How Hormel Foods Corporation stacks up

HRL · against 151 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

33/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #95 of 152 · scores higher than 36% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

11 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including HRL · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 33?

Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.

Mainly because of its return on invested capital, operating margin and return on assets, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.

a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 65% of peers. Return on invested capital: 4.6% vs peer median 7.7%
a thinner operating margin: weaker than 64% of peers. Operating margin: 4.7% vs peer median 7.6%
a lower return on assets: weaker than 64% of peers. Return on assets: 2.6% vs peer median 4.0%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = HRL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	HRL	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 147 reported	4.6%	8.4%	33%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 153 reported	4.7%	5.9%	45%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 152 reported	2.6%	4.3%	40%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 144 reported	4.3%	10.2%	33%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 154 reported	15.7%	35.5%	15%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around HRL

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Altria Group, Inc.MO · US-listed	128.5B USD	99	46
1	Philip Morris International Inc.PM · US-listed	324.2B USD	99	54
1	Phoenix Education Partners, Inc.PXED · US-listed	843M USD	99	88
4	The Vita Coco Company, Inc.COCO · US-listed	3.5B USD	98	73
5	National Beverage Corp.FIZZ · US-listed	3.4B USD	97	54
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93	Ingles Markets, IncorporatedIMKTA · US-listed	1.6B USD	36	53
93	J&J Snack Foods Corp.JJSF · US-listed	1.6B USD	36	43
95	The Andersons, Inc.ANDE · US-listed	2.1B USD	33	42
95	The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.EL · US-listed	38.2B USD	33	31
95	Hormel Foods CorporationHRL · US-listed	11.7B USD	33	38
98	Primo Brands CorporationPRMB · US-listed	7.5B USD	32	43
99	Archer-Daniels-Midland CompanyADM · US-listed	34.0B USD	31	39
99	JBS N.V.JBS · US-listed	13.1B USD	31	45
101	The Kroger Co.KR · US-listed	39.5B USD	30	26

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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