Growth Metrics

Hormel Foods (HRL) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2026)

Hormel Foods (HRL) has disclosed Change in Inventory for 18 consecutive years, with -$91.3 million as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Inventory fell 64.18% to -$91.3 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was $136.6 million, a 390.64% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $172.3 million, up 280.8% from a year prior.
  • Change in Inventory was -$91.3 million for Q1 2026 at Hormel Foods, down from -$74.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $211.5 million in Q2 2025 to a low of -$103.9 million in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $17.7 million and a median of $11.8 million in 2023 define the central range for Change in Inventory.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Change in Inventory was 520.87% in 2024; the steepest drop was 983.0% in 2024.
  • Hormel Foods' Change in Inventory stood at $40.4 million in 2022, then plummeted by 239.4% to -$56.2 million in 2023, then dropped by 15.0% to -$64.7 million in 2024, then decreased by 15.65% to -$74.8 million in 2025, then fell by 22.03% to -$91.3 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HRL's Change in Inventory are -$91.3 million (Q1 2026), -$74.8 million (Q4 2025), and $91.2 million (Q3 2025).