Growth Metrics

Hormel Foods (HRL) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026)

Hormel Foods (HRL) reported Debt to Equity of $0.36 for Q1 2026, up 1.26% year-over-year from $0.36 in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from $0.36 in Q4 2025.

Hormel Foods (HRL) has 18 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.36 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt to Equity rose 1.26% year-over-year to $0.36 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $0.36 (up 1.26% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $0.36, up 1.07% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity was little changed at $0.36 in Q1 2026 per HRL's latest filing, from $0.36 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $0.48 in Q2 2024 and bottomed at $0.35 in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.43 (2023), against an average of $0.41.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt to Equity surged 187.17%; it then declined 26.34% in 2025.
  • Tracing HRL's Debt to Equity over 5 years: stood at $0.44 in 2022, then retreated by 2.28% to $0.43 in 2023, then declined by 16.47% to $0.36 in 2024, then advanced by 1.07% to $0.36 in 2025, then slipped by 0.28% to $0.36 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest HRL Debt to Equity figures stand at $0.36 (Q1 2026), $0.36 (Q4 2025), and $0.35 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Paranovus Entertainment Technology 94,654.50 Bn 94,654.50 Bn - 0.02
2 Kraft Heinz 28.03 Bn 23.95 Bn 2.22 Bn 0.50
3 Jbs 19.23 Bn 14.67 Bn 2.32 Bn 0.02
4 General Mills 18.04 Bn 17.27 Bn 1.37 Bn 1.27
5 Hormel Foods 12.87 Bn 11.99 Bn 518.51 Mn 0.36
6 Mccormick 12.46 Bn 12.86 Bn 708.90 Mn 0.65
7 Magnum Ice Cream 11.56 Bn 11.08 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 10.74 Bn 10.69 Bn 827.80 Mn 1.40
9 Smithfield Foods 10.23 Bn 9.16 Bn 511.00 Mn 0.29
10 Darling Ingredients 9.59 Bn 9.63 Bn 404.92 Mn 0.83

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 26, 2026 0.36
Jan 25, 2026 0.36
Oct 26, 2025 0.36
Jul 27, 2025 0.35
Apr 27, 2025 0.36
Jan 26, 2025 0.36
Oct 27, 2024 0.36
Jul 28, 2024 0.36
Apr 28, 2024 0.48
Jan 28, 2024 0.42
Oct 29, 2023 0.43
Jul 30, 2023 0.43
Apr 30, 2023 0.43
Jan 29, 2023 0.43
Oct 30, 2022 0.44
Jul 31, 2022 0.45
May 1, 2022 0.45
Jan 30, 2022 0.47
Oct 31, 2021 0.48
Jul 25, 2021 0.49
Apr 25, 2021 0.16
Jan 24, 2021 0.20
Oct 25, 2020 0.20
Jul 26, 2020 0.21
Apr 26, 2020 0.05
Jan 26, 2020 0.05
Oct 27, 2019 0.04
Jul 28, 2019 0.04
Apr 28, 2019 0.04
Jan 27, 2019 0.11
Oct 28, 2018 0.11
Jul 29, 2018 0.13
Apr 29, 2018 0.15
Jan 28, 2018 0.17
Oct 29, 2017 0.05
Jul 30, 2017 0.05
Apr 30, 2017 -0.86
Jan 29, 2017 -0.85
Oct 30, 2016 0.06
Jul 24, 2016 0.09
Apr 24, 2016 -189.54
Jan 24, 2016 -159.24
Oct 25, 2015 0.11
Jul 26, 2015 0.15
Apr 26, 2015 0.07
Jan 25, 2015 0.07
Oct 26, 2014 0.07
Jul 27, 2014 0.07
Apr 27, 2014 0.07
Jan 26, 2014 0.07
Oct 27, 2013 0.08
Jul 28, 2013 0.08
Apr 28, 2013 0.08
Jan 27, 2013 0.09
Oct 28, 2012 0.09
Jul 29, 2012 0.09
Apr 29, 2012 0.09
Jan 29, 2012 0.09
Oct 30, 2011 0.09
Jul 31, 2011 0.09
May 1, 2011 0.23
Jan 30, 2011 0.14
Oct 31, 2010 0.15
Jul 25, 2010 0.15
Oct 25, 2009 0.16