What does operating segments — operating income mean?

The profit or loss earned by a specific business segment before corporate overhead and taxes.

How do you interpret operating segments — operating income?

An increase indicates improved operational efficiency or stronger pricing power within that specific segment, while a decrease may signal rising input costs, competitive pressure, or operational challenges.

How does operating segments — operating income compare across companies?

Comparable to segment-level operating income reported by other diversified food and consumer packaged goods companies.

Hormel Foods HRL Operating Segments — Operating Income

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '18

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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

Reported directly by Hormel Foods in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss.

The official record: Hormel Foods’s 10-Q, filed September 7, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does operating segments — operating income mean?: The profit or loss earned by a specific business segment before corporate overhead and taxes.
How do you interpret operating segments — operating income?: An increase indicates improved operational efficiency or stronger pricing power within that specific segment, while a decrease may signal rising input costs, competitive pressure, or operational challenges.
How does operating segments — operating income compare across companies?: Comparable to segment-level operating income reported by other diversified food and consumer packaged goods companies.