Hormel Foods Corporation

HRL Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods

Hormel Foods Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $12.1 billion, up 1.55% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue fell 2.36%, EPS fell 66.7%, free cash flow grew 107.2% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

20.40 0.21 +1.04%
Market cap
$11.1B
P/E
32.4×
Fwd P/E
16.1×
Dividend yield
5.74%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.32
Beneish M
−2.58
Dividend safety
35/100
Oct '16 Oct '17 Oct '18 Oct '19 Oct '20 Oct '21 Oct '22 Oct '23 Oct '24 Oct '25
P/E ratio
22.92 19.48 22.85 22.34 29.44 25.57 25.38 22.29 20.78 24.82
Piotroski F-Score
7 5 4 4 4 3 6 4 6 5
P/S ratio
2.14 1.80 2.43 2.30 2.77 2.04 2.03 1.47 1.40 0.98
Altman Z-Score
9.80 7.99 8.27 8.92 7.04 4.51 4.87 3.91 3.98 3.32
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
7.30 7.14 6.37 7.35 6.23 4.46 4.91 4.28 4.87 4.65
P/FCF ratio
25.77 20.17 26.87 32.79 34.90 30.12 29.53 22.72 16.57 22.22
Beneish M-Score
(2.61) (2.46) (2.69) (2.36) (2.57) (2.25) (2.57) (2.60) (2.58) (2.58)
P/Operating CF
48.71 32.76 46.46 62.44 106.47 41.20 68.07 55.74 40.98 36.78
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 35
P/B ratio
4.58 3.33 4.13 3.69 4.14 3.33 3.36 2.30 2.09 1.50
EV/Sales
2.12 1.77 2.44 2.30 2.72 2.28 2.22 1.68 1.58 1.16
EV/EBITDA
13.52 11.24 16.45 15.56 19.52 18.79 17.52 14.57 13.68 14.81
EV/FCF
25.56 19.93 27.07 32.70 34.34 33.60 32.21 25.98 18.64 26.25
Current Ratio
1.93 1.92 1.80 2.14 2.38 2.08 2.47 1.43 2.32 2.47
Net Debt/EBITDA
(0.11) (0.13) 0.12 (0.31) (0.32) 1.95 1.46 1.83 1.52 2.27
Debt/Equity
0.06 0.05 0.11 0.04 0.20 0.48 0.44 0.43 0.36 0.36
ROE
21.06% 18.03% 19.20% 16.98% 14.70% 13.56% 13.78% 10.39% 10.23% 6.01%
ROA
14.23% 12.69% 13.39% 12.05% 10.08% 8.04% 7.69% 5.93% 5.99% 3.56%
ROIC
19.30% 16.81% 12.78% 13.62% 11.46% 7.26% 8.34% 6.51% 6.61% 4.46%
Return on Tangible Assets
42.75% 38.99% 41.76% 33.92% 22.85% 24.96% 23.23% 25.18% 19.92% 11.22%
Average Days of Receivables
23.36 25.51 23.11 22.84 28.26 28.98 25.63 24.85 26.59 26.58
Earnings Yield
4.36% 5.13% 4.38% 4.48% 3.40% 3.91% 3.94% 4.49% 4.81% 4.03%
Free Cash Flow Yield
3.88% 4.96% 3.72% 3.05% 2.87% 3.32% 3.39% 4.40% 6.04% 4.50%
Free Cash Flow per Share
1.49 1.55 1.62 1.25 1.42 1.43 1.57 1.43 1.84 0.97
Book value per Share
8.41 9.35 10.56 11.08 11.95 12.90 13.84 14.16 14.60 14.39
Free Cash Flow
790.72 816.35 861.87 666.56 762.44 771.73 857.28 782.96 1,010.77 534.48
EV/EBIT
14.83 12.36 18.83 17.64 23.05 22.16 20.61 18.25 16.83 22.90
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