Hormel Foods

US · HRL #1372 by market cap Listed 1970

19.55 -0.33 -1.66%

Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 88s ago · 2026-10-08 08:35

Pre-market 19.55 0.00%

After-hours 19.68 +0.68%

Overnight 19.56 +0.05%

Market cap: 10.76B
P/E (TTM): 31.53
P/B: 1.37
EPS: 0.87
Div yield: 5.97%
52W pos: 2%

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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Good

Altman Z-Score is 3.27, above the 3.0 "safe zone" threshold.
Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year +1.56% YoY

Margins

Gross margin: 15.63%
Operating margin: 7.39%
Net margin: 3.95%

Key ratios & quality

Enterprise value: 12.91B
Altman Z-Score: 3.27

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenue	9.55B	9.50B	9.61B	11.39B	12.46B	12.11B	11.92B	12.11B
Gross profit	1.98B	1.88B	1.83B	1.93B	2.16B	2.00B	2.02B	1.89B
Selling & admin expenses	841.21M	727.58M	761.32M	853.07M	879.27M	942.17M	1.01B	996.62M
Research & development	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Operating profit	1.14B	1.16B	1.06B	1.07B	1.29B	1.06B	1.02B	895.19M
Pretax profit	1.18B	1.21B	1.11B	1.13B	1.28B	1.01B	1.04B	663.45M
Tax	168.70M	230.57M	206.39M	217.03M	277.88M	220.55M	230.80M	185.68M
Net profit	1.01B	979.15M	908.35M	909.14M	1.00B	792.92M	804.63M	477.76M
Basic EPS	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Diluted EPS	1.86	1.80	1.66	1.66	1.82	1.45	1.47	0.87

Line item	2025-04	2025-07	2025-10	2026-01	2026-04	2026-07
Revenue	2.90B	3.03B	3.19B	3.03B	2.97B	2.96B
Gross profit	484.43M	487.31M	444.84M	469.58M	518.51M	471.52M
Selling & admin expenses	251.43M	258.71M	223.47M	241.70M	318.62M	323.50M
Research & development	--	--	--	--	--	--
Operating profit	233.00M	228.60M	221.38M	227.88M	199.88M	148.01M
Pretax profit	230.49M	236.51M	-21.63M	234.31M	206.06M	103.16M
Tax	50.75M	52.82M	34.58M	52.54M	48.69M	43.64M
Net profit	179.74M	183.70M	-56.20M	181.77M	157.38M	59.52M
Basic EPS	0	0	0	0	0	0
Diluted EPS	0.33	0.33	-0.10	0.33	0.29	0.11

Balance sheet

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total current assets	2.05B	2.36B	3.58B	2.95B	3.64B	3.30B	3.25B	3.41B
Cash & ST investments	459.14M	687.64M	1.73B	634.69M	998.26M	753.20M	766.62M	703.59M
Inventory	963.53M	1.04B	1.07B	1.37B	1.72B	1.68B	1.58B	1.75B
Total assets	8.14B	8.11B	9.91B	12.70B	13.31B	13.45B	13.43B	13.39B
Total current liabilities	1.14B	1.11B	1.50B	1.42B	1.47B	2.31B	1.40B	1.38B
Short-term debt	--	--	258.69M	8.76M	8.80M	950.53M	7.81M	6.65M
Long-term debt	624.84M	250.00M	1.04B	3.32B	3.29B	2.36B	2.85B	2.85B
Total liabilities	2,537,474,000.00	2,183,469,000.00	3,477,956,000.00	5,717,968,000.00	5,766,699,000.00	5,709,787,000.00	5,430,719,000.00	5,477,304,000.00
Total equity	5.60B	5.93B	6.43B	6.98B	7.54B	7.74B	8.00B	7.92B
Retained earnings	5.73B	6.13B	6.52B	6.88B	7.31B	7.49B	7.68B	7.52B

Line item	2025-04	2025-07	2025-10	2026-01	2026-04	2026-07
Total current assets	3.28B	3.32B	3.41B	3.39B	3.49B	3.53B
Cash & ST investments	698.98M	630.67M	703.59M	901.21M	859.86M	868.45M
Inventory	1.73B	1.82B	1.75B	1.65B	1.75B	1.80B
Total assets	13.42B	13.50B	13.39B	13.32B	13.34B	13.29B
Total current liabilities	1.33B	1.35B	1.38B	1.27B	1.80B	1.87B
Short-term debt	7.25M	6.74M	6.65M	6.49M	505.34M	505.63M
Long-term debt	2.85B	2.85B	2.85B	2.85B	2.35B	2.35B
Total liabilities	5,379,867,000.00	5,403,634,000.00	5,477,304,000.00	5,363,226,000.00	5,380,410,000.00	5,432,360,000.00
Total equity	8.04B	8.09B	7.92B	7.95B	7.96B	7.86B
Retained earnings	7.71B	7.73B	7.52B	7.54B	7.53B	7.43B

Cash flow

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Operating cash flow	1.24B	923.00M	1.13B	1.00B	1.13B	1.05B	1.27B	845.25M
Depreciation & amortization	161.86M	165.21M	205.78M	209.31M	235.89M	253.31M	257.76M	263.90M
Free cash flow	852.12M	629.16M	760.52M	769.52M	856.06M	777.64M	1.01B	534.35M
Dividends paid	-388.11M	-437.05M	-487.38M	-523.11M	-557.84M	-592.93M	-614.96M	-633.19M
Stock buybacks / issuance	-46.90M	-174.25M	-12.36M	-19.96M	0	-12.30M	0	0
Ending cash balance	459.14M	672.90M	1.71B	613.53M	982.11M	736.53M	741.88M	670.68M

Line item	2025-04	2025-07	2025-10	2026-01	2026-04	2026-07
Operating cash flow	56.44M	156.70M	322.91M	349.21M	178.94M	240.60M
Depreciation & amortization	63.96M	64.69M	69.37M	67.10M	68.83M	66.43M
Free cash flow	-18.64M	84.51M	231.45M	280.22M	96.77M	172.44M
Dividends paid	-159.25M	-159.47M	-159.50M	-159.50M	-160.94M	-160.96M
Stock buybacks / issuance	--	--	--	--	--	--
Ending cash balance	669.69M	599.19M	670.68M	867.91M	826.75M	839.64M

Returns & efficiency

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROE %	19.21	16.99	14.71	13.57	13.79	10.39	10.24	6.02
ROA %	13.39	12.05	10.08	8.04	7.69	5.93	5.99	3.56
ROIC %	18.00	15.62	12.66	10.05	9.72	7.67	7.58	4.78
5-year avg ROE %	18.76	18.67	18.01	16.50	15.65	13.89	12.54	10.80
EBIT margin %	12.65	12.93	11.82	10.27	10.76	8.98	9.36	6.12
FCF / sales %	8.93	6.62	7.92	6.76	6.87	6.42	8.48	4.41
Current ratio	1.80	2.14	2.38	2.08	2.47	1.43	2.32	2.47
Quick ratio	0.93	1.16	1.65	1.09	1.27	0.68	1.17	1.15
Debt / assets	7.67	3.08	13.16	26.18	24.79	24.61	21.28	21.34
LT debt / equity	11.16	4.22	16.26	47.54	43.67	30.49	35.67	36.08
Interest coverage	45.59	67.95	53.91	27.00	21.44	14.81	13.80	9.50
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	1.00	-0.09	1.58	6.05	9.47	8.02	1.54	-0.95
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	13.84	3.22	2.36	-3.52	0.72	-4.39	-3.96	-21.80
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	0.16	-7.09	-2.18	-3.34	10.81	0.74	9.50	-14.54

Line item	2025-04	2025-07	2025-10	2026-01	2026-04	2026-07
ROE %	9.39	9.46	6.02	6.13	5.84	4.30
ROA %	5.43	5.67	3.56	3.66	3.49	2.56
ROIC %	6.99	7.30	4.78	4.88	4.67	3.49
5-year avg ROE %	--	--	--	--	--	--
EBIT margin %	8.67	8.65	6.12	6.24	6.01	4.95
FCF / sales %	5.83	5.21	4.41	4.76	5.67	6.43
Current ratio	2.47	2.47	2.47	2.66	1.94	1.88
Quick ratio	1.12	1.07	1.15	1.30	0.93	0.89
Debt / assets	21.29	21.17	21.34	21.46	21.41	21.48
LT debt / equity	35.49	35.26	36.08	35.91	29.57	29.95
Interest coverage	12.95	13.39	9.50	9.68	9.34	7.62
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Single-engine

Perishable is the largest reported line at 73.91% of revenue, across 2 reported segments.
The next-largest line, Shelf-stable, is a distant second at 26.09% - a sharp slowdown here would have little to offset it.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Perishable73.91%

Shelf-stable26.09%

Quote time 2026-10-08 08:35:25 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.