Seasonality
HRL seasonality — Hormel Foods
Over the last 11 years, HRL's strongest month on average has been November (+3.6%) and its weakest September (-3.1%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.62% | -0.69% | 40% | +4.8% | -5.7% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.48% | -1.55% | 40% | +16.3% | -12.0% | 10 |
| Mar | +1.57% | +3.13% | 60% | +12.1% | -11.5% | 10 |
| Apr | -1.03% | +0.87% | 60% | +5.6% | -10.8% | 10 |
| May | -1.16% | -1.06% | 40% | +8.2% | -12.9% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.13% | +0.14% | 50% | +6.8% | -2.7% | 10 |
| Jul | +0.52% | +0.94% | 70% | +5.4% | -7.1% | 10 |
| Aug | -2.32% | -0.79% | 50% | +8.8% | -12.6% | 10 |
| Sep | -3.14% | -2.68% | 30% | +4.5% | -10.0% | 10 |
| Oct | -1.78% | -1.73% | 40% | +10.8% | -14.4% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.64% | +3.32% | 67% | +17.0% | -6.0% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.49% | +0.57% | 50% | +17.9% | -5.3% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — HRL
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.8 | 4.0 | -11.5 | -5.2 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 0.8 | -12.6 | -8.7 | 6.7 | 3.1 | -7.4% | |
| 2025 | -4.4 | -4.5 | 8.1 | -3.4 | 2.6 | -1.4 | -7.1 | -9.4 | -2.8 | -12.7 | 7.5 | 2.1 | -24.4% |
| 2024 | -5.4 | 16.3 | -1.2 | 1.9 | -12.9 | -1.6 | 5.3 | 1.4 | -2.6 | -3.6 | 6.2 | -3.3 | -2.3% |
| 2023 | -0.5 | -2.0 | -10.1 | 1.4 | -5.4 | 5.2 | 1.6 | -5.6 | -1.4 | -14.4 | -6.0 | 5.0 | -29.5% |
| 2022 | -2.8 | 0.4 | 8.2 | 1.6 | -7.1 | -2.7 | 4.2 | 1.9 | -9.6 | 2.2 | 1.2 | -3.1 | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5 | -1.1 | 3.0 | -3.3 | 5.1 | -1.6 | -2.9 | -1.8 | -10.0 | 3.2 | -2.2 | 17.9 | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 4.8 | -12.0 | 12.1 | 0.5 | 4.2 | -1.1 | 5.4 | 0.2 | -4.1 | -0.4 | -3.1 | -1.2 | +3.3% |
| 2019 | -0.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | -10.8 | -1.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 2.6 | -6.5 | 8.9 | 1.3 | +5.7% |
| 2018 | -5.7 | -5.5 | 5.7 | 5.6 | -1.0 | 3.7 | -3.3 | 8.8 | 0.6 | 10.8 | 3.3 | -5.3 | +17.3% |
| 2017 | 4.3 | -2.9 | -1.8 | 1.3 | -4.1 | 1.4 | 0.2 | -10.0 | 4.5 | -3.0 | 17.0 | -0.2 | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 1.7 |