What is Hormel Foods's free cash flow yield?

Hormel Foods (HRL) reported free cash flow yield of 5.9% in Q1 2026.

What does free cash flow yield mean?

The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.

How do you interpret free cash flow yield?

Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.

How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?

Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.

Hormel Foods HRL Free cash flow yield

Free cash flow yield at other companies

The J.M. Smucker CompanySJM

11.1%+4.4pp

The Kraft Heinz CompanyKHC

14.8%+6.1pp

General MillsGIS

6.8%-0.6pp

PFG

Performance Food GroupPFGC

7.5%+3.1pp

McCormick & Company, IncorporatedMKC

3.6%+0.7pp

SyscoSYY

5.3%-0.4pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.0B+2.5%

Gross profit$518.5M+7.0%

Operating income$217.1M-12.6%

Net income$157.5M-12.5%

EPS (diluted)$0.29-12.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$826.8M+23.5%

Total debt$2.9B-0.2%

Total equity$7.9B-1.0%

Total assets$13.3B-0.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$178.9M+217%

CapEx$82.2M+9.4%

Free cash flow$96.8M—

Valuation

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Market cap$13.3B—

Enterprise value$15.35B—

P/E18.9×—

P/S1.1×—

Profitability

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Gross margin15.7%-0.8pp

Operating margin5.8%-2.7pp

Net margin6.3%-0.3pp

FCF margin5.7%-0.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity9.5%-0.6pp

Debt / equity0.4×0.0×

Current ratio1.9×-0.5×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Hormel Foods’s reported figures.

free cash flow/market cap=5.9%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Hormel Foods’s 10-Q, filed May 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Hormel Foods's free cash flow yield?: Hormel Foods (HRL) reported free cash flow yield of 5.9% in Q1 2026.
What does free cash flow yield mean?: The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?: Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?: Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.