Hormel Foods Corp vs Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Hormel Foods Corp trades at $25.19 (market cap $13.91B), while Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $58.46. The key difference: Hormel Foods Corp pays a 4.63% dividend while Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund pays none, and Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund is trading nearer its 52-week high, Hormel Foods Corp nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| HRL | XLE | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $13.91B | — |
Sector | Consumer Staples | — |
52-Week High | $29.52 | $62.57 |
52-Week Low | $19.74 | $42.12 |
Enterprise Value | $15.91B | — |
Dividend Yield | 4.63% | — |
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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 →In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies that have been identified as energy companies by the GICS®, including securities of companies from the following industries: oil, gas and consumable fuels; and energy equipment and services. It is non-diversified.
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