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) Net margin
Hormel Foods Corporation's net margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 2.82%, down 1.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.95%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.95% (fiscal 2025) to 10.6% (fiscal 2018) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.41%.
Net margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Net margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 3.95% | (2.80) |
| FY2024 | 6.75% | 0.20 |
| FY2023 | 6.55% | (1.48) |
| FY2022 | 8.03% | 0.05 |
| FY2021 | 7.98% | (1.47) |
| FY2020 | 9.45% | (0.86) |
| FY2019 | 10.3% | (0.29) |
| FY2018 | 10.6% | 1.36 |
| FY2017 | 9.24% | (0.11) |
| FY2016 | 9.35% | 1.94 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Net margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 2.01% | (3.29) |
| Apr 2026 | 5.30% | (0.71) |
| Jan 2026 | 6.01% | 7.77 |
| Oct 2025 | −1.76% | (7.82) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Net margin against peers
| Company | Net margin |
|---|---|
| MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare | 19.4% |
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare | 9.13% |
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare | 6.84% |
| LW Lamb Weston compare | 3.85% |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation | 2.82% |
| SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare | 2.51% |
| JBS JBS N.V. compare | 1.22% |
| GIS General Mills, Inc. compare | −4.89% |
| MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare | — |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 0.00% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.41% |
| Market median | 0.45% |
What Net margin is
Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.
Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue
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