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.
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Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) EV/FCF
As of 16 October 2026, Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) trades at a EV/FCF of 16.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.0× (October 2026) to 69.6× (August 2021); the current reading is higher than 1% of that period.
EV/FCF, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | EV/FCF | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 26.3× | 40.87% |
| FY2024 | 18.6× | (28.27%) |
| FY2023 | 26.0× | (19.34%) |
| FY2022 | 32.2× | (4.14%) |
| FY2021 | 33.6× | (2.15%) |
| FY2020 | 34.3× | 5.02% |
| FY2019 | 32.7× | 20.81% |
| FY2018 | 27.1× | 35.81% |
| FY2017 | 19.9× | (22.03%) |
| FY2016 | 25.6× | 24.90% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | EV/FCF | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 20.1× | 0.88% |
| Apr 2026 | 19.9× | (25.36%) |
| Jan 2026 | 26.7× | 1.69% |
| Oct 2025 | 26.3× | (6.80%) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/FCF against peers
| Company | EV/FCF |
|---|---|
| MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare | 0.0× |
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare | 9.7× |
| SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare | 12.8× |
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare | 15.0× |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation | 16.9× |
| MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare | 17.1× |
| GIS General Mills, Inc. compare | 19.9× |
| LW Lamb Weston compare | 25.9× |
| JBS JBS N.V. compare | 61.6× |
What EV/FCF is
EV/Free CF shows how the value of a whole company, debt included, compares with the free cash its business produces.
((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ (Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM))
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