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 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 0.22%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| 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
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare | 10.9% |
| JBS JBS N.V. compare | 6.89% |
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare | 6.55% |
| MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare | 5.90% |
| LW Lamb Weston compare | 5.80% |
| 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% |
| GIS General Mills, Inc. compare | −0.63% |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 0.00% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 0.22% |
| 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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