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) Revenue growth
Hormel Foods Corporation's revenue growth over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 0.73%, down 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.55%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.74% (fiscal 2017) to 18.5% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is below the Packaged Foods industry median of 5.69% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 4.83%.
Revenue growth, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Revenue growth | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.55% | 3.11 |
| FY2024 | −1.56% | 1.24 |
| FY2023 | −2.80% | (12.22) |
| FY2022 | 9.42% | (9.08) |
| FY2021 | 18.5% | 17.33 |
| FY2020 | 1.17% | 1.68 |
| FY2019 | −0.51% | (4.64) |
| FY2018 | 4.13% | 7.87 |
| FY2017 | −3.74% | (6.54) |
| FY2016 | 2.80% | 3.36 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Revenue growth | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | −2.36% | (4.91) |
| Apr 2026 | 2.55% | 1.26 |
| Jan 2026 | 1.29% | (0.23) |
| Oct 2025 | 1.52% | (3.12) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Revenue growth against peers
| Company | Revenue growth |
|---|---|
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare | 14.9% |
| JBS JBS N.V. compare | 14.3% |
| MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare | 13.2% |
| SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare | 5.08% |
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare | 4.25% |
| LW Lamb Weston compare | 2.58% |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation | 0.73% |
| GIS General Mills, Inc. compare | −4.49% |
| MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare | — |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 5.69% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 4.83% |
| Market median | 7.41% |
What Revenue growth is
Revenue Growth shows how fast a company’s sales are rising or falling compared with the same period a year earlier.
(Revenue − Revenue a year earlier) ÷ |Revenue a year earlier|
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