Hormel Foods (HRL) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Hormel Foods' (HRL) Debt Ratio came in at 0.21 for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 26, 2026), up 1.5% from 0.21 a year earlier and up 0.4% from the prior quarter.
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Hormel Foods (HRL) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Since fiscal Q4 2009, Hormel Foods has reported Debt Ratio for 66 quarters.
- In prior fiscal years, Hormel Foods' Debt Ratio was 0.21 in FY2024 (-13.5%), 0.25 in FY2023 (-0.8%), 0.25 in FY2022 (-5.3%) and 0.26 in FY2021 (+99.0%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Debt Ratio since fiscal Q3 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Debt Ratio has increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 5.9% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Debt Ratio in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2022, with growth of 137.0%; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2025, with a decline of 21.0%.
- According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio for the three prior fiscal quarters was 0.21 (Q2 2026), 0.21 (Q1 2026) and 0.21 (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt Ratio (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 142.47 Bn | 93.93 Bn | - | 0.31 |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 82.20 Bn | 75.47 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 0.30 |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.19 Bn | 30.44 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 0.40 |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.23 Bn | 14.65 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 0.26 |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.93 Bn | 15.58 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 0.45 |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 13.85 Bn | 13.63 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 0.42 |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.79 Bn | 11.85 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 0.30 |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.28 Bn | 7.95 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 0.21 |
| 9 | Chewy | 8.73 Bn | 6.01 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 0.16 |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.38 Bn | 7.00 Bn | 266.50 Mn | 0.54 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2026 | 0.21 |
| 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 |
API Access
Hormel Foods Debt Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=HRL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "debt-ratio", "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=debt-ratio&ticker=HRL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();