NYSE: HRL · Packaged Foods
Over the past week, Hormel Foods (HRL) racked up about 200 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Sell. The crowd averages 42% bullish but is far apart: News runs 56% bullish while Reddit sits at just 28%. Wall Street is more cautious, with 2 of 10 analysts rating HRL a buy.
There is steady buzz around HRL this week and little agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Sell.
Wall Street’s 20% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from Reddit at 28% to News at 56%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
Across 10 analysts the consensus is a Hold: 2 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $27.25.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits just below the neutral line, momentum is cooling and the 3 sources disagree sharply, so the read is a Sell.
The crowd runs 22 points hotter than the 20% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: News reads 56% bullish while Reddit sits at 28%, a 28-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Weekly price context: this Alpha Vantage chart keeps its own dated range; the sentiment metrics elsewhere on this page may be newer. Over the 30-day window, Hormel Foods (HRL) buzz held moderate around 42.6 while the price drifted down 13.8% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 4.9M shares. Updated Aug 29, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, HRL lost 10.4%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 33.8 and was variable, swinging between 20.3 and 54.0. Recent volume is running above the 30-day average, suggesting heightened trading interest. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 15 of the 19 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
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| Adanos signal | Sell |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Hold (2 / 8 / 0) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 42% |
| Avg price target | $27.25 |
| Most bullish source | News, 56% |
| Most bearish source | Reddit, 28% |
| Sentiment spread | 28 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 200 |
| Market cap | $13.09B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 25.0 · 15.3 |
| EPS · Beta | $0.85 · 0.3 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $12.22B · 4% margin |
| Industry | Packaged Foods |
Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X and News sources, Hormel Foods (HRL) currently carries an Adanos sell signal with 90/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 42% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 200 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around Hormel Foods (HRL) is fairly quiet with 14 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 8 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 28% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is falling, suggesting cooling attention.
The crowd reads bearish on Hormel Foods (HRL), averaging 42% bullish across 3 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are News at 56% bullish and Reddit at 28%, a 28-point spread. On the professional side, 2 of 10 analysts rate HRL a buy.
Of the 10 analysts covering Hormel Foods (HRL), 2 rate it a buy, 8 a hold and 0 a sell, for a hold consensus. The average price target is $27.25. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 42%.
Hormel Foods (HRL)'s cross-source average is bearish at 42% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. X reads 43% bullish, News reads 56% bullish and reddit coverage is the most negative at 28% bullish. The combined signal points to broad sell-side pressure with 90/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is bearish for Hormel Foods (HRL) at 42% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. The most bearish reading is reddit at 28% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling on Reddit and X, while news activity is rising. The sell signal carries 90/100 conviction.
News is the dominant discussion channel with 109 mentions (55% of total volume). X contributes 77 mentions and Reddit contributes 14 mentions. The cross-source average is bearish at 42% bullish, while news is the only source with rising 3-day activity. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 2 sources lean bearish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. HRL's sell signal at 90/100 conviction reflects a bearish cross-source average at 42% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The HRL sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Sell signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
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