Hormel Foods Corp vs Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated — how do they compare? Hormel Foods Corp trades at $24.39 (market cap $13.37B), while Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated trades at $529.98 (market cap $134.25B). The key difference: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is far larger — about 10× Hormel Foods Corp's market cap, and Hormel Foods Corp pays a 4.81% dividend while Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| HRL | VRTX | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $13.37B | $134.25B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Health |
52-Week High | $29.25 | $529.65 |
52-Week Low | $19.74 | $376.62 |
Enterprise Value | $15.37B | $128.37B |
Dividend Yield | 4.81% | — |
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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 →Vertex Pharmaceuticals is a global biotechnology company that discovers and develops small-molecule drugs for the treatment of serious diseases. Its key drugs are Kalydeco, Orkambi, Symdeko, and Trikafta/Kaftrio for cystic fibrosis, where Vertex therapies remain the standard of care globally. In addition to its focus on cystic fibrosis, Vertex is diversifying its pipeline through gene-editing therapies such as CTX001 for beta-thalassemia and sickle-cell disease, small-molecule inhibitors targeting acute and chronic pain using non-opioid treatments, and small-molecule inhibitors of APOL1-mediated kidney diseases. Vertex is also investigating cell therapies to deliver a potential functional cure for type 1 diabetes.
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