q2 adjusted EPS $0.40 (+10%+); net sales $2.97B; reaffirms FY adjusted EPS $1.43-1.51

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.29 includes $61M loss on sale of whole-bird turkey business; adjusted EPS $0.40 up double-digit.
- Organic net sales +3% with all three segments reporting profit growth: Retail +13%, Foodservice +11%, International +20%.
- FY GAAP EPS guidance cut to $1.28-1.37 from $1.37-1.46 due to divestiture loss; adjusted EPS guidance reaffirmed $1.43-1.51.
- Operating cash flow $179M, capex $82M; returned $161M to shareholders via dividends.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000048465-26-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HRL
- cik: 0000048465
- company_name: HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-05-27T21:41:28+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48465/000004846526000024/0000048465-26-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48465/000004846526000024/hrl-20260528.htm

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