Hormel Foods on Barron's 500 List
In 52-Week Total Return versus the Standard & Poor’s 500, Hormel Foods ranked No. 205 in Fiscal 2007, up from No. 244 for Fiscal 2006. This ranking is based on financial measures, including cash flow and sales growth, and is not open to third-party influence.
Barron's compiles the annual Barron's 500 with Holt, a unit of Credit Suisse. Holt uses four equally weighted measures to grade and rank the largest companies in the United States and Canada by sales. Holt's calculations for the 2008 Barron's 500 incorporate stock performance relative to the Standard & Poor's 500 Index over the 52 weeks ended May 2.