KeyBanc Upgrades Hormel Foods (HRL) to Buy

KeyBanc upgraded Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL) from Hold to Buy with a price target of $48, saying the current price represent a compelling entry point, given an attractive relative valuation and greater confidence that the firm's above-FC FY14E has potential upside.

The firm sees three factors leading to potential upside to FY14E: 1) greater accretion from the Skippy transaction; 2) lower costs at JOTS due to falling grain prices; and 3) better growth from new products.

The firm is leaving estimated unchanged at $2.00 (FC $1.99) for 2013 and $2.37 (FC $2.25) for 2014.

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Shares of Hormel Foods closed at $39.82 yesterday.

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