Growth Metrics

Hormel Foods (HRL) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Hormel Foods has reported Gross Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 15.51% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 39.0% to 15.51% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 15.53% through Jan 2026, down 116.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 15.63% for FY2025, 134.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 15.51% for Q1 2026 at Hormel Foods, up from 13.96% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 17.87% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 13.96% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 16.69% (2023), against an average of 16.57%.
  • Year-over-year, Gross Margin soared 189bps in 2022 and then plummeted -265bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 17.25% in 2022, then decreased by -7bps to 16.09% in 2023, then rose by 3bps to 16.61% in 2024, then fell by -16bps to 13.96% in 2025, then increased by 11bps to 15.51% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HRL's Gross Margin are 15.51% (Q1 2026), 13.96% (Q4 2025), and 16.07% (Q3 2025).