Growth Metrics

Hormel Foods (HRL) Debt to Equity (2016 - 2026)

Hormel Foods has reported Debt to Equity over the past 18 years, most recently at $0.36 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt to Equity rose 1.26% to $0.36 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $0.36 through Jan 2026, up 1.26% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $0.36 for FY2025, 1.07% up from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity was $0.36 for Q1 2026 at Hormel Foods, roughly flat from $0.36 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt to Equity peaked at $0.48 in Q2 2024 and troughed at $0.35 in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.43 (2023), against an average of $0.41.
  • Year-over-year, Debt to Equity skyrocketed 187.17% in 2022 and then dropped 26.34% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $0.44 in 2022, then fell by 2.28% to $0.43 in 2023, then dropped by 16.47% to $0.36 in 2024, then grew by 1.07% to $0.36 in 2025, then decreased by 0.28% to $0.36 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HRL's Debt to Equity are $0.36 (Q1 2026), $0.36 (Q4 2025), and $0.35 (Q3 2025).