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
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Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) Price to free cash flow
As of 5 November 2026, Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) trades at a price to free cash flow of 15.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.5× (October 2026) to 62.3× (August 2021); the current reading is higher than 2% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 9.0× and in line with the Consumer Defensive sector median of 15.1×.
Price to free cash flow, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | Price to free cash flow | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 22.2× | 34.14% |
| FY2024 | 16.6× | (27.07%) |
| FY2023 | 22.7× | (23.06%) |
| FY2022 | 29.5× | (1.96%) |
| FY2021 | 30.1× | (13.71%) |
| FY2020 | 34.9× | 6.43% |
| FY2019 | 32.8× | 22.03% |
| FY2018 | 26.9× | 33.25% |
| FY2017 | 20.2× | (21.74%) |
| FY2016 | 25.8× | 25.23% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Price to free cash flow | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 17.6× | 3.05% |
| Apr 2026 | 17.0× | (26.86%) |
| Jan 2026 | 23.3× | 4.89% |
| Oct 2025 | 22.2× | (9.75%) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Price to free cash flow against peers
| Company | Price to free cash flow |
|---|---|
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare | 8.2× |
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare | 8.9× |
| SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare | 9.0× |
| GIS General Mills, Inc. compare | 12.6× |
| MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare | 14.5× |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation | 15.8× |
| LW Lamb Weston compare | 17.7× |
| JBS JBS N.V. compare | 23.9× |
| MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare | — |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 9.0× |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 15.1× |
| Market median | 14.1× |
What Price to free cash flow is
Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.
Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))
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