Is HRL halal?
Hormel Foods Corporation
Not halal
Hormel Foods Corporation did not pass AAOIFI screening. The failed check is shown below.
Exchange
NYSE
Price
20.19
Day
+1.92%
Market cap
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Industry
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Sector
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Manually identified reason
Automatic screening reads the industry label, not what's inside. This company's filings were checked by hand and a hidden prohibited activity was found:
Pork (Hormel — SPAM/pork)
What the company does
Hormel Foods makes packaged meat and food: SPAM, Hormel bacon and ham, Skippy peanut butter, Planters nuts, Jennie-O turkey and Applegate. Its money comes from sales to retailers and foodservice.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
Pork (Hormel — SPAM/pork)
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
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No data
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
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No data
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
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No data
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- 0.01% weight · #498 of 503
- Held by funds
- Not held by any tracked fund
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 2 superinvestors · Average reported price: $24.82
- Mairs & Power Funds$84.3M0.8%
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust$51.8M0.1%
Exited this quarter: Lee Ainslie
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