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Hormel Foods Corporation HRL

Consumer Defensive  —  Packaged Foods
19.71 (0.13) (0.66%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$11.0B
P/E
31.3×
S&P 500 Member Dividend Champion (10y)
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Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) Return on invested capital

Hormel Foods Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 3.64%, down 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.46%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.46% (fiscal 2025) to 19.3% (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 0.20%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 4.46% (2.15)
FY2024 6.61% 0.10
FY2023 6.51% (1.83)
FY2022 8.34% 1.08
FY2021 7.26% (4.20)
FY2020 11.5% (2.16)
FY2019 13.6% 0.84
FY2018 12.8% (4.03)
FY2017 16.8% (2.49)
FY2016 19.3% 2.21

Against its own ten years

Low 4.46% High 19.3%
Ten-year median 11.5%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 10.9%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 9.29%
JBS JBS N.V. compare 6.89%
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 6.55%
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare 6.36%
SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare 4.15%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation 3.64%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare 0.00%
CAG Conagra Brands compare −7.61%
Packaged Foods industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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