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Hormel Foods HRL Return on invested capital

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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

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 return on invested capital?
Hormel Foods (HRL) reported return on invested capital of 5% in Q1 2026.
How has Hormel Foods's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Hormel Foods's return on invested capital decreased by 35.0% year-over-year, from 7.7% to 5%.
What is the long-term trend for Hormel Foods's return on invested capital?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Hormel Foods's return on invested capital has grown at a -19.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 15.4% to 5.1%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.