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FCF Margin for Hormel Foods (HRL)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

5.7%

YoY change

−4.06pp

Trough year (1996)

-0.4%

Peak year (2015)

9.4%

FCF Margin history chart for Hormel Foods (HRL) from 1992 to 2025

Latest: 4.4%

FCF Margin change chart for Hormel Foods (HRL) from 1992 to 2025

Latest: −4.06pp

FCF Margin history table for Hormel Foods (HRL) from 1992 to 2025

  • 20254.4%-4.06pp
  • 20248.5%+2.05pp
  • 20236.4%-0.46pp
  • 20226.9%+0.10pp
  • 20216.8%-1.14pp
  • 20207.9%+0.90pp
  • 20197.0%-2.01pp
  • 20189.0%+0.17pp
  • 20178.9%+1.06pp
  • 20167.8%-1.55pp
  • 20159.4%+2.93pp
  • 20146.4%+0.24pp
  • 20136.2%+1.45pp
  • 20124.7%-0.30pp
  • 20115.0%-0.51pp
  • 20105.5%-1.47pp
  • 20097.0%+4.86pp
  • 20082.2%-1.25pp
  • 20073.4%+0.19pp
  • 20063.2%-2.72pp
  • 20055.9%+1.46pp
  • 20044.5%+4.19pp
  • 20030.3%-6.42pp
  • 20026.7%+0.45pp
  • 20016.3%+4.79pp
  • 20001.5%-3.30pp
  • 19994.8%+0.08pp
  • 19984.7%+3.28pp
  • 19971.4%+1.85pp
  • 1996-0.4%-0.04pp
  • 1995-0.4%-4.76pp
  • 19944.4%+4.14pp
  • 19930.2%-3.66pp
  • 19923.9%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Hormel Foods's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Hormel Foods (HRL)

According to Hormel Foods's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 5.7%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

As of the 2025 fiscal year, Hormel Foods (HRL) reported free cash flow margin of 4.41% – contracted 4.1 percentage points year-over-year.

2015 marks the peak free cash flow margin at 9.35%, with the historical low of -0.44% recorded in 1996.

Hormel Foods FCF Margin by Year

Hormel Foods FCF Margin 2025: 4.4%

In 2025, Hormel Foods reported free cash flow margin of 4.41%, contracted 4.1 percentage points from 2024.

Hormel Foods FCF Margin 2024: 8.5%

Hormel Foods free cash flow margin in 2024 was 8.48%, expanded 2.1 percentage points from 2023.

Hormel Foods FCF Margin 2023: 6.4%

2023's free cash flow margin for Hormel Foods came in at 6.42%, contracted 0.5 percentage points from 2022.

Hormel Foods FCF Margin 2022: 6.9%

Hormel Foods posted free cash flow margin of 6.88% in 2022, expanded 0.1 percentage points from 2021.

Hormel Foods FCF Margin 2021: 6.8%

Hormel Foods free cash flow margin in 2021 was 6.78%.

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