Hormel Foods HRL Retained Earnings
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Hormel Foods in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit.
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 retained earnings?
- Hormel Foods (HRL) reported retained earnings of $7.53B in Q1 2026.
- How has Hormel Foods's retained earnings changed year-over-year?
- Hormel Foods's retained earnings decreased by 2.3% year-over-year, from $7.71B to $7.53B.
- What is the long-term trend for Hormel Foods's retained earnings?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Hormel Foods's retained earnings has grown at a 2.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $6.52B to $7.52B.
- What does retained earnings mean?
- The portion of total profits kept by the company to reinvest in the business after paying dividends.
- How do you interpret retained earnings?
- A steady increase signals consistent profitability and effective capital reinvestment, while a decrease may indicate losses or high dividend payouts.
- How does retained earnings compare across companies?
- Consistently growing retained earnings are a hallmark of mature, dividend-paying consumer staples companies.