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) Return on assets
Hormel Foods Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 2.56%, down 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.56%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.56% (fiscal 2025) to 14.2% (fiscal 2016) — 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 0.08%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 3.56% | (2.43) |
| FY2024 | 5.99% | 0.06 |
| FY2023 | 5.93% | (1.76) |
| FY2022 | 7.69% | (0.35) |
| FY2021 | 8.04% | (2.04) |
| FY2020 | 10.1% | (1.97) |
| FY2019 | 12.1% | (1.34) |
| FY2018 | 13.4% | 0.70 |
| FY2017 | 12.7% | (1.54) |
| FY2016 | 14.2% | 2.40 |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare | 9.97% |
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare | 9.13% |
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare | 5.63% |
| LW Lamb Weston compare | 3.50% |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation | 2.56% |
| JBS JBS N.V. compare | 2.54% |
| SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare | 1.35% |
| GIS General Mills, Inc. compare | −2.83% |
| MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare | — |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 0.00% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 0.08% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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