Stock Price Trends

Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL)

Hormel Foods Corporation is an American company founded in 1891 in Austin, Minnesota, by George A. Hormel as George A. Hormel & Company. Originally focusing on the packaging and selling of ham, Spam, sausage and other pork, chicken, beef and lamb products to consumers; by the 1980s, Hormel began offering a wider range of packaged and refrigerated foods.

Stock Price Trends

Stock price trends estimated using linear regression.

Key facts

  • The primary trend is decreasing.
  • The decline rate of the primary trend is 21.53% per annum.
  • HRL price at the close of April 24, 2025 was $30.19 and was higher than the top border of the primary price channel by $4.50 (17.52%). This indicates a possible reversal in the primary trend direction.
  • The secondary trend is decreasing.
  • The decline rate of the secondary trend is 2.01% per annum.
  • HRL price at the close of April 24, 2025 was inside the secondary price channel.

Linear Regression Model

Model equation:
Yi = α + β × Xi + εi

Top border of price channel:
Exp(Yi) = Exp(a + b × Xi + 2 × s)

Bottom border of price channel:
Exp(Yi) = Exp(a + b × Xi – 2 × s)

where:

i - observation number
Yi - natural logarithm of HRL price
Xi - time index, 1 day interval
σ - standard deviation of εi
a - estimator of α
b - estimator of β
s - estimator of σ
Exp() - calculates the exponent of e


Primary Trend

Start date: February 25, 2022
End date: February 28, 2024

a = 4.3428

b = -0.0007

s = 0.0571

Annual growth rate:

Exp(365 × b) – 1
= Exp(365 × -0.0007) – 1
= -21.53%

Price channel spread:

Exp(4 × s) – 1
= Exp(4 × 0.0571) – 1
= 25.65%

February 25, 2022 calculations

Top border of price channel:

Exp(Y463)
= Exp(a + b × X463 + 2 × s)
= Exp(a + b × 669 + 2 × s)
= Exp(4.3428 + -0.0007 × 669 + 2 × 0.0571)
= Exp(4.0126)
= $55.29

Bottom border of price channel:

Exp(Y463)
= Exp(a + b × X463 – 2 × s)
= Exp(a + b × 669 – 2 × s)
= Exp(4.3428 + -0.0007 × 669 – 2 × 0.0571)
= Exp(3.7842)
= $44.00

February 28, 2024 calculations

Top border of price channel:

Exp(Y966)
= Exp(a + b × X966 + 2 × s)
= Exp(a + b × 1,402 + 2 × s)
= Exp(4.3428 + -0.0007 × 1,402 + 2 × 0.0571)
= Exp(3.5257)
= $33.98

Bottom border of price channel:

Exp(Y966)
= Exp(a + b × X966 – 2 × s)
= Exp(a + b × 1,402 – 2 × s)
= Exp(4.3428 + -0.0007 × 1,402 – 2 × 0.0571)
= Exp(3.2973)
= $27.04

Description

  • The primary trend is decreasing.
  • The decline rate of the primary trend is 21.53% per annum.
  • HRL price at the close of April 24, 2025 was $30.19 and was higher than the top border of the primary price channel by $4.50 (17.52%). This indicates a possible reversal in the primary trend direction.

Secondary Trend

Start date: October 12, 2023
End date: April 24, 2025

a = 3.5079

b = -0.0001

s = 0.0491

Annual growth rate:

Exp(365 × b) – 1
= Exp(365 × -0.0001) – 1
= -2.01%

Price channel spread:

Exp(4 × s) – 1
= Exp(4 × 0.0491) – 1
= 21.70%

October 12, 2023 calculations

Top border of price channel:

Exp(Y872)
= Exp(a + b × X872 + 2 × s)
= Exp(a + b × 1,263 + 2 × s)
= Exp(3.5079 + -0.0001 × 1,263 + 2 × 0.0491)
= Exp(3.5359)
= $34.33

Bottom border of price channel:

Exp(Y872)
= Exp(a + b × X872 – 2 × s)
= Exp(a + b × 1,263 – 2 × s)
= Exp(3.5079 + -0.0001 × 1,263 – 2 × 0.0491)
= Exp(3.3395)
= $28.20

April 24, 2025 calculations

Top border of price channel:

Exp(Y1,255)
= Exp(a + b × X1,255 + 2 × s)
= Exp(a + b × 1,823 + 2 × s)
= Exp(3.5079 + -0.0001 × 1,823 + 2 × 0.0491)
= Exp(3.5048)
= $33.27

Bottom border of price channel:

Exp(Y1,255)
= Exp(a + b × X1,255 – 2 × s)
= Exp(a + b × 1,823 – 2 × s)
= Exp(3.5079 + -0.0001 × 1,823 – 2 × 0.0491)
= Exp(3.3084)
= $27.34

Description

  • The secondary trend is decreasing.
  • The decline rate of the secondary trend is 2.01% per annum.
  • HRL price at the close of April 24, 2025 was inside the secondary price channel.