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Hormel Foods Corporation HRL

Consumer Defensive  —  Packaged Foods
19.71 (0.13) (0.66%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$11.0B
P/E
31.3×
S&P 500 Member Dividend Champion (10y)
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Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) Current ratio

Hormel Foods Corporation's current ratio at the end of the quarter to 31 July 2026 was 1.9×, down 0.6× from fiscal 2025 (2.5×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.4× (fiscal 2023) to 2.5× (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 1.6× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.4×.

Current ratio, annual

Annual

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 2.5× 6.31%
FY2024 2.3× 62.67%
FY2023 1.4× (42.22%)
FY2022 2.5× 18.56%
FY2021 2.1× (12.50%)
FY2020 2.4× 11.37%
FY2019 2.1× 18.72%
FY2018 1.8× (6.01%)
FY2017 1.9× (0.64%)
FY2016 1.9× 13.42%

Quarterly

Period Current ratio Change
Jul 2026 1.9× (2.90%)
Apr 2026 1.9× (27.20%)
Jan 2026 2.7× 7.92%
Oct 2025 2.5× (0.12%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.4× High 2.5×
Ten-year median 2.1×
Current reading's percentile 91

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 2.6×
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation 1.9×
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 1.6×
JBS JBS N.V. compare 1.5×
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 1.4×
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare 1.0×
CAG Conagra Brands compare 0.9×
SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare 0.9×
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare 0.8×
Packaged Foods industry median 1.6×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.4×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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