Company Profile: Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL)

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$21.26 −0.98% vs. previous close · Market cap $11.70B

Today's multi-factor rank: 384 of 461 · see the ranking

Quant500 Scores

Momentum

4.0/10

Value

6.0/10

Growth

3.9/10

Quality

4.0/10

Multifactor

4.5/10

Market and Valuation

Price & Market

Prev Close Price:$21.47

Open:$21.22

Day's Low:$21.05

Day's High:$21.40

Bid / Ask:-

Market Cap:11.70B

Enterprise Value:13.82B

52-Week Range

52-Week Low:$18.96

52-Week High:$26.60

Current position in 52-week range

52w Low-52w High

50-Day Avg:$20.77

200-Day Avg:$22.81

Volume

Volume Today:5,340,500

Avg Volume (3m):5,117,501

Avg Volume (10d):4,719,630

52-Week Change:-0.51%

vs S&P 500, 52 weeks:-

Beta:0.26

Valuation Multiples

P/E (trailing):33.75

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Jul 26, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Aug 27, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

P/E (forward):13.57

PEG Ratio:1.48

Price / Book:1.49

Price / Sales (TTM):0.96

EV / Revenue:1.14

EV / EBITDA:10.93

Dividends

Current yield:5.45%

Annual Dividend Rate:$1.17

Dividend Trailing:$1.17

Yield Trailing:5.44%

5-Year Avg Yield:3.11%

Payout Ratio:188.31%

Last Ex-Dividend Date:-

Valuation Context

P/E vs sector (indicative)

Most Recent Quarter:-

Fiscal Year (Next):-

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Financial Statements TTM (Trailing 12 Months)

Income Statement

Total Revenue (TTM):12.15B

Gross Profit:1.91B

EBITDA:1.26B

Net Income (TTM):342.71M

Rev Growth (YoY):-2.40%

Earnings Growth (YoY):-67.20%

Quarterly earnings growth (YoY):-67.60%

Margins

Gross Margin:-

EBITDA Margin:-

Operating Margin:-

Net Margin:-

Per Share

EPS Trailing (TTM):$0.63

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Jul 26, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Aug 27, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

EPS Forward (Est.):$1.57

Revenue Per Share:$22.06

Cash Per Share:-

Book Value:$14.25

Last Dividend:-

Ex-Dividend Date:-

Last Split:-

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Total cash:868.45M

Total Debt:2.86B

Net Debt (Debt - Cash):1.99B

Debt / Equity:36.33%

Current Ratio:1.88

Quick Ratio:0.89

Cash Flows

Operating Cash Flow:1.09B

Free Cash Flow (FCF):621.55M

FCF Yield (FCF / Market Cap):-

Enterprise Value:13.82B

EV / Revenue:1.14

EV / EBITDA:10.93

Profitability

ROE (Return on Equity):4.29%

ROA (Return on Assets):4.63%

P/E (trailing):33.75

P/E (forward):13.57

Price / Book:1.49

PEG Ratio:1.48

52-Week Change:-0.51%

S&P 500 change, 52 weeks:+11.37%

Historical Evolution (Last 4 Years)

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cash Flow

EPS and Earnings Per Share

Key EPS Metrics

EPS Trailing (TTM):$0.63

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Jul 26, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Aug 27, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

EPS Forward (Est.):$1.57

P/E (forward):13.57

PEG Ratio:1.48

Growth and Margins

Earnings Growth YoY:-

Quarterly Earnings Growth YoY:-

Rev Growth YoY:-

Net Margin:-

Gross Margin:-

EBITDA Margin:-

Per Share

Revenue Per Share:$22.06

Cash Per Share:-

Book Value:$14.25

Cash Flows (TTM)

Free Cash Flow:621.55M

Operating Cash Flow:1.09B

EBITDA:1.26B

Total Revenue (TTM):12.15B

Net Income (TTM):342.71M

Fiscal Year (Last):-

EPS Surprise History - Last 4 Quarters

Actual vs. Analyst Estimates · Green = beat expectations · Red = missed

Quarter	Period	Actual EPS	Estimated EPS	Difference	Surprise %	Currency

Ownership Structure

Ownership Distribution

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% Institutional:-

% Inst. (of Float):-

No. of Institutions:-

Visual distribution

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Shares & Short Interest

Shares Outstanding:550,350,800

Float (free shares):290,744,824

Short interest (shares):22,202,355

Short % of float:-

Short Ratio (days to cover):3.97

Short interest, prior month:-

Short Interest Date:-

Governance Score (1=Best, 10=Worst)

Overall risk:-

Audit Risk:-

Board risk:-

Compensation Risk:-

Shareholder rights risk:-

Top Institutional Holders

Position Change: ▲ Increased · ▼ Reduced · = Unchanged

Organization	Report Date	% Shares	No. Shares	Value (USD)	Change %

Top Mutual Funds

Position Change: ▲ Increased ▼ Decreased = Unchanged

Fund	Report Date	% Shares	No. Shares	Value (USD)	Change %

Recent Insider Trades

Executive / Insider	Title	Date	Action	Shares

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Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) SEC filings: 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K

Direct links to financial reports filed with the SEC.

Type	Date	Official link
8-K	2026-10-29	View filing ↗
8-K	2026-10-23	View filing ↗
8-K	2026-09-30	View filing ↗
8-K	2026-08-27	View filing ↗
8-K	2026-08-24	View filing ↗
8-K	2026-07-28	View filing ↗
8-K	2026-06-12	View filing ↗
11-K	2026-06-09	View filing ↗
10-Q	2026-05-28	View filing ↗
10-Q	2026-02-26	View filing ↗

Company and Executive Profile

Hormel Foods Corporation develops, processes, and distributes various meat, nut, and other food products to foodservice, convenience stores, and commercial customers in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Retail, Foodservice, and International. The company provides perishable products, including fresh meats, frozen items, refrigerated meal solutions, bacon, sausages, hams, guacamole, and other items that require refrigeration, as well as shelf-stable products, such as canned luncheon meats, nut butters, snack nuts, chili, shelf-stable microwaveable meals, hash, stews, tortillas, salsas, tortilla chips, and other items that do not require refrigeration. It sells its products under the HORMEL, ALWAYS TENDER, APPLEGATE, AUSTIN BLUES, BACON 1, BLACK LABEL, BREAD READY, BURKE, CAFÉ H, CERATTI, CHI-CHI'S, COLUMBUS, COMPLEATS, CORN NUTS, CURE 81, DAN'S PRIZE, DI LUSSO, DINTY MOORE, DON MIGUEL, DOÑA MARIA, EMBASA, FAST N EASY, FIRE BRAISED, FONTANINI, HERDEZ, HORMEL GATHERINGS, HOUSE OF TSANG, JENNIE-O, JUSTIN'S, LA VICTORIA, LAYOUT, LLOYD'S, MARY KITCHEN, MR. PEANUT, NATURAL CHOICE, NUT-RITION, OLD SMOKEHOUSE, OVEN READY, PILLOW PACK, PLANTERS, ROSA GRANDE, SADLER'S SMOKEHOUSE, SKIPPY, SPAM, SQUARE TABLE, SPECIAL RECIPE, VALLEY FRESH, and WHOLLY brands through sales personnel, independent brokers, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Geo. A. Hormel & Company and changed its name to Hormel Foods Corporation in January 1995. Hormel Foods Corporation was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Austin, Minnesota.

General Information

Headquarters:United States

City:Austin

Employees:20,000

Sector:Consumer Defensive

Industry:Packaged Foods

Website:-

Key Executives

Name	Title	Age	Total pay
Mr. John F. Ghingo	President, CEO & Director	52	2.67M
Ms. Colleen R. Batcheler J.D.	Senior VP of External Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary	51	1.18M
Mr. Swen Neufeldt	Group VP & President of Hormel Foods International	51	688,168
Mr. Ash Bhumbla	Executive VP & CFO	38	-
Mr. Paul R. Kuehneman	VP, Controller, Principal Accounting Officer & Chief Accounting Officer	53	-
Mr. Donald Monk	Senior VP & CTO	-	-
Ms. Jess Blomberg	Director of Investor Relations	-	-
Mr. Pierre M. Lilly	Senior VP & Chief Compliance Officer	53	-

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Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL): Quantitative Analysis

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Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) — Consumer Defensive — Packaged Foods. HRL is in the S&P 500 today. Model factor scores and market data, recalculated every trading day.

So far in 2026, HRL has returned −5.4% against +11.4% for the S&P 500 (SPY): total return, dividends included on both sides, from Dec 31, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026.

HRL ranks 384 of 461 on today's multifactor score, and 24 of the 30 Consumer Defensive companies that score. Its strongest factor is value (Z 0.58, ranked 85 of 489); its weakest is growth (Z -0.66, ranked 452 of 489). Each factor ranks only the companies with data for it, and the multifactor score only those with all four: that is why the totals differ.

Factor scores

The Z-Score is how many standard deviations the company sits from the index average: 0 is average, positive is better than average, negative is worse.

Factor	Z-Score	Rank
Multifactor	-0.319	384 of 461
Momentum	-0.580	348 of 494 ↓20
Value	0.580	85 of 489 ↓4
Quality	-0.613	414 of 468 ↓3
Growth	-0.663	452 of 489

Market data

Metric	Value
Price	$21.26
Market Cap	11.70B
P/E	33.75
Revenue (last 12 months)	12.15B
Price / book	1.49
Book value per share	$14.25
52-week range	$18.96 – $26.60
Dividend yield	5.45%
Beta	0.26
Average volume	5,117,501
Shares outstanding	550.35M
Short interest (% of float)	7.60% (as of Oct 15, 2026)

When does HRL report earnings? 12 of its last 12, after the close →

What are HRL insiders doing? 55 transactions filed with the SEC, of them 1 buy and 2 sells, the last one on Oct 25, 2026 →

HRL latest SEC filings

Annual report (10-K): filed Dec 5, 2025, fiscal year ended Oct 26, 2025 · see its 10-K filings on sec.gov
Quarterly report (10-Q): filed Aug 27, 2026, quarter ended Jul 26, 2026 · see its 10-Q filings on sec.gov
Earnings release (8-K): Aug 26, 2026, after the close · view the 8-K on sec.gov

Filing dates on EDGAR, the SEC's public registry. All HRL filings on EDGAR.

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Frequently asked questions about Hormel Foods (HRL)

When does Hormel Foods report earnings?

According to Nasdaq's public calendar (checked on Nov 4, 2026), Hormel Foods will report its next earnings on Dec 3, 2026, with no time announced. The date is announced by the company itself and can change. Of its last 12 earnings announcements: 12 after the close (SEC filings through Aug 26, 2026). HRL earnings dates and times, quarter by quarter →

What is Hormel Foods's P/E ratio?

Hormel Foods's P/E (price over earnings per share for the last twelve months) is 33.7 at the Nov 3, 2026 close. That EPS is the 12-month diluted figure from the SEC, the four quarters ended Jul 26, 2026. The median of the 30 Consumer Defensive companies with a P/E is 21.2, and the S&P 500's, 23.5: Hormel Foods is above its sector median. Consumer Defensive stocks, company by company →

Where does Hormel Foods rank on Quant500?

In the Nov 3, 2026 multi-factor ranking, Hormel Foods ranks 384 of 461, and 24 of the 30 Consumer Defensive companies that score. The ranking orders S&P 500 companies by the average of four factors (momentum, value, quality and growth) and is recalculated every trading day. It is a model output, not investment advice. The full ranking → How it is calculated →

Have Hormel Foods insiders bought or sold shares?

The latest open-market purchase of Hormel Foods shares filed with the SEC (Form 4) was on Oct 5, 2026, by a director, for $201k. The latest sale was on Jul 8, 2026, by a director, for $495k. In total, from August 2025 through Nov 3, 2026: 1 purchase and 2 sales by directors, officers and large shareholders. All HRL insider trades →

Does Hormel Foods pay a dividend?

Yes. Its dividend yield is 5.45% at the Nov 3, 2026 close (annual dividend of $1.17 per share). The latest recorded ex-dividend date is Oct 13, 2026.

What sector is Hormel Foods in, and which index?

Hormel Foods is classified in the Consumer Defensive sector (industry: Packaged Foods), per the data provider's classification (similar to GICS, not identical). It is in the S&P 500 today. It is one of the 33 S&P 500 companies in that sector. Consumer Defensive stocks →

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Quality and low volatilityWhere the quality score comes from, and why it is the factor with the most competing definitions, all of them called the same thing.
Sales growth: the driver that gets overestimated mostWhat sits behind the growth score and the twelve-month revenue, and why it is the number people extrapolate too far most often.
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Data as of Nov 3, 2026. Source: point-in-time SEC fundamentals and closing prices. Method and formulas are on the home page.

Company Profile: Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL)

Market and Valuation

Price & Market

52-Week Range

Volume

Valuation Multiples

Dividends

Valuation Context

Financial Statements TTM (Trailing 12 Months)

Income Statement

Margins

Per Share

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Cash Flows

Profitability

Historical Evolution (Last 4 Years)

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cash Flow

EPS and Earnings Per Share

Key EPS Metrics

Growth and Margins

Per Share

Cash Flows (TTM)

EPS Surprise History - Last 4 Quarters

Ownership Structure

Ownership Distribution

Shares & Short Interest

Governance Score (1=Best, 10=Worst)

Top Institutional Holders

Top Mutual Funds

Recent Insider Trades

Options Chain

CALLS

PUTS

Sentiment Metrics

Expected move

Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) SEC filings: 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K

Company and Executive Profile

General Information

Key Executives

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Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL): Quantitative Analysis

Factor scores

Market data

HRL latest SEC filings

Frequently asked questions about Hormel Foods (HRL)

When does Hormel Foods report earnings?

What is Hormel Foods's P/E ratio?

Where does Hormel Foods rank on Quant500?

Have Hormel Foods insiders bought or sold shares?

Does Hormel Foods pay a dividend?

What sector is Hormel Foods in, and which index?

What is behind these numbers