Hormel Foods Corp vs Rockwell Automation — how do they compare? Hormel Foods Corp trades at $24.36 (market cap $13.37B), while Rockwell Automation trades at $450 (market cap $49.64B). The key difference: Rockwell Automation is far larger — about 3.7× Hormel Foods Corp's market cap, and Hormel Foods Corp pays the higher dividend (4.81%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| HRL | ROK | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $13.37B | $49.64B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Industrials |
52-Week High | $29.25 | $495.08 |
52-Week Low | $19.74 | $333.75 |
Enterprise Value | $15.37B | $52.77B |
Dividend Yield | 4.81% | 1.23% |
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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 →Rockwell Automation is a pure-play automation competitor that is the successor entity to Rockwell International, which spun off its former Rockwell Collins avionics segment in 2001. As of fiscal 2021, the firm operates through three segments--intelligent devices, software and control, and lifecycle services. Intelligent devices contains its drives, sensors, and industrial components, software and control contains its information and network and security software, while lifecycle services contains its consulting and maintenance services as well as its Sensia JV with Schlumberger.
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