Hormel Foods (HRL) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2026)
Hormel Foods (HRL) posted Cash from Operations of $240.6 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 26, 2026), up 53.5% from $156.7 million a year earlier and up 34.5% from the prior quarter.
Hormel Foods (HRL) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 26, 2026, Cash from Operations at Hormel Foods was $1.09 billion, up 17.3% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Oct 26, 2025), it came in at $845.25 million, down 33.3% from FY2024.
- Annual Cash from Operations shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -5.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Hormel Foods' Cash from Operations was $1.27 billion in FY2024 (+20.9%), $1.05 billion in FY2023 (-7.7%), $1.13 billion in FY2022 (+13.3%) and $1 billion in FY2021 (-11.2%).
- Quarterly Cash from Operations has run from a low of $56.44 million in fiscal Q2 2025 to a high of $564.15 million in fiscal Q4 2021 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Cash from Operations has increased in each of the last three quarters, with growth averaging 20.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Cash from Operations in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2026, with growth of 217.0%; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2025, with a decline of 76.1%.
- According to Business Quant data, Cash from Operations for the three prior fiscal quarters was $178.94 million (Q2 2026), $349.21 million (Q1 2026) and $322.91 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cash from Ops. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 855.00 Mn |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 419.32 Mn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 1.08 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 297.80 Mn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 425.70 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 379.80 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 240.60 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 137.40 Mn |
| 10 | Conagra Brands | 6.43 Bn | 5.74 Bn | 618.70 Mn | -4.20 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2026 | 240.60 Mn |
| Apr 26, 2026 | 178.94 Mn |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 349.21 Mn |
| Oct 26, 2025 | 322.91 Mn |
| Jul 27, 2025 | 156.70 Mn |
| Apr 27, 2025 | 56.44 Mn |
| Jan 26, 2025 | 309.21 Mn |
| Oct 27, 2024 | 408.62 Mn |
| Jul 28, 2024 | 217.99 Mn |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 236.15 Mn |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 403.98 Mn |
| Oct 29, 2023 | 319.09 Mn |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 317.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 208.13 Mn |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 203.63 Mn |
| Oct 30, 2022 | 371.82 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 186.05 Mn |
| May 1, 2022 | 193.36 Mn |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 383.76 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 564.15 Mn |
Hormel Foods Cash from Operations API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-from-operations&ticker=HRL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cash-from-operations", "ticker": "HRL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-from-operations&ticker=HRL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();