Hormel Foods Corp vs Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF — how do they compare? Hormel Foods Corp trades at $24.21 (market cap $13.37B), while Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF trades at $151. The key difference: Hormel Foods Corp pays a 4.81% dividend while Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF pays none, and Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Hormel Foods Corp nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| HRL | SPMO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $13.37B | — |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Broad Market / Factor |
52-Week High | $29.25 | $161.66 |
52-Week Low | $19.74 | $107.84 |
Enterprise Value | $15.37B | — |
Dividend Yield | 4.81% | — |
Signals from Pluang's Aura AI — not financial advice
Hormel Foods (HRL) trades at $24.705, down 1.26% on the day, with a bearish technical signal and neutral oscillators. The company reported Q2 2026 EPS of $0.40, beating expectations, but net income margin declined to 3.82% in 2025. Recent news includes the appointment of John Ghingo as CEO and the sale of its Brazilian CERATTI business, signaling strategic refocusing.
Outlook is mixed: strong dividend yield and consistent earnings beats support income investors, but margin pressures and bearish technicals pose near-term risks. Analyst consensus is 'Hold' with a $26.33 price target, suggesting limited upside. Macroeconomic headwinds in consumer staples may challenge growth.
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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 →SPMO is designed to track the investment results of the S&P 500 Momentum Index. This index measures the performance of stocks in the S&P 500 that exhibit the highest momentum, or the greatest price appreciation, over the trailing 12 months, while excluding the most recent month. By investing in these high-momentum stocks, SPMO seeks to capitalize on the historical trend that stocks with strong recent performance tend to continue that performance in the near term, offering a systematic approach to factor investing within the large-cap U.S. equity market.
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