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Hormel Foods price to free cash flow HRL

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
14.8×
10-year median
26.6×
Against its 10-year history
1st
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
13.5× to 57.8×
Peer median
11.6×

Hormel Foods' price to free cash flow is 14.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 26.6×, lower than on 99% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 13.5× in Oct 2026 to 57.8× in Nov 2021.

The median for 10 packaged Foods stocks of a similar size is 11.6×.

Price to free cash flow over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far14.8×13.5×25.7×
202525.0×15.5×25.1×
202417.3×16.8×22.6×
202322.6×20.3×32.7×
202229.1×23.3×36.5×
202134.4×31.4×57.8×
202033.1×29.6×44.4×
201938.5×26.0×38.5×
201826.6×19.2×28.0×
201724.4×23.8×30.2×
201625.0×21.1×28.7×
201524.6×17.9×28.9×
201423.8×17.9×31.7×
201322.3×20.0×29.5×
201221.0×19.1×26.0×
201119.6×14.4×19.8×

Against its peers

Companies in Packaged Foods nearest Hormel Foods' size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
HRLHormel Foods14.8×
MKCMccormick14.0×
SJMJ M SMUCKER8.7×
LWLamb Weston18.0×
SFDSmithfield Foods9.1×
CPBCAMPBELL'S9.1×
INGRIngredion17.0×
KHCKraft Heinz7.7×
POSTPost6.4×
FRPTFreshpet50.5×
MZTIMarzetti14.4×
Peer median11.6×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.