HRL PEER ANALYSIS

Hormel Foods Corporation — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

HRLHormel Foods Corporation

🇺🇸 USA · US · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Packaged Foods

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

HRLIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	HRL	SAP	ORK	A2M	BN	PBH	Ind. Median
P/E	28.64	24.84	9.25●	17.88	25.74	108.92	18.71
P/B	1.68●	2.45	2.21	4.05	2.76	1.92	1.56
EV/EBITDA	15.31	11.16	—	9.88●	12.61	15.67	10.82
P/S	1.09	0.91	1.46	1.94	1.71	0.57●	0.80

Financial Health
Metric	HRL	SAP	ORK	A2M	BN	PBH	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.94	1.71	1.40	2.96●	0.90	1.28	1.55
Debt/Equity	35.9%	48.1%	—	2.4%●	89.4%	163.1%	48.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.99	1.62	—	-1.80●	1.95	7.18	1.99

Profitability
Metric	HRL	SAP	ORK	A2M	BN	PBH	Ind. Median
Net Margin	3.8%	3.6%	15.8%●	10.8%	6.7%	0.5%	1.9%
ROE	5.8%	9.8%	23.7%●	22.7%	10.5%	2.0%	3.4%
ROA	3.5%	4.9%	12.7%	16.8%●	4.0%	0.6%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	8.2%	9.5%	8.2%	16.6%●	16.1%	6.7%	10.1%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	HRL	SAP	ORK	A2M	BN	PBH	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	2.5%	-3.4%	2.0%	13.4%	-0.3%	17.4%●	3.5%
NI Growth	-37.5%	—	78.2%●	23.2%	-9.7%	-65.4%	-16.5%
Div. Yield	4.7%●	2.0%	3.7%	3.1%	3.0%	4.0%	0.0%
Payout	137.0%	48.2%	181.9%	46.2%	0.0%	374.3%	0.0%

Valuation
Metric	HRL	MKC	SJM	GIS	DAR	CPB	Ind. Median
P/E	28.64	8.57●	—	—	41.75	11.14	18.71
P/B	1.68	1.99	2.15	2.66	1.91	1.68●	1.56
EV/EBITDA	15.31	13.51	18.46	108.61	13.58	8.72●	10.82
P/S	1.09	1.89	1.32	1.06	1.48	0.68●	0.80

Financial Health
Metric	HRL	MKC	SJM	GIS	DAR	CPB	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.94●	0.78	0.78	0.68	1.58	0.87	1.55
Debt/Equity	35.9%●	70.5%	127.9%	183.7%	89.1%	174.0%	48.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.99●	3.35	6.85	43.48	4.22	4.31	1.99

Profitability
Metric	HRL	MKC	SJM	GIS	DAR	CPB	Ind. Median
Net Margin	3.8%	22.0%●	-1.5%	-0.5%	3.5%	6.1%	1.9%
ROE	5.8%	25.9%●	-2.4%	-1.1%	5.0%	15.4%	3.4%
ROA	3.5%	11.0%●	-0.8%	-0.3%	2.8%	4.1%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	8.2%	18.6%●	11.3%	1.6%	15.8%	15.5%	10.1%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	HRL	MKC	SJM	GIS	DAR	CPB	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	2.5%	9.5%	3.7%	-5.4%	11.3%●	-2.9%	3.5%
NI Growth	-37.5%	110.0%●	—	—	30.1%	33.9%	-16.5%
Div. Yield	4.7%	3.5%	3.8%	6.5%	—	6.7%●	0.0%
Payout	137.0%	30.7%	-335.0%	-1,501.5%	—	77.3%	0.0%

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