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Hormel FoodsHRL

Packaged Foods & Meats · Austin, Minnesota · In the S&P 500
Cheaper than peers
$21.28+1.82%After hours: $21.35 (+0.33%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▼ 1.0% over 1 year
Hormel Foods over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$20$22$24$26Nov2026MarMayJulSep$21.28$20$25NovMarJul$21.28
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$11.71B
Price to earnings34.2x
Forward P/E13.9x
Dividend yield5.50%
Year to date−10.2%
One year−1.0%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorConsumer Staples
52-week range (closes)
$19.19$26.51

Quality and valuation

How Hormel Foods compares with other consumer staples stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Hormel Foods and 7 packaged foods & meats peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: weaker than mostValuation: cheaper than most

A weaker business than most consumer staples companies, priced below most of them.

Hormel Foods trades at 13.9 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 16.6x for the 35 consumer staples stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +0.7% vs +4.9%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 15.7% vs 40.5%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 4.7% vs 13.6%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 6.4% vs 10.3%
HRL trades at 13.9x forward earnings, below the sector medianForward p/e, Packaged Foods & Meats peers
GIS11.1xKHC12.3xSJM12.8xHRL13.9xMKC15.5xTSN16.8xHSY18.4xMDLZ20.2xSector median 16.6xGIS11.1xKHC12.3xSJM12.8xHRL13.9xMKC15.5xTSN16.8xHSY18.4xMDLZ20.2xSector median 16.6x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 33.8x earnings, HRL is pricier than its average since Sep 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
20x30xAverage 23.9x2025202633.8x20x30xAverage 23.9x2025202633.8x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Hormel Foods's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 26 Jul 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue fell 2.4% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q3 ’26
$0bn$1bn$2bn$3bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$3.0bnQ3 ’26$0bn$2bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$3.0bnQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to −2.4% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
−2%0%2%4%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25−2.4%Q3 ’260%2%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25−2.4%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 3.7% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%2%5%8%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’253.7%Q3 ’260%5%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’253.7%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $781 million over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$100m$200m$300mQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$172mQ3 ’26$0m$200mQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$172mQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsHRLSector median
Revenue growth+0.7%+4.9%
Gross margin15.7%40.5%
Operating margin4.7%13.6%
Free cash flow margin6.4%10.3%
Price to earnings34.2x24.5x

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