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) Free cash flow margin
Hormel Foods Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 6.45%, up 2.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.41%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.41% (fiscal 2025) to 9.35% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 2.37% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.64%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 4.41% | (4.07) |
| FY2024 | 8.48% | 2.01 |
| FY2023 | 6.47% | (0.41) |
| FY2022 | 6.88% | 0.10 |
| FY2021 | 6.78% | (1.16) |
| FY2020 | 7.94% | 0.92 |
| FY2019 | 7.02% | (2.01) |
| FY2018 | 9.03% | 0.13 |
| FY2017 | 8.90% | 0.60 |
| FY2016 | 8.30% | (1.05) |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare | 17.4% |
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare | 13.7% |
| MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare | 12.1% |
| GIS General Mills, Inc. compare | 8.46% |
| LW Lamb Weston compare | 6.49% |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation | 6.45% |
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare | 5.31% |
| JBS JBS N.V. compare | 0.60% |
| MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare | — |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 2.37% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.64% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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