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