HRL Congressional Stock Trades & Insider Buying (2026)

HRL insider buying and selling over the past year

Insiders at HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/ only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 1 Form 4 sales totaling $321.6K, against no open-market purchases.

None of the 1 sales were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, meaning each one was a discretionary decision at the time of filing. Activity clustered in 2025-12 (1 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2025-12-11. The average open-market sale price was $24.00; the last close of $20.40 is 15.0% below that level, so sellers exited above the current price. The single largest trade was a sale of 13,400 shares worth $321.6K on 2025-12-11. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved -14.0%, from $23.71.

Where HRL trades relative to its one-year range

HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/ closed at $20.40 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $19.19 to $26.51. That puts the stock near the bottom of its range, at 16.5% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved -14.1%, and over roughly three months -19.7%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 5,794,472 shares.

Across 42 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 20) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was -7.6%. HRL is behind that median and beat 43% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded HRL

STOCK Act disclosures show 21 trades in HRL by 5 members of Congress over five years (9 purchases, 12 sales), most recently on 2026-08-13. The most active traders were Ro Khanna (D-CA), 10 trades; Lisa C. McClain (R-MI), 6 trades; Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), 2 trades; Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), 2 trades; Kevin Hern (R-OK), 1 trade.

By party the trades split 14 by Democrats, 7 by Republicans; by chamber, 21 from the House.

HRL lobbying disclosures

HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/ appears in 2 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2018, with $230.0K in reported lobbying spend.

Compare HRL with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to HRL:

• PEP one-year return -13.9%
• HSY one-year return -8.5%
• CAG one-year return -20.8%
• KHC one-year return -5.8%
• STZ one-year return -5.7%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2025-12-11
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-08-13
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

HRL data questions

Are HRL insiders buying or selling stock?

Insiders at HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/ only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 1 Form 4 sales totaling $321.6K, against no open-market purchases.

What is the one-year price range for HRL?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, HRL traded between $19.19 and $26.51, last closing at $20.40.

Has any member of Congress traded HRL stock?

Yes. 5 members disclosed 21 trades in HRL over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-08-13.