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) P/B ratio
As of 16 October 2026, Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) trades at a P/B ratio of 1.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.3× (October 2026) to 5.6× (February 2016); the current reading is higher than 1% of that period. That is in line with the Packaged Foods industry median of 1.5× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.7×.
P/B ratio, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | P/B ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.5× | (28.28%) |
| FY2024 | 2.1× | (8.97%) |
| FY2023 | 2.3× | (31.54%) |
| FY2022 | 3.4× | 0.80% |
| FY2021 | 3.3× | (19.52%) |
| FY2020 | 4.1× | 12.18% |
| FY2019 | 3.7× | (10.73%) |
| FY2018 | 4.1× | 23.98% |
| FY2017 | 3.3× | (27.19%) |
| FY2016 | 4.6× | 2.73% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | P/B ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 1.8× | 18.06% |
| Apr 2026 | 1.5× | (12.33%) |
| Jan 2026 | 1.7× | 12.83% |
| Oct 2025 | 1.5× | (21.46%) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/B ratio against peers
| Company | P/B ratio |
|---|---|
| MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare | n/m |
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare | 1.0× |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation | 1.4× |
| JBS JBS N.V. compare | 1.5× |
| MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare | 1.6× |
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare | 1.8× |
| SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare | 2.4× |
| GIS General Mills, Inc. compare | 2.4× |
| LW Lamb Weston compare | 4.1× |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 1.5× |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.7× |
| Market median | 1.7× |
What P/B ratio is
Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.
Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))
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