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Hormel Foods HRL Operating margin

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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
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.

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 operating margin?
Hormel Foods (HRL) reported operating margin of 5.8% in Q1 2026.
How has Hormel Foods's operating margin changed year-over-year?
Hormel Foods's operating margin decreased by 32.0% year-over-year, from 8.5% to 5.8%.
What is the long-term trend for Hormel Foods's operating margin?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Hormel Foods's operating margin has grown at a -12.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 11.5% to 5.9%.
What does operating margin mean?
The profit left from core operations for every dollar of sales, before interest and taxes.
How do you interpret operating margin?
Expanding operating margin shows operating leverage — revenue growing faster than the cost base. Compression points to rising overhead, pricing pressure, or investment ahead of revenue.
How does operating margin compare across companies?
Strong cross-company signal within a sector. Capital-light businesses sustain higher operating margins than capital-intensive ones.