Hormel Foods Corp vs Palantir Technologies Inc — how do they compare? Hormel Foods Corp trades at $24.2 (market cap $13.59B), while Palantir Technologies Inc trades at $172.3 (market cap $421.09B). The key difference: Palantir Technologies Inc is far larger — about 31× Hormel Foods Corp's market cap, and Hormel Foods Corp pays a 4.74% dividend while Palantir Technologies Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| HRL | PLTR | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $13.59B | $421.09B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Technology |
52-Week High | $29.25 | $207.18 |
52-Week Low | $19.74 | $107.27 |
Enterprise Value | $15.59B | $411.89B |
Dividend Yield | 4.74% | — |
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Hormel Foods is a protein-focused branded food company. Its brands include its namesake Hormel, Spam, Jennie-O, Dinty Moore, Applegate, Wholly Guacamole, and Skippy. The vast majority of the company's revenue is U.S.-based: 64% U.S. retail, 28% U.S. food service, and 8% international. By product type, in fiscal 2021, 23% of revenue was shelf-stable foods, 18% was poultry (branded and commodity), 55% was other perishable food, and 3% was other, primarily nutritional products. The company holds the number-one market position in shelf-stable meat, shelf-stable ready meals, pepperoni, natural/organic deli meat, and guacamole and the number-two position in turkey, bacon, chilled ready meals, and peanut butter.
Read more on HRL →Palantir Technologies provides organizations with solutions to manage large disparate data sets in an attempt to gain insight and drive operational outcomes. Founded in 2003, Palantir released its Gotham software platform in 2008, which focuses on the government intelligence and defense sectors. Palantir expanded into various commercial markets with its Foundry software platform in 2016 with the intent of becoming the data operating system for companies and industries. The Denver company had 125 customers as of its initial public offering and roughly splits its revenue between commercial and government customers.
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