Insider trade

Director sold ~$322K of HRL shares in the open market

Traded Dec 11, 2025 · Filed Dec 15, 2025

Hormel FoodsHRL

~$322K
Reported value · 13K sh @ $24.00: 82K
Holds after · shares reported: -15.8%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +10.9%, $23.71 → $19.96 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Hormel Foods sold $322K of Hormel Foods shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Dec 11, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 15, 2025

Director$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$321,600

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

7 days after results of Dec 4, 2025, 69 days before results of Feb 18, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $23.71 on Dec 11, 2025, 11% above its 52-week low and 28% below its high, after a 10% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $21.29 (Oct 30, 2025) to $33.04 (Dec 12, 2024), 21% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $21.49 on Oct 29, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+1.8%	+1.3%	+0.5%
30 days	+4.5%	+2.0%	+2.5%
90 days	-4.1%	-1.4%	-2.6%
180 days	+3.9%	+11.2%	-7.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001374185-25-000006
Filed / recorded: Dec 15, 2025, 9:10 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/
Issuer CIK: 48465
Ticker: HRL
Reporting person: Elsa A Murano
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Dec 11, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 13,400
Price per share: $24.00
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 82,088
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

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