secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/ (HRL)
CIK:        0000048465
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-26T21:42:37+00:00
Accession:  0000048465-26-000053
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hormel Q3 adjusted EPS $0.37, raises FY26 adjusted EPS guidance to $1.45-$1.51
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- Q3 net sales $2.96B, organic net sales -2%; adjusted EPS $0.37 vs prior year.
- Raises FY26 adjusted EPS guidance to $1.45-$1.51 (6-10% growth); narrows net sales to $12.1-12.2B.
- Brazil divestiture closed; Q3 includes $56M loss, $48M Indonesia impairment, $38M litigation settlement.
- Foodservice organic net sales +2% (12th consecutive quarter); Retail organic net sales -3%.
- Cash flow from ops $241M (+54% YoY); returned $161M dividends.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48465/000004846526000053/0000048465-26-000053-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48465/000004846526000053/hrl-20260827.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000048465-26-000053

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