Key facts
- 52-week range (closes)
- $19.19 – $26.51 Lowest close Oct 9, 2026, highest Jun 26, 2026; 251 daily closes to Oct 13, 2026 from Dalsna Finance's price archive
- Fiscal year ends
- October Fiscal 2025 ended Oct 26, 2025, from SEC filings
- In the S&P 500 since
- Mar 3, 2009 · All S&P 500 changes
Hormel Foods (HRL) is trading up at $20.54 (+0.91%) on NYSE/NASDAQ, as of the latest quote. It is a S&P 500 constituent in the Consumer Staples sector.
Hormel Foods revenue & net income history (FY2016–FY2025)
| FY2016Oct 2016 | FY2017Oct 2017 | FY2018Oct 2018 | FY2019Oct 2019 | FY2020Oct 2020 | FY2021Oct 2021 | FY2022Oct 2022 | FY2023Oct 2023 | FY2024Oct 2024 | FY2025Oct 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $9.52B | $9.17B | $9.55B | $9.50B | $9.61B | $11.4B | $12.5B | $12.1B | $11.9B | $12.1B |
| Growth (year over year) | +2.8% | −3.7% | +4.1% | −0.5% | +1.2% | +18.5% | +9.4% | −2.8% | −1.6% | +1.6% |
| Gross profit | $2.16B | $2.00B | $1.98B | $1.88B | $1.83B | $1.93B | $2.16B | $2.00B | $2.02B | $1.89B |
| Gross margin | 22.7% | 21.8% | 20.7% | 19.8% | 19.0% | 16.9% | 17.4% | 16.5% | 17.0% | 15.6% |
| Operating income | $1.32B | $1.28B | $1.18B | $1.20B | $1.10B | $1.12B | $1.31B | $1.07B | $1.07B | $718.6M |
| Operating margin | 13.9% | 13.9% | 12.4% | 12.6% | 11.5% | 9.9% | 10.5% | 8.9% | 9.0% | 5.9% |
| Net income | $890.1M | $846.7M | $1.01B | $978.8M | $908.1M | $908.8M | $1000.0M | $793.6M | $805.0M | $478.2M |
| Net margin | 9.3% | 9.2% | 10.6% | 10.3% | 9.5% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 6.6% | 6.8% | 4.0% |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.64 | $1.57 | $1.86 | $1.80 | $1.66 | $1.66 | $1.82 | $1.45 | $1.47 | $0.87 |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $415.1M | $444.1M | $459.1M | $672.9M | $1.71B | $613.5M | $982.1M | $736.5M | $741.9M | $670.7M |
| Total assets | $6.98B | $6.98B | $8.14B | $8.11B | $9.91B | $12.7B | $13.3B | $13.4B | $13.4B | $13.4B |
| Total liabilities | $1.92B | $2.04B | $2.54B | $2.18B | $3.48B | $5.72B | $5.77B | $5.71B | $5.43B | $5.48B |
| Long-term debt | $250.0M | $250.0M | $624.8M | $250.0M | $1.04B | $3.32B | $3.29B | $2.36B | $2.85B | $2.85B |
| Shareholders' equity | $4.45B | $4.94B | $5.60B | $5.92B | $6.43B | $6.97B | $7.54B | $7.73B | $7.99B | $7.90B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $1.04B | $1.03B | $1.24B | $923.0M | $1.13B | $1.00B | $1.13B | $1.05B | $1.27B | $845.3M |
| Capital expenditure | $255.5M | $221.3M | $389.6M | $293.8M | $367.5M | $232.4M | $278.9M | $270.2M | $256.4M | $310.9M |
| Free cash flow | $784.5M | $812.6M | $852.1M | $629.2M | $760.5M | $769.5M | $856.1M | $777.6M | $1.01B | $534.3M |
| Dividends paid | $296.5M | $346.0M | $388.1M | $437.1M | $487.4M | $523.1M | $557.8M | $592.9M | $615.0M | $633.2M |
| Share buybacks | $87.9M | $94.5M | $46.9M | $174.2M | $12.4M | $20.0M | $0 | $12.3M | $0 | $0 |
| Q4 FY24†Oct 2024 | Q1 FY25Jan 2025 | Q2 FY25Apr 2025 | Q3 FY25Jul 2025 | Q4 FY25†Oct 2025 | Q1 FY26Jan 2026 | Q2 FY26Apr 2026 | Q3 FY26Jul 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||
| Revenue | $3.14B | $2.99B | $2.90B | $3.03B | $3.19B | $3.03B | $2.97B | $2.96B |
| Growth (year over year) | −1.9% | −0.3% | +0.4% | +4.6% | +1.5% | +1.3% | +2.5% | −2.4% |
| Gross profit | $521.2M | $475.2M | $484.4M | $487.3M | $444.8M | $469.6M | $518.5M | $471.5M |
| Gross margin | 16.6% | 15.9% | 16.7% | 16.1% | 14.0% | 15.5% | 17.4% | 15.9% |
| Operating income | $294.5M | $228.3M | $248.4M | $239.7M | $2.17M | $243.7M | $217.1M | $110.9M |
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 7.6% | 8.6% | 7.9% | 0.1% | 8.0% | 7.3% | 3.7% |
| Net income | $220.2M | $170.6M | $180.0M | $183.7M | −$56.1M | $181.8M | $157.5M | $59.6M |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 5.7% | 6.2% | 6.1% | −1.8% | 6.0% | 5.3% | 2.0% |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.41 | $0.31 | $0.33 | $0.33 | −$0.10 | $0.33 | $0.29 | $0.11 |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $741.9M | $840.4M | $669.7M | $599.2M | $670.7M | $867.9M | $826.8M | $839.6M |
| Total assets | $13.4B | $13.4B | $13.4B | $13.5B | $13.4B | $13.3B | $13.3B | $13.3B |
| Total liabilities | $5.43B | $5.37B | $5.38B | $5.40B | $5.48B | $5.36B | $5.38B | $5.43B |
| Long-term debt | $2.85B | $2.85B | $2.85B | $2.85B | $2.85B | $2.85B | $2.35B | $2.35B |
| Shareholders' equity | $7.99B | $8.03B | $8.03B | $8.08B | $7.90B | $7.94B | $7.95B | $7.84B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $408.6M | $309.2M | $56.4M | $156.7M | $322.9M | $349.2M | $178.9M | $240.6M |
| Capital expenditure | $83.8M | $72.2M | $75.1M | $72.2M | $91.5M | $69.0M | $82.2M | $68.2M |
| Free cash flow | $324.8M | $237.0M | −$18.6M | $84.5M | $231.4M | $280.2M | $96.8M | $172.4M |
| Dividends paid | $155.0M | $155.0M | $159.2M | $159.5M | $159.5M | $159.5M | $160.9M | $161.0M |
| Share buybacks | $0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
From Hormel Foods's 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC; its fiscal year ends in October. Each period shows the latest figure the company has reported for it, including restatements. Net margin is our own calculation from those reported figures (net income ÷ revenue); it is left blank where revenue is zero or missing. † Quarter derived from the company's year-to-date or full-year totals. Filings on SEC EDGAR →
Hormel Foods vs the Consumer Staples sector and the S&P 500
Hormel Foods's latest reported figures next to the median of the other 33 S&P 500 Consumer Staples companies and of the other 502 S&P 500 companies; each median is taken over the companies with a comparable figure (counts in the footnote). A median is the middle value, not an average, so one very large company does not move it.
| Measure | Hormel Foods | Consumer Staples (33 other S&P 500 companies) | S&P 500 (502 other companies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, latest fiscal year | +1.6% | +2.3% | +7.0% |
| Net margin, latest fiscal year | 4.0% | 6.6% | 13.0% |
| Dividend per share, latest fiscal year | $1.16 | $2.08 | $2.40 |
| Share price change, 1 year | −15.1% | +6.2% | +5.9% |
Hormel Foods: fiscal year ended October 2025, from its 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC. Medians computed October 20, 2026 from each company's latest annual filing (fiscal years ending between July 2025 and September 2026) and our price archive. Prices for every company, Hormel Foods included, are the last regular-session prices of October 19, 2026; the 1-year change compares that price with each company's last close on or before October 20, 2025. Net margin and price change are our calculations from reported figures. Each median counts only the companies with a comparable figure (sector / S&P 500): revenue growth 31/496, net margin 31/496, dividend per share 25/349, 1-year price change 32/490; the reasons below can overlap. 12 are left out of the price figure because our archive holds no comparable close for them; dividend medians are among the 25 sector and 349 S&P 500 companies reporting a per-share dividend. The S&P 500 price figure is the middle company's change, not the index's return.
About Hormel Foods
Hormel Foods Corporation, doing business as Hormel Foods or simply Hormel, is an American multinational food processing company founded in 1891 in Austin, Minnesota, by George A. Hormel as George A. Hormel & Company. The company originally focused on the packaging and selling of ham, sausage and other pork, chicken, beef and lamb products to consumers, adding Spam in 1937. By the 1980s, Hormel began offering a wider range of packaged and refrigerated foods. The company changed its name to Hormel Foods Corporation in 1993 and uses the Hormel brand on many of its products; the company's other brands include Planters, Columbus Craft Meats, Dinty Moore, Jennie-O, and Skippy. The company's products are available in over 80 countries.
Source: Wikipedia — Hormel Foods
- Headquarters
- Austin, Minnesota From SEC filings, Oct 2026
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