Hormel Foods Reports Earnings of 90 Cents Per Share

Hormel Foods Corp. (HRL) reported earnings of 90 cents per share for the final quarter of fiscal 2010, compared with 77 cents per share a year earlier.

Sales rose 23% from a year earlier to $2.1 billion, the company said in a statement.

“We hit the…

Campbell Soup EPS Drops as Promotions Sap Revenue

Campbell Soup Co. (CPB) reported earnings of 82 cents per share for the quarter ending Oct. 31, down from 87 cents per share a year earlier.

Sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 dropped 1% to $2.17 billion, the company said in a statement. Higher promotional spending hurt sales, the company said.

Sales of soups in the U.S. dropped 5%.

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Hewlett-Packard Fiscal 4Q Profit Beats Estimates

Hewlett-Packard’sfiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 5.2% as the world’s biggest computer maker saw increased demand for high-margin products such as servers and networking and storage equipment that offset lackluster consumer de…

Tyson Foods Reports Quarterly EPS of 57 Cents

Tyson Foods (TSN) reported earnings of 57 cents per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, compared with a loss of $1.23 per share a year earlier.

The company reported goodwill impairment charges of 7 cents per share in the quarter, up from $1….

A Short but Busy Week Could Mean More Volatility

Investors may be most thankful that this is a quick week. The market is closed for Thanksgiving and will log just a half-day on Black Friday, but from today through Wednesday, traders will face a heavy slate of economic data an…