HRLHormel Foods
$21.94+5.9% 1Y
$21.94
$19.2052 weeks$26.50
The business
How HRL's business earns
Hormel Foods earns 4.6% on the capital it employs against an estimated 9.0% cost of capital.
4.6%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 4.4 points below the estimated cost of capital
- Operating margin
- 4.7%
Operating margin · Packaged Foods median 7.6% · 12 months to Jul 26, 2026
- Cash conversion
- 2.90×
Cash conversion · 1.18× a year ago · operating cash flow divided by operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- +0.06%
Share count, year on year · within 1% of a year ago
Operating margin by fiscal year
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 11% |
| FY2021 | 9.9% |
| FY2022 | 11% |
| FY2023 | 8.8% |
| FY2024 | 9.0% |
| FY2025 | 5.9% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Jul 26, 2026
- 16%
- Operating margin12 months to Jul 26, 2026
- 4.7%
- Net margin12 months to Jul 26, 2026
- 2.8%
- Free cash flow margin
- 6.4%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $12.1B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $781M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $343M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 4.6%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
Customers and suppliers
Who buys from HRL and who it buys from, as the companies report it.
Customerswho buys
- Top five customers38%
Combined share of revenue · FY2025 10-K
Supplierswho it buys from
None disclosed.
On our screensFree cash flow yield of 5 to 30 percent
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