Hormel Foods HRL
NYSE HRL
$24.08 -0.34 (-1.39%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Hormel Foods (HRL) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Hormel Foods (HRL) posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.21 for Q2 2026, up 0.52% year-over-year from 0.21 in Q2 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 0.21 in Q1 2026.

Hormel Foods (HRL) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Hormel Foods (HRL) has reported Debt Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.21 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, Debt Ratio rose 0.52% year-over-year to 0.21; the TTM figure through Apr 2026 stood at 0.21 (up 0.52% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.21, changed 0.26% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio held at 0.21 in Q2 2026 per HRL's latest filing, from 0.21 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.27 in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 0.21 in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.23 across 5 years, with a median of 0.25 in 2023.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Debt Ratio surged 137.04% — and 2025, when it dropped 21.0%.
  • Hormel Foods' Debt Ratio stood at 0.25 in 2022, then decreased by 0.76% to 0.25 in 2023, then slipped by 13.52% to 0.21 in 2024, then increased by 0.26% to 0.21 in 2025, then increased by 0.33% to 0.21 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows HRL's Debt Ratio at 0.21 in Q2 2026, 0.21 in Q1 2026, and 0.21 in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.23 Bn 27.54 Bn 2.03 Bn 0.26
2 General Mills 21.36 Bn 20.90 Bn 1.60 Bn 0.48
3 Mccormick 14.89 Bn 14.56 Bn 778.20 Mn 0.30
4 Jbs 14.54 Bn 11.07 Bn 4.91 Bn 0.49
5 Hormel Foods 13.26 Bn 12.40 Bn 518.51 Mn 0.21
6 J M Smucker 13.17 Bn 13.11 Bn 862.10 Mn 0.43
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.10 Bn 11.38 Bn - 0.35
8 Darling Ingredients 10.78 Bn 10.62 Bn 503.37 Mn 0.36
9 Smithfield Foods 8.77 Bn 7.42 Bn 478.00 Mn 0.17
10 Conagra Brands 7.80 Bn 7.58 Bn 704.10 Mn 0.46

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 26, 2026 0.21
Jan 25, 2026 0.21
Oct 26, 2025 0.21
Jul 27, 2025 0.21
Apr 27, 2025 0.21
Jan 26, 2025 0.21
Oct 27, 2024 0.21
Jul 28, 2024 0.22
Apr 28, 2024 0.27
Jan 28, 2024 0.25
Oct 29, 2023 0.25
Jul 30, 2023 0.25
Apr 30, 2023 0.25
Jan 29, 2023 0.25
Oct 30, 2022 0.25
Jul 31, 2022 0.25
May 1, 2022 0.25
Jan 30, 2022 0.26
Oct 31, 2021 0.26
Jul 25, 2021 0.27