What does specialty foods — net revenue mean?

The total net sales generated by the Specialty Foods segment.

How do you interpret specialty foods — net revenue?

Growth indicates successful product adoption or pricing power, while decline suggests market share loss or weakening consumer demand.

How does specialty foods — net revenue compare across companies?

Standard top-line metric for business segments; comparable to revenue reporting in peer food and beverage companies.

Hormel Foods HRL Specialty Foods — Net Revenue

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '17

Similar metrics at other companies

PFG

PFGCSpecialty — Revenue (Gross)

$1.19B+5.3%

CSL

CSLFood Service Products — Net Revenue

$86.7M+37.6%

ALBSpecialties — Net Sales

$358.41M+11.7%

ESISpecialties — Net Sales

$206.5M+3.6%

MASOther Specialty Products — Net Revenue

$189M+7.8%

GTLSSpecialty Products — Sales to external customers

$214.5M-22.3%

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:SalesRevenueNet.

The official record: Hormel Foods’s 10-K, filed December 20, 2017, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does specialty foods — net revenue mean?: The total net sales generated by the Specialty Foods segment.
How do you interpret specialty foods — net revenue?: Growth indicates successful product adoption or pricing power, while decline suggests market share loss or weakening consumer demand.
How does specialty foods — net revenue compare across companies?: Standard top-line metric for business segments; comparable to revenue reporting in peer food and beverage companies.