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Hormel Foods (HRL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Hormel Foods (HRL) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.06% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 3.0% to 0.06% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Oct 2025 was 0.06%, a 3.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.06%, down 3.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.06% for Q4 2025 at Hormel Foods, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.13% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.06% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.1% and a median of 0.1% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: decreased -5bps in 2021, then rose 1bps in 2022.
  • Hormel Foods' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.1% in 2021, then increased by 10bps to 0.11% in 2022, then dropped by -14bps to 0.1% in 2023, then dropped by -7bps to 0.09% in 2024, then plummeted by -34bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HRL's Return on Capital Employed are 0.06% (Q4 2025), 0.09% (Q4 2024), and 0.08% (Q3 2024).