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Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL)

21.28 +0.38 (+1.82%)
At close: October 30 at 4:03:29 PM EDT
21.35 +0.07 (+0.33%)
After hours: October 30 at 7:59:19 PM EDT
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Financials

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Hormel Foods Corpshowed a clear quarterly squeeze in FY 2026 Q3. Profitability weakened, with operating marginfalling to 5.12%from 5.75% in FY 2026 Q2and net margindropping to 2.82%from 3.82%.

Cash generation improved, as free cash flow conversionrose to 0.79in FY 2026 Q3from 0.66in FY 2026 Q2, but balance-sheet and liquidity buffers softened. Current ratioslipped to 1.88and cash ratioheld near 0.45, while debt-to-equitystayed steady at 0.36.

Valuation expanded sharply in FY 2026 Q3, with P/Erising to 40.64xand EV/EBITDAto 17.68x, even as profits fell. That leaves Hormel Foods Corp priced richer despite weaker quarterly earnings momentum and mixed operating performance.

Valuation Measures

Currency in USD Download
Current 7/31/2026 4/30/2026 1/31/2026 10/31/2025 7/31/2025
Market Cap
11.71B 13.76B 11.81B 13.54B 11.87B 15.45B
Enterprise Value
13.71B 15.77B 13.79B 15.71B 14.11B 17.62B
Trailing P/E
34.32 -- -- -- -- --
Forward P/E
13.73 16.14 14.81 17.29 15.48 17.02
PEG Ratio (current)
-- -- -- -- -- --
Price/Sales
0.97 -- -- -- -- --
Price/Book
1.49 -- -- -- -- --
Enterprise Value/Revenue
1.13 1.29 1.14 1.30 1.17 1.48
Enterprise Value/EBITDA
16.03 16.14 13.76 16.01 11.09 13.89
7/31/2025 - 3/17/1980

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Financial Highlights

Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year Ends 10/26/2025
Most Recent Quarter (mrq) 7/26/2026

Profitability

Profit Margin 2.82%
Operating Margin (ttm) 8.61%

Management Effectiveness

Return on Assets (ttm) 4.63%
Return on Equity (ttm) 4.29%

Income Statement

Revenue (ttm) 12.15B
Revenue Per Share (ttm) 22.06
Quarterly Revenue Growth (yoy) -2.40%
Gross Profit (ttm) 1.91B
EBITDA 1.26B
Net Income Avi to Common (ttm) 342.71M
Diluted EPS (ttm) 0.62
Quarterly Earnings Growth (yoy) -67.60%

Balance Sheet

Total Cash (mrq) 868.45M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq) 1.58
Total Debt (mrq) 2.86B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq) 36.33%
Current Ratio (mrq) 1.88
Book Value Per Share (mrq) 14.25

Cash Flow Statement

Operating Cash Flow (ttm) 1.09B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm) 621.55M

Trading Information

Stock Price History

Beta (5Y Monthly) 0.29
52 Week Change 3 -0.93%
S&P 500 52-Week Change 3 10.63%
52 Week High 3 26.60
52 Week Low 3 18.96
50-Day Moving Average 3 20.81
200-Day Moving Average 3 22.83

Share Statistics

Avg Vol (3 month) 3 5.06M
Avg Vol (10 day) 3 4.56M
Shares Outstanding 5 550.35M
Implied Shares Outstanding 6 550.35M
Float 8 290.74M
% Held by Insiders 1 0.48%
% Held by Institutions 1 91.19%
Shares Short (10/15/2026) 4 22.2M
Short Ratio (10/15/2026) 4 3.97
Short % of Float (10/15/2026) 4 7.60%
Short % of Shares Outstanding (10/15/2026) 4 4.03%
Shares Short (prior month 9/15/2026) 4 20.84M

Dividends & Splits

Forward Annual Dividend Rate 4 1.17
Forward Annual Dividend Yield 4 5.50%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3 1.17
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 3 5.59%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield 4 3.11
Payout Ratio 4 188.31%
Dividend Date 3 11/16/2026
Ex-Dividend Date 4 10/13/2026
Last Split Factor 2 2:1
Last Split Date 3 2/10/2016

Footnotes

  • 1 Data provided by Refinitiv.
  • 2 Data provided by EDGAR Online.
  • 3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo Finance.
  • 4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
  • 5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
  • 6 Implied Shares Outstanding of common equity, assuming the conversion of all convertible subsidiary equity into common.
  • 7 EBITDA is calculated by S&P Global Market Intelligence using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting.
  • 8 A company's float is a measure of the number of shares available for trading by the public. It's calculated by taking the number of issued and outstanding shares minus any restricted stock, which may not be publicly traded.

Abbreviation Guide

  • mrq  =  Most Recent Quarter
  • ttm  =  Trailing Twelve Months
  • yoy  =  Year Over Year
  • lfy  =  Last Fiscal Year
  • fye  =  Fiscal Year Ending

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