Stock · HRL · Consumer Defensive
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1990 · Revenue 12 mo. $12.1B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Hormel Foods Corporation develops, processes, and distributes various meat, nut, and other food products to foodservice, convenience stores, and commercial customers in the United States and internationally.
Hormel Foods Corporation develops, processes, and distributes various meat, nut, and other food products to foodservice, convenience stores, and commercial customers in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Retail, Foodservice, and International. The company provides perishable products, including fresh meats, frozen items, refrigerated meal solutions, bacon, sausages, hams, guacamole, and other items that require refrigeration, as well as shelf-stable products, such as canned luncheon meats, nut butters, snack nuts, chili, shelf-stable microwaveable meals, hash, stews, tortillas, salsas, tortilla chips, and other items that do not require refrigeration. It sells its products under the HORMEL, ALWAYS TENDER, APPLEGATE, AUSTIN BLUES, BACON 1, BLACK LABEL, BREAD READY, BURKE, CAFÉ H, CERATTI, CHI-CHI'S, COLUMBUS, COMPLEATS, CORN NUTS, CURE 81, DAN'S PRIZE, DI LUSSO, DINTY MOORE, DON MIGUEL, DOÑA MARIA, EMBASA, FAST "N EASY, FIRE BRAISED, FONTANINI, HERDEZ, HORMEL GATHERINGS, HOUSE OF TSANG, JENNIE-O, JUSTIN'S, LA VICTORIA, LAYOUT, LLOYD'S, MARY KITCHEN, MR. PEANUT, NATURAL CHOICE, NUT-RITION, OLD SMOKEHOUSE, OVEN READY, PILLOW PACK, PLANTERS, ROSA GRANDE, SADLER'S SMOKEHOUSE, SKIPPY, SPAM, SQUARE TABLE, SPECIAL RECIPE, VALLEY FRESH, and WHOLLY brands through sales personnel, independent brokers, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Geo. A. Hormel & Company and changed its name to Hormel Foods Corporation in January 1995. Hormel Foods Corporation was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Austin, Minnesota.
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Summary
35.5 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €479.5M (2025), it supports €5.3B. The remaining €5.4B of the market value assume it grows 9.8% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
9.8%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 11.1×, below its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 14.4× to 21.6×, median 16.1×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
6 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 6.05% | 12.35% | Rank 18 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 16.85% | 20.14% | Rank 42 |
| EBIT margin | 5.94% | 9.44% | Rank 32 |
| FCF margin | 4.41% | 6.71% | Rank 33 |
| Gross margin | 15.63% | 35.78% | Rank 11 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 1.55% | 2.12% | Rank 43 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −21.84% | 5.20% | Rank 12 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | −12.16% | 6.07% | Rank 10 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 2.57% | 3.77% | Rank 20 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 3.96% | 4.25% | Rank 42 |
| FCF yield | 4.46% | 5.05% | Rank 42 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 1.17 | 1.51 | Rank 60 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 19.66 | 16.74 | Rank 40 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −8.55% | 3.24% | Rank 27 |
| Share price, 6 months | 7.87% | 11.30% | Rank 38 |
| Share price, 3 months | −7.14% | 9.00% | Rank 6 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −17.20% | −7.96% | Rank 24 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −0.51% | −0.99% | Rank 43 |
| Change in share countlower is better | 0.30% | −0.62% | Rank 7 |
| Dividend streak in years | 40 | 5 | Rank 97 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −10.71% | 0.22% | Rank 0 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 58.99% | 41.95% | Rank 84 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 2.14 | 1.96 | Rank 45 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.36 | 0.67 | Rank 73 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 28.46% | 25.82% | Rank 31 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9.5 | 13.9% | $743.6M | 542M | −$165.1M |
| 2017 | 9.2 | 13.9% | $812.6M | 539M | −$194.1M |
| 2018 | 9.5 | 12.4% | $861.9M | 544M | $165.7M |
| 2019 | 9.5 | 12.6% | $666.6M | 545M | −$422.9M |
| 2020 | 9.6 | 11.5% | $760.5M | 547M | −$410.7M |
| 2021 | 11.4 | 9.9% | $771.7M | 548M | $2.7B |
| 2022 | 12.5 | 10.5% | $857.3M | 550M | $2.3B |
| 2023 | 12.1 | 8.9% | $777.6M | 549M | $2.6B |
| 2024 | 11.9 | 9.0% | $1.0B | 549M | $2.1B |
| 2025 | 12.1 | 5.9% | $534.3M | 550M | $2.2B |
0 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Hormel Foods Corporation mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Hormel Foods Corporation is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
0 of 7 rules met
0 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Hormel Foods Corporation.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 25.3 | 22.8 |
| P/B ratio | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 6.1% | 12.3% |
| Equity ratio | 59.0% | 42.0% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.36 | 0.67 |
| Dividend yield | 5.3% | 2.6% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corporationthis page | |
| MKC | McCormick & Company Incorporated | High6.4 |
| SJM | The J. M. Smucker Company | Low3.6 |
| GIS | General Mills Inc | Medium5.5 |
| KHC | The Kraft Heinz Company | locked |
| MICC.AS | The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. | locked |
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