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Across 10 analysts the consensus is a Hold: 2 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $26.75.
NYSE: HRL · Packaged Foods
Over the past week, Hormel Foods (HRL) racked up 13 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Sell. The crowd averages 33% bullish but is far apart: X runs 50% bullish while Reddit sits at just 0%. Wall Street is more cautious, with 2 of 10 analysts rating HRL a buy.
There is little 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 0% to X at 50%. 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 $26.75.
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 mixed and the 3 sources disagree sharply, so the read is a Sell.
The crowd runs 13 points hotter than the 20% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: X reads 50% bullish while Reddit sits at 0%, a 50-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, Hormel Foods (HRL) buzz held subdued around 23.9 while the price drifted up 1.9% 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 4.4M shares. Updated Jul 15, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, HRL gained 3.4%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 25.1 and was variable, swinging between 11.8 and 45.3. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 10 of the 18 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Buzz, bullish share, the loudest item and the positive / neutral / negative split for every tracked source over the last 7 days.
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Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X and News sources, Hormel Foods (HRL) currently carries an Adanos sell signal with 93/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 33% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 13 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 5 mentions across 6 tracked subreddits. The tone is 0% bullish with stable 3-day activity momentum, suggesting steady attention.
The crowd reads bearish on Hormel Foods (HRL), averaging 33% bullish across 3 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are X at 50% bullish and Reddit at 0%, a 50-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 $26.75. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 33%.
Hormel Foods (HRL) sentiment is bearish across all 3 tracked sources. X reads 50% bullish, News reads 50% bullish and reddit coverage is the most negative at 0% bullish. The combined signal points to broad sell-side pressure with 93/100 conviction.
Social sentiment data shows consistently bearish discussion around Hormel Foods (HRL). All 3 tracked sources lean negative, with reddit being the most bearish at 0% bullish. The sell signal carries 93/100 conviction.
Reddit is the dominant discussion channel with 5 mentions (38% of total volume). X contributes 4 mentions and News contributes 4 mentions. Sentiment is bearish across all sources.
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 93/100 conviction reflects consistently bearish sentiment across 3 tracked sources. 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.
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