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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.

Revenue
−2.36%
EPS
−66.7%
Free cash flow
+107.2%
Total debt
−0.06%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

22.56 0.20 −0.88%
Market cap
$12.4B
P/E
35.8×
Fwd P/E
16.8×
Dividend yield
5.19%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.32
Beneish M
−2.58
Dividend safety
35/100
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Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) trades at a P/E ratio of 35.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.5× (October 2025) to 40.2× (August 2026); the current reading is higher than 99% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 12.8× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 17.2×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 24.8× 19.41%
FY2024 20.8× (6.78%)
FY2023 22.3× (12.17%)
FY2022 25.4× (0.72%)
FY2021 25.6× (13.16%)
FY2020 29.4× 31.76%
FY2019 22.3× (2.21%)
FY2018 22.8× 17.32%
FY2017 19.5× (15.02%)
FY2016 22.9× (11.75%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jul 2026 39.7× 57.17%
Apr 2026 25.3× (8.09%)
Jan 2026 27.5× 10.75%
Oct 2025 24.8× 21.03%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 15.5× High 40.2×
Ten-year median 23.7×
Current reading's percentile 99

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
GIS General Mills, Inc. compare n/m
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 8.5×
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare 9.0×
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 9.5×
JBS JBS N.V. compare 12.5×
LW Lamb Weston compare 29.9×
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation 35.8×
SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare 62.1×
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 12.8×
Consumer Defensive sector median 17.2×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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