Insider trade

Director sold ~$495K of HRL shares in the open market

Traded Jul 8, 2026 · Filed Jul 10, 2026

Hormel FoodsHRL

~$495K
Reported value · 20K sh @ $24.5128: 32K
Holds after · shares reported: -18.7%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +2.5%, $24.54 → $19.96 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Hormel Foods sold $495K 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: Jul 8, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jul 10, 2026

DirectorIndirect holding$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$495,159

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

41 days after results of May 28, 2026, 50 days before results of Aug 27, 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 $24.54 on Jul 8, 2026, 24% above its 52-week low and 22% below its high, after a 16% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $19.74 (May 15, 2026) to $31.54 (Jul 10, 2025), 41% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $21.24 on May 22, 2026. 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	+3.4%	-0.9%	+4.3%
30 days	-0.3%	+3.1%	-3.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001614708-26-000016
Filed / recorded: Jul 10, 2026, 8:05 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: Gary C. Bhojwani
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jul 8, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 20,200
Price per share: $24.5128
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 32,002
Ownership form: Indirect — Gary C. Bhojwani Revocable Trust
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Price is the volume weighted average selling price of all sales by the reporting person on the transaction date within a one dollar range. Actual prices ranged from $24.47 to $24.57. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request of the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
The reporting person previously transferred 52,202 shares to the Gary C. Bhojwani Revocable Trust, a revocable living trust. Such shares were previously reported as directly owned or indirectly owned in a prior trust.

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