Hormel Foods (HRL) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Hormel Foods (HRL) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 2.57% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 26, 2026), down 3.03 percentage points from 5.60% a year earlier and down 0.93 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Hormel Foods (HRL) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Oct 26, 2025), Hormel Foods posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 3.56%, down 2.42 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of -6.52 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 5.99% in FY2024 (+0.06 pp), 5.93% in FY2023 (-1.77 pp), 7.69% in FY2022 (-0.35 pp) and 8.04% in FY2021 (-2.04 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] in data going back to fiscal Q4 2010.
- Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] has now declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.22 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was fiscal Q4 2022 (a gain of 0.30 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q3 2026 (a drop of 3.03 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 3.50% (Q2 2026), 3.66% (Q1 2026) and 3.55% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.95 Bn | 98.82 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 84.23 Bn | 77.29 Bn | 3.92 Bn | 5.72% |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.99 Bn | 31.72 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 12.87% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.72 Bn | 16.47 Bn | 1.99 Bn | -4.79% |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.50 Bn | 16.16 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -2.96% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.27 Bn | 14.05 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 1.42% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.58 Bn | 12.23 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 8.69% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.22 Bn | 8.90 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 2.57% |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.17 Bn | 6.46 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 7.78% |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.87 Bn | 7.49 Bn | 266.50 Mn | 3.27% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2026 | 2.57% |
| Apr 26, 2026 | 3.50% |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 3.66% |
| Oct 26, 2025 | 3.55% |
| Jul 27, 2025 | 5.60% |
| Apr 27, 2025 | 5.57% |
| Jan 26, 2025 | 5.64% |
| Oct 27, 2024 | 6.06% |
| Jul 28, 2024 | 5.73% |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 5.54% |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 5.89% |
| Oct 29, 2023 | 5.90% |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 6.56% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 7.02% |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 7.36% |
| Oct 30, 2022 | 7.56% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 7.63% |
| May 1, 2022 | 7.40% |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 7.26% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 7.26% |
API Access
Hormel Foods Return on Assets [ROA] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=HRL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=HRL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();