Hormel Foods (HRL) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)
Hormel Foods' (HRL) Payout Ratio was 1.87 for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 26, 2026), up 124.4% from 0.83 a year earlier and up 36.6% from the prior quarter.
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Hormel Foods (HRL) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Oct 26, 2025), Payout Ratio at Hormel Foods was 1.32, up 73.3% from FY2024.
- Payout Ratio has increased for three consecutive fiscal years.
- By fiscal year, Payout Ratio came in at 0.76 in FY2024 (+2.2%), 0.75 in FY2023 (+33.9%), 0.56 in FY2022 (-3.1%) and 0.58 in FY2021 (+7.2%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Payout Ratio in data going back to fiscal Q3 2010.
- Year over year, Payout Ratio has now increased in each of the last 15 quarters, with growth averaging 43.0% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Payout Ratio in five years was fiscal Q3 2026 (growth of 124.4%); the low point was fiscal Q3 2022 (a decline of 8.5%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 1.37 (Q2 2026), 1.30 (Q1 2026) and 1.32 (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn |
| 10 | Conagra Brands | 6.43 Bn | 5.74 Bn | 618.70 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2026 | 1.87 |
| Apr 26, 2026 | 1.37 |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 1.30 |
| Oct 26, 2025 | 1.32 |
| Jul 27, 2025 | 0.83 |
| Apr 27, 2025 | 0.83 |
| Jan 26, 2025 | 0.82 |
| Oct 27, 2024 | 0.76 |
| Jul 28, 2024 | 0.78 |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 0.79 |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 0.76 |
| Oct 29, 2023 | 0.75 |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 0.67 |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 0.62 |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 0.58 |
| Oct 30, 2022 | 0.56 |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 0.55 |
| May 1, 2022 | 0.56 |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 0.57 |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 0.58 |
API Access
Hormel Foods Payout Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=payout-ratio&ticker=HRL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payout-ratio", "ticker": "HRL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=payout-ratio&ticker=HRL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();