NYSE: HRL · Packaged Foods
Over the past week, Hormel Foods (HRL) racked up about 42 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Sell. The crowd averages 42% bullish across the tracked sources. Wall Street is more cautious, with 3 of 10 analysts rating HRL a buy.
There is little buzz around HRL this week and broad agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Sell.
Wall Street’s 30% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from Reddit at 34% to X at 50%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
Across 10 analysts the consensus is a Hold: 3 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $25.56.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits just below the neutral line, momentum is mixed and the 3 sources only partly agree, so the read is a Sell.
The crowd runs 12 points hotter than the 30% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: X reads 50% bullish while Reddit sits at 34%, a 16-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, Hormel Foods (HRL) buzz held subdued around 28.7 while the price drifted down 6.7% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 5.4M shares. Updated Oct 10, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, HRL lost 3.9%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 36.9 and was variable, swinging between 28.0 and 49.0. Recent volume is running above the 30-day average, suggesting heightened trading interest. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 14 of the 20 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
No Polymarket data for this stock this week.
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| Adanos signal | Sell |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Hold (3 / 7 / 0) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 42% |
| Avg price target | $25.56 |
| Most bullish source | X, 50% |
| Most bearish source | Reddit, 34% |
| Sentiment spread | 16 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 42 |
| Market cap | $10.69B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 31.3 · 12.9 |
| EPS · Beta | $0.62 · 0.3 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $12.15B · 3% margin |
| Industry | Packaged Foods |
Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X and News sources, Hormel Foods (HRL) currently carries an Adanos sell signal with 93/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 42% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 42 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around Hormel Foods (HRL) is fairly quiet with 12 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 7 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 34% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is stable, suggesting steady attention.
The crowd reads bearish on Hormel Foods (HRL), averaging 42% bullish across 3 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are X at 50% bullish and Reddit at 34%, a 16-point spread. On the professional side, 3 of 10 analysts rate HRL a buy.
Of the 10 analysts covering Hormel Foods (HRL), 3 rate it a buy, 7 a hold and 0 a sell, for a hold consensus. The average price target is $25.56. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 42%.
Hormel Foods (HRL)'s cross-source average is bearish at 42% bullish. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. X reads 50% bullish, News reads 41% bullish and reddit coverage is the most negative at 34% bullish. The combined signal points to broad sell-side pressure with 93/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is bearish for Hormel Foods (HRL) at 42% bullish. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. The most bearish reading is reddit at 34% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling on News, while x activity is rising. The sell signal carries 93/100 conviction.
News is the dominant discussion channel with 22 mentions (52% of total volume). Reddit contributes 12 mentions and X contributes 8 mentions. The cross-source average is bearish at 42% bullish, while x is the only source with rising 3-day activity. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. HRL's sell signal at 93/100 conviction reflects a bearish cross-source average at 42% bullish. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The HRL sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Sell signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
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