HRLHormel Foods

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Price

$21.23-22%1Y
1M-15%1Y-22%

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Smart Score

Lagging
1/10
Value23
Quality31
Momentum18
Growth37
Strongest Growth, weakest Momentum · ranked vs Consumer Defensive peers. The five questions below judge the company on its own terms.
What they do

Hormel Foods Corporation, a Delaware corporation, was founded by George A. Hormel in 1891 in Austin, Minnesota, as Geo. A. Hormel & Company. The Company originated as a processor of meat and food products and continues in this line of business today. The Company has expanded its product portfolio through organic growth and acquisitions to become a global branded food company with more than $12 billion in annual revenue.

In the company’s own words · 10-K filed Dec 5, 2025 · SEC EDGAR

P/E (TTM)33.7
Market Cap$13.29B
1Y Return-22%
5Y Return-46%

Business segments

Q3 2026 · $2.96B

The company’s own SEC segment disclosure.

  • Retail$1.78B60%
  • Foodservice$1.00B34%
  • International$178.7M6%

Hormel Foods (HRL) reported revenue of $2.96B in Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 26, 2026), down 2.4% from the same quarter a year earlier. That came with a gross margin of 16% and net income of $60M (2.0% of revenue). For the full year FY2025, revenue was $12.1B (+1.6% year on year) and net income $478M. Its largest segment in Q3 2026 was Retail at $1.78B, 60% of the disclosed total, well ahead of Foodservice at 34%.

Raw charts

11 series · TTM

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