Hormel Foods (HRL) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Hormel Foods (HRL) has 18 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $323.0 million in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 36.27% year-over-year to $323.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $620.3 million (down 30.35% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $534.3 million, down 47.11% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow improved to $323.0 million in Q1 2026 per HRL's latest filing, from $43.2 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $541.9 million in Q4 2022 and bottomed 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.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Free Cash Flow surged 450.75%; it then sank 106.93% in 2025.
• Tracing HRL's Free Cash Flow over 5 years: stood at $541.9 million in 2022, then slumped by 59.88% to $217.4 million in 2023, then jumped by 49.41% to $324.8 million in 2024, then tumbled by 86.72% to $43.2 million in 2025, then surged by 648.55% to $323.0 million in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest HRL Free Cash Flow figures stand at $323.0 million (Q1 2026), $43.2 million (Q4 2025), and $272.8 million (Q3 2025).

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