Growth Metrics

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

Hormel Foods has reported Net Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 6.0% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Net Margin rose 30.0% to 6.0% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 4.03% through Jan 2026, down 232.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 3.95% for FY2025, 280.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 6.0% for Q1 2026 at Hormel Foods, up from 1.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 8.53% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 1.76% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 6.55% (2024), against an average of 6.32%.
  • Year-over-year, Net Margin skyrocketed 103bps in 2022 and then plummeted -877bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 8.53% in 2022, then decreased by -28bps to 6.11% in 2023, then grew by 15bps to 7.01% in 2024, then crashed by -125bps to 1.76% in 2025, then skyrocketed by 440bps to 6.0% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HRL's Net Margin are 6.0% (Q1 2026), 1.76% (Q4 2025), and 6.06% (Q3 2025).