Hormel Foods Corporation
General ticker "HRL" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Packaged Foods
- Capitalization: $13.7B (TTM average)
Hormel Foods Corporation does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -1.8%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.6%: low 21.50$, high 22.25$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (semi-annually): last record date 2026-07-13, amount 0.29$ (Y2.63%)
- Total employees count: 20000 as of 2025
- Top business risk factors: Food safety concerns, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Customer concentration, Economic downturns and volatility, Cybersecurity threats
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-10-26 to 2027-10-26
- 2025-10-26 to 2026-10-26 estimated range: [18.94$, 30.17$]
- 2026-10-26 to 2027-10-26 estimated range: [17.70$, 28.40$]
Financial Metrics affecting the HRL estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 17.4 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: -4.23 < Operating profit margin, % of 5.94
- Positive: 1.88 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.44
- Positive: 0.28 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 6.43
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.59 <= 0.75
- Positive: -9.15 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -3.78
- Positive: 42.26 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 58.99 <= 63.63
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -2.27 <= -0.64
- Negative: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 3.05 <= 5.56
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-10-29 | 2024-10-27 | 2025-10-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $12,152.76MM | $11,971.89MM | $12,106.16MM |
| Operating Expenses | $11,080.72MM | $10,903.95MM | $11,387.56MM |
| Operating Income | $1,072.05MM | $1,067.93MM | $718.60MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-58.57MM | $-32.50MM | $-55.15MM |
| Interest Expense | $73.40MM | $80.89MM | $78.04MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1,013.47MM | $1,035.43MM | $663.45MM |
| Taxes | $220.55MM | $230.80MM | $185.69MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $793.57MM | $805.04MM | $478.20MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $7,734.89MM | $7,993.42MM | $7,901.17MM |
| Inventory | $1,680.41MM | $1,576.30MM | $1,747.28MM |
| Assets | $13,448.77MM | $13,434.73MM | $13,393.12MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $1,047.85MM | $1,266.74MM | $845.25MM |
| Capital expenditure | $0.00MM | $0.00MM | $310.90MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-689.54MM | $-236.91MM | $-298.59MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-600.06MM | $-1,030.10MM | $-614.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $1.45 | $1.47 | $0.87 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.