Hormel Foods (HRL) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026)
Hormel Foods' (HRL) Times Interest Earned came in at 5.65 for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 26, 2026), down 54.2% from 12.32 a year earlier and down 48.4% from the prior quarter.
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Hormel Foods (HRL) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 26, 2026, Times Interest Earned at Hormel Foods was 7.28, down 43.9% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Oct 26, 2025), it came in at 9.21, down 30.2% from FY2024.
- Annual Times Interest Earned has declined for six consecutive fiscal years.
- In prior fiscal years, Hormel Foods' Times Interest Earned was 13.20 in FY2024 (-9.6%), 14.61 in FY2023 (-30.4%), 21.00 in FY2022 (-19.0%) and 25.92 in FY2021 (-50.4%).
- Quarterly Times Interest Earned has run from a low of 0.11 in fiscal Q4 2025 to a high of 22.94 in fiscal Q4 2021 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Times Interest Earned increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 20.3%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Times Interest Earned in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2025, with growth of 11.7%; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2025, with a decline of 99.3%.
- According to Business Quant data, Times Interest Earned for the three prior fiscal quarters was 10.95 (Q2 2026), 12.35 (Q1 2026) and 0.11 (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Times Interest Earned (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 140.61 Bn | 92.06 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 80.56 Bn | 73.83 Bn | 3.99 Bn | - |
| 3 | Hershey | 33.97 Bn | 30.22 Bn | 1.26 Bn | - |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 27.90 Bn | 14.32 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -207.45 |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.49 Bn | 15.13 Bn | 1.49 Bn | - |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 13.63 Bn | 13.41 Bn | 979.60 Mn | - |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 11.55 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 3.17 |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.23 Bn | 7.90 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.65 |
| 9 | Chewy | 8.65 Bn | 5.94 Bn | 1.01 Bn | - |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.31 Bn | 6.94 Bn | 266.50 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2026 | 5.65 |
| Apr 26, 2026 | 10.95 |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 12.35 |
| Oct 26, 2025 | 0.11 |
| Jul 27, 2025 | 12.32 |
| Apr 27, 2025 | 12.73 |
| Jan 26, 2025 | 11.73 |
| Oct 27, 2024 | 15.16 |
| Jul 28, 2024 | 11.03 |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 11.64 |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 15.52 |
| Oct 29, 2023 | 14.71 |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 11.80 |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 16.14 |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 15.78 |
| Oct 30, 2022 | 20.86 |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 18.64 |
| May 1, 2022 | 22.84 |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 21.84 |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 22.94 |
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Hormel Foods Times Interest Earned API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=times-interest-earned&ticker=HRL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "times-interest-earned", "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=times-interest-earned&ticker=HRL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();