Hormel Foods Corp (HRL) Monthly Backtest Results crown

The data points on this monthly chart show the results of using the 10 Month SMA Double Cross strategy on this stock. Read about this strategy here. This is a long term investment strategy designed to catch major bull runs in stocks and indices then exit before the worst of a serious drawdown. It tends to work better with securites that are prone to forming valuation bubbles. To view shorter term swing trading entry signals for this stock then go here.

Key: change_history : trade entry change_history : profitable trade exit change_history : breakeven trade exit (5% loss to 5% profit) change_history : losing trade (greater than 5% loss) show_chart : 10 month simple moving average (SMA)
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*Transaction costs, taxes and dividends are excluded from these calculations. Past performance may not necessarily be a reliable guide to future performance.

Backtest Summary

This table summarises how profitable it would have been to have bought this stock at each monthly entry signal. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) shows the profitability of the trade on an annualised basis.

Entry Date	Exit Date	Profit or Loss	CAGR
01 February 2022	03 October 2022	-3.16%	-4.69%
01 May 2020	01 December 2020	1.81%	3.13%
02 January 2020	02 March 2020	-4.43%	-24.08%
01 October 2019	01 November 2019	-5.55%	-50.05%
01 May 2018	01 May 2019	11.65%	11.65%
02 January 2018	01 March 2018	-10.66%	-50.79%
01 December 2015	01 June 2016	-8.19%	-15.67%
Total Return		-18.52%

The monthly data for Hormel Foods Corp (exchange: XNYS symbol: HRL) was last updated 27 Dec 2025 05:37. Data for this stock is available from 01 Sep 2015 - 26 Dec 2025.