Growth Metrics

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

Hormel Foods has reported Change in Inventory over the past 18 years, most recently at -$91.3 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory fell 64.18% to -$91.3 million in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $136.6 million through Jan 2026, up 390.64% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $172.3 million for FY2025, 280.8% up from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory was -$91.3 million for Q1 2026 at Hormel Foods, down from -$74.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Change in Inventory peaked at $211.5 million in Q2 2025 and troughed at -$103.9 million in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Inventory is $11.8 million (2023), against an average of $17.7 million.
  • The largest YoY upside for Change in Inventory was 520.87% in 2024 against a maximum downside of 983.0% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Inventory shows it stood at $40.4 million in 2022, then crashed by 239.4% to -$56.2 million in 2023, then fell by 15.0% to -$64.7 million in 2024, then dropped by 15.65% to -$74.8 million in 2025, then decreased 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).