Hormel Foods (HRL) EPS (Basic) (2009 - 2026)
Hormel Foods (HRL) reported EPS (Basic) of $0.11 for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 26, 2026), down 67.6% from $0.33 a year earlier and down 62.2% from the prior quarter.
Hormel Foods (HRL) EPS (Basic) (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 26, 2026, Hormel Foods' EPS (Basic) came in at $0.62, down 54.6% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Oct 26, 2025), it came in at $0.87, down 40.8% from FY2024.
- EPS (Basic) has a five-year compound annual growth rate of -12.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, EPS (Basic) came in at $1.47 in FY2024 (+1.1%), $1.45 in FY2023 (-20.9%), $1.84 in FY2022 (+9.3%) and $1.68 in FY2021 (-0.5%).
- Five-year quarterly EPS (Basic) spans a low of -$0.10 in fiscal Q4 2025 and a high of $0.52 in fiscal Q4 2021.
- Year over year, EPS (Basic) gained in three of the last seven quarters, with an average decline of 12.3%.
- The high point for year-over-year EPS (Basic) in five years was fiscal Q3 2022 (growth of 22.8%); the low point was fiscal Q3 2026 (a decline of 67.6%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at $0.29 (Q2 2026), $0.33 (Q1 2026) and -$0.10 (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EPS (Basic) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 136.33 Bn | 111.70 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 76.81 Bn | 70.13 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 1.21 |
| 3 | Hershey | 33.25 Bn | 29.49 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 2.26 |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 27.93 Bn | 14.46 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -4.60 |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.97 Bn | 15.62 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 0.74 |
| 6 | Mccormick | 13.05 Bn | 12.93 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 0.56 |
| 7 | J M Smucker | 12.89 Bn | 12.67 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 3.04 |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.99 Bn | 7.67 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 0.11 |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.48 Bn | 4.77 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 0.20 |
| 10 | Conagra Brands | 6.78 Bn | 5.76 Bn | 704.10 Mn | -3.38 |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2026 | 0.11 |
| Apr 26, 2026 | 0.29 |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 0.33 |
| Oct 26, 2025 | -0.10 |
| Jul 27, 2025 | 0.33 |
| Apr 27, 2025 | 0.33 |
| Jan 26, 2025 | 0.31 |
| Oct 27, 2024 | 0.40 |
| Jul 28, 2024 | 0.32 |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 0.35 |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 0.40 |
| Oct 29, 2023 | 0.36 |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 0.30 |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 0.40 |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 0.40 |
| Oct 30, 2022 | 0.51 |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 0.40 |
| May 1, 2022 | 0.48 |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 0.44 |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 0.52 |
Hormel Foods EPS (Basic) 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
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import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "eps-basic", "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=eps-basic&ticker=HRL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();