Growth Metrics

Hormel Foods (HRL) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Hormel Foods has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 18 years, most recently at $323.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 36.27% to $323.0 million in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $620.3 million through Jan 2026, down 30.35% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $534.3 million for FY2025, 47.11% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $323.0 million for Q1 2026 at Hormel Foods, up from $43.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $541.9 million in Q4 2022 and troughed at -$18.6 million in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $237.0 million (2025), against an average of $221.2 million.
  • Year-over-year, Free Cash Flow skyrocketed 450.75% in 2022 and then plummeted 106.93% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $541.9 million in 2022, then plummeted by 59.88% to $217.4 million in 2023, then soared by 49.41% to $324.8 million in 2024, then crashed by 86.72% to $43.2 million in 2025, then skyrocketed by 648.55% to $323.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HRL's Free Cash Flow are $323.0 million (Q1 2026), $43.2 million (Q4 2025), and $272.8 million (Q3 2025).