Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) reported quarterly earnings of $0.37 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.35 by 5.71 percent. This is a 5.71 percent increase over earnings of $0.35 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.961 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $3.039 billion by 2.58 percent. This is a 1.66 percent decrease over sales of $3.011 billion the same period last year.