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Hormel Foods Corporation HRL

18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY11 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$12.1B
▲ 1.6% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
11 yrs
Raised every year since 2015
EPS · FY25
$0.87
Dividend / sh · FY25
$1.16
Payout · FY25
132%
ROE · FY25
6.0%
Net margin · FY25
4.0%
Dividend coverage
0.8×
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Result
USD 12.1B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below
Revenue Net income
48121612.10.52008201120142017202020232025
48121612.10.52016201920222025

4 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 0.87
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
0.81.62.41.160.872008201120142017202020232025
0.81.62.41.160.872016201920222025

Earnings covered only a fraction of the dividend — the rest came from cash or borrowing.

Profitability
6.0%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
816246.0%2008201120142017202020232025
816246.0%2016201920222025
Operating margin5.9%
Net margin4.0%
Return on assets3.6%

Each USD of equity produced 6 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 633.2M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 633.2M
Net buybacksUSD -22.1M
Share of profit132.4%
Consecutive raises11 years

USD 633.2M in dividends — 132% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Growth
+4.7% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
−1.0%
+4.7%
+2.7%
+3.5%
Net income
−21.8%
−12.0%
−3.5%
+1.3%
EPS, diluted
−21.8%
−12.1%
−3.7%
Dividend / share
+3.7%
+4.5%
+8.8%
Returned to shareholders
+4.3%
+5.4%
+9.1%
+9.8%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
Shares outstanding, FY2025
Change, 5 years
Change, 10 years

A share split breaks the comparison across the period, so we leave it out.

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Balance sheet
USD 13.4B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 13.4B
EquityUSD 7.9B
CashUSD 670.7M
Gross debtUSD 2.9B
Net debtUSD 2.2B
Current ratio2.47×

Net debt stands at 28% of equity.

History
18 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Revenue $B
12.1
11.9
12.1
12.5
11.4
9.6
9.5
9.5
9.2
9.5
9.3
9.3
8.8
8.2
7.9
7.2
6.5
6.8
Operating income $B
0.7
1.1
1.1
1.3
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.1
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
·
EBITDA $B
1.0
1.3
1.3
1.5
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.2
1.1
0.9
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.7
·
Income tax $B
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
Net income $B
0.5
0.8
0.8
1.0
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
0.8
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.3
EPS, diluted $
0.87
1.47
1.45
1.82
1.66
1.66
1.80
1.86
1.57
1.64
1.27
1.12
1.95
1.86
1.74
1.46
1.27
2.08
Dividend / sh $
1.16
1.13
1.10
1.04
0.98
0.93
0.84
0.75
0.68
0.58
0.50
0.40
0.68
0.60
0.51
0.42
0.38
0.74
Payout %
132
76
75
56
58
54
45
38
41
33
37
34
33
30
27
28
29
33
ROE %
6.0
10.2
10.4
13.8
13.6
14.7
17.0
19.2
18.0
21.1
18.0
17.4
17.2
18.3
18.8
17.5
16.3
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Shares out B
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
70 of 70
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

What we don’t show

We’d rather say what’s missing than fill the gap with an estimate.

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