Growth Metrics

Hormel Foods (HRL) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Hormel Foods has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.49 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 24.47% to 0.49 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.04 through Jan 2026, up 48.84% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.19 for FY2025, 96.09% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.49 for Q1 2026 at Hormel Foods, down from 3.8 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 3.8 in Q4 2025 and troughed at 8.56 in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.62 (2023), against an average of 0.43.
  • The largest YoY upside for FCF Payout Ratio was 697.06% in 2025 against a maximum downside of 1587.19% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.26 in 2022, then surged by 164.04% to 0.69 in 2023, then crashed by 31.0% to 0.48 in 2024, then soared by 697.06% to 3.8 in 2025, then tumbled by 87.02% to 0.49 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HRL's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.49 (Q1 2026), 3.8 (Q4 2025), and 0.58 (Q3 2025).