Hormel Foods (HRL) valuation against sector peers: P/E 35.7 (sector median 23.7), P/B 1.6, EV/EBIT 24.8, free-cash-flow yield 6.4%, P/S 1.0.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Consumer staples companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.

Metric	HRL	Sector median	vs median
P/E	35.7	23.7 · n=71	50% above
P/B	1.6	2.3 · n=83	31% below
P/S	1.0	0.8 · n=89	22% above
EV/EBIT	24.8	20.6 · n=67	21% above
Free-cash-flow yield	6.4%	5.3% · n=87	21% above
Dividend yield	6.58%	1.72% · n=97	283% above
Return on equity	4.3%	10.8% · n=88	60% below
Return on invested capital	3.7%	8.6% · n=88	57% below
Gross margin	15.7%	32.5% · n=95	52% below
Net debt / EBITDA	2.35	1.74 · n=77	35% above

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.

Value factor: 61 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

Instrument	P/E	P/B	EV/EBIT	Free-cash-flow yield	Dividend yield	Smart Score
WMTWalmart	45.1	10.1	31.9	1.4%	0.8%	6/10
COSTCostco Wholesale	51.2	13.2	39.1	2.0%	0.5%	8/10
KOCoca-Cola	28.5	11.2	29.2	3.4%	2.2%	9/10
PGProcter & Gamble	24.8	7.2	21.0	3.9%	3.2%	8/10
PMPhilip Morris	28.3	—	20.7	4.5%	3.1%	10/10
PEPPepsiCo	23.8	9.6	20.8	3.9%	4.0%	6/10
MOAltria Group	15.7	—	13.4	7.1%	5.6%	10/10
MNSTMonster Beverage	40.9	9.0	31.1	2.2%	0.0%	6/10
MDLZMondelez	20.7	3.2	19.1	4.3%	3.0%	6/10
CLColgate-Palmolive	38.0	270.7	26.6	4.9%	2.7%	8/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 26 Jul 2026 · filed 27 Aug 2026

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