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Hormel Foods stock: key metrics
HRLHormel Foods had an operating margin of 5.9% and a return on invested capital (ROIC) of 5.1% in fiscal 2025.
Margins show how much of revenue is left over, returns on capital how hard the invested money works.
Daily figure as of 13 Nov 2026
Margins
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
Figures as a table
| Year | Gross margin | Operating margin | Net margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 24.1% | 7.8% | 5.0% |
| 2007 | 16.2% | 7.8% | 4.9% |
| 2008 | 15.7% | 7.7% | 4.2% |
| 2009 | 16.8% | 8.2% | 5.2% |
| 2010 | 17.2% | 9.0% | 5.5% |
| 2011 | 16.9% | 9.4% | 6.0% |
| 2012 | 16.2% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| 2013 | 16.1% | 9.2% | 6.0% |
| 2014 | 16.8% | 10.0% | 6.5% |
| 2015 | 19.5% | 11.5% | 7.4% |
| 2016 | 22.7% | 13.9% | 9.3% |
| 2017 | 21.8% | 13.9% | 9.2% |
| 2018 | 20.7% | 12.4% | 10.6% |
| 2019 | 19.8% | 12.6% | 10.3% |
| 2020 | 19.0% | 11.5% | 9.5% |
| 2021 | 16.9% | 9.9% | 8.0% |
| 2022 | 17.4% | 10.5% | 8.0% |
| 2023 | 16.5% | 8.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024 | 17.0% | 9.0% | 6.8% |
| 2025 | 15.6% | 5.9% | 4.0% |
Returns on capital
- ROE
- ROIC
- ROA
Figures as a table
| Year | ROE | ROIC | ROA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 15.9% | 15.1% | 9.4% |
| 2007 | 16.0% | 15.0% | 8.9% |
| 2008 | 14.2% | 14.5% | 7.9% |
| 2009 | 16.2% | 16.0% | 9.3% |
| 2010 | 16.5% | 19.1% | 9.8% |
| 2011 | 17.8% | 21.5% | 11.2% |
| 2012 | 17.7% | 21.7% | 11.0% |
| 2013 | 15.9% | 19.6% | 10.7% |
| 2014 | 16.7% | 18.4% | 11.0% |
| 2015 | 17.2% | 18.2% | 11.2% |
| 2016 | 20.0% | 21.4% | 14.0% |
| 2017 | 17.2% | 18.7% | 12.1% |
| 2018 | 18.1% | 19.2% | 12.4% |
| 2019 | 16.5% | 17.2% | 12.1% |
| 2020 | 14.1% | 15.6% | 9.2% |
| 2021 | 13.0% | 11.6% | 7.2% |
| 2022 | 13.3% | 10.5% | 7.5% |
| 2023 | 10.3% | 8.3% | 5.9% |
| 2024 | 10.1% | 8.1% | 6.0% |
| 2025 | 6.1% | 5.1% | 3.6% |
Data status and sources
- Score
- Daily value of 13 Nov 2026, recalculated nightly
- Price
- Closing price of 12 Nov 2026
- Latest annual report
- Fiscal year 2025, period end 26 Oct 2025
- Source
- Financial statements, ratios and prices from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), based on the company's reports. MEQIRI calculates the score and fair value from them.
Mandatory disclosures for this rating
- ; time horizon around 12 months
- Rated Neutral, published since 7 Nov 2026 (in the score history since 18 Oct 2026)
- Valuation signal Fairly valued since 7 Nov 2026
- End-of-day prices, metrics cached for up to 24 hours
- Score and fair value are estimates from a disclosed model. They are not facts and not a price target.
- Produced by SSM Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt), responsible person Sven Brostmeyer, Managing Director, automatically according to the disclosed model.
- Not investment advice. Losses up to and including a total loss are possible. Personal circumstances are not considered.