In fiscal 2025, which ended Oct 26, 2025, Hormel Foods Corporation generated $845.3 million of cash from operations, down 33.3% from the year before. It spent $310.9 million on capital expenditures. That left free cash flow of $534.3 million. The company returned $633.2 million in dividends to shareholders.
USD in millions, except per-share amounts and ratios. The percent under a figure is the change from the year before.
| Line |
FY 2026
Jul 26, 2026
|
FY 2025
Oct 26, 2025
|
FY 2024
Oct 27, 2024
|
FY 2023
Oct 29, 2023
|
FY 2022
Oct 30, 2022
|
FY 2021
Oct 31, 2021
|
FY 2020
Oct 25, 2020
|
FY 2019
Oct 27, 2019
|
FY 2018
Oct 28, 2018
|
FY 2017
Oct 29, 2017
|
FY 2010
Oct 31, 2010
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | |||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
272
+4.1%
|
264
+2.4%
|
258
+1.8%
|
253
+7.4%
|
236
+12.7%
|
209
+1.7%
|
206
+24.6%
|
165
+2.1%
|
162
+23.6%
|
131
-0.8%
|
115
|
| Stock-based compensation |
26
+4.1%
|
26
+10.2%
|
23
-3.5%
|
24
-3.5%
|
25
+0.8%
|
25
+10.2%
|
22
+14.0%
|
20
-4.3%
|
21
+32.1%
|
16
-12.6%
|
14
|
| Operating cash flow |
1,092
+17.3%
|
845
-33.3%
|
1,267
+20.9%
|
1,048
-7.7%
|
1,135
+13.3%
|
1,002
-11.2%
|
1,128
+22.2%
|
923
-25.7%
|
1,242
+20.1%
|
1,034
|
486
|
| Investing | |||||||||||
| Capital expenditures |
311
+2.5%
|
311
+21.2%
|
256
-5.1%
|
270
-3.1%
|
279
+20.0%
|
232
-36.8%
|
368
+25.1%
|
294
-24.6%
|
390
+76.1%
|
221
-13.4%
|
90
|
| Investing cash flow |
-206
+22.3%
|
-299
-26.0%
|
-237
+65.6%
|
-690
-167.2%
|
-258
+92.9%
|
-3,626
-452.5%
|
-656
-398.1%
|
220
+117.8%
|
-1,235
-110.4%
|
-587
|
-258
|
| Financing | |||||||||||
| Debt issued |
—
|
0
-100.0%
|
498
+25039.6%
|
2
|
0
-100.0%
|
2,276
+129.4%
|
992
|
0
-100.0%
|
375
|
—
|
—
|
| Debt repaid |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
375
+234175.0%
|
0
|
—
|
0
|
| Short-term debt issued |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
280
+14.3%
|
0
|
| Short-term debt repaid |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
0
-100.0%
|
0
|
| Dividends paid |
641
+1.9%
|
633
+3.0%
|
615
+3.7%
|
593
+6.3%
|
558
+6.6%
|
523
+7.3%
|
487
+11.5%
|
437
+12.6%
|
388
+12.2%
|
346
+16.7%
|
109
|
| Stock buybacks |
—
|
0
|
0
-100.0%
|
12
|
0
-100.0%
|
20
+61.5%
|
12
-92.9%
|
174
+271.5%
|
47
-50.4%
|
94
+7.5%
|
70
|
| Financing cash flow |
-647
-6.7%
|
-614
+40.4%
|
-1,030
-71.7%
|
-600
-23.3%
|
-487
-132.0%
|
1,521
+168.6%
|
566
+161.1%
|
-926
-8058.8%
|
12
+102.8%
|
-419
|
-144
|
| Change in cash | |||||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate |
6
+197.1%
|
-4
-168.9%
|
6
+247.2%
|
-4
+82.4%
|
-22
-931.9%
|
3
-26.1%
|
4
+212.3%
|
-3
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
| Net change in cash |
245
+296.8%
|
-71
-1431.1%
|
5
+102.2%
|
-246
-166.6%
|
369
+133.5%
|
-1,101
-205.7%
|
1,041
+387.2%
|
214
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
| Free cash flow |
781
+24.4%
|
534
-47.1%
|
1,010
+29.9%
|
778
-9.2%
|
856
+11.2%
|
770
+1.2%
|
761
+20.9%
|
629
-26.2%
|
852
+4.9%
|
813
|
396
|
| Per share | |||||||||||
| Free cash flow per share |
1.42
+24.2%
|
0.97
-47.3%
|
1.84
+30.0%
|
1.42
-9.1%
|
1.56
+10.8%
|
1.41
+1.0%
|
1.39
+20.6%
|
1.15
-26.4%
|
1.57
+3.9%
|
1.51
|
1.46
|
| Dividend per share |
1.17
+1.3%
|
1.16
+2.7%
|
1.13
+2.7%
|
1.10
+5.8%
|
1.04
+6.1%
|
0.98
+5.4%
|
0.93
+10.7%
|
0.84
+12.0%
|
0.75
+10.3%
|
0.68
+17.2%
|
0.42
|
| Shareholder returns | |||||||||||
| Returned to shareholders |
641
|
633
|
615
|
605
|
558
|
543
|
500
|
611
|
435
|
440
|
179
|
| Share of free cash flow |
82.08%
|
118.50%
|
60.87%
|
77.83%
|
65.16%
|
70.57%
|
65.71%
|
97.16%
|
51.05%
|
54.21%
|
45.22%
|
| Ratios | |||||||||||
| Free cash flow margin |
6.43%
|
4.41%
|
8.48%
|
6.42%
|
6.87%
|
6.76%
|
7.92%
|
6.62%
|
8.93%
|
8.86%
|
5.48%
|
| Capital expenditures to revenue |
2.56%
|
2.57%
|
2.15%
|
2.23%
|
2.24%
|
2.04%
|
3.82%
|
3.09%
|
4.08%
|
2.41%
|
1.24%
|
| Stock-based compensation to revenue |
0.21%
|
0.21%
|
0.19%
|
0.20%
|
0.20%
|
0.22%
|
0.23%
|
0.21%
|
0.22%
|
0.17%
|
0.20%
|
| Cash conversion |
3.19x
|
1.77x
|
1.57x
|
1.32x
|
1.13x
|
1.10x
|
1.24x
|
0.94x
|
1.23x
|
1.22x
|
1.23x
|
How these figures are calculated
Annual columns are full-year amounts from the annual report (Form 10-K, 20-F, or 40-F). If a company restates a year, the latest filed number is shown. USD in millions, except per-share amounts and ratios. Capital expenditures, debt repaid, dividends, and buybacks are positive amounts. Investing and financing cash flow keep the filing sign, so an outflow is negative. Free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures. The first column is the trailing twelve months through the latest quarter. Returned to shareholders is dividends plus buybacks. Free cash flow margin, capital expenditures, and stock-based compensation are divided by revenue. Cash conversion is operating cash flow divided by net income. More on our methodology.
Company profile
- Industry
- Meat Packing Plants (SIC 2011)
- Listed as
- HRL (NYSE)
- Fiscal year ends
- October 25
- Incorporated in
- DE
- Headquarters
- Austin, MN
- SEC filer status
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 48465
- Former names
- HORMEL GEO A & CO (until Mar 14, 1995)
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- JBS N.V. JBS
- Smithfield Foods Inc SFD
Source: SEC EDGAR filings. This is company-reported data, not investment advice.