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How Hormel Foods Corporation stacks up
HRL · against 798 other Consumer Defensive companies
Valuation
34/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #524 of 799 · scores higher than 34% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score80 peers with a valuation score of 30–39, including HRL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 34?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its earnings yield, which is weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 65% of peers. Earnings yield: 2.9% vs peer median 4.5%
- EBITDA yield is close to the peer norm. EBITDA yield: 6.2% vs peer median 8.7%
- Free cash flow yield is close to the peer norm. Free cash flow yield: 6.7% vs peer median 6.2%
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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 771 reported | 2.9% | 4.5% | 35% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 812 reported | 9.2% | 8.9% | 52% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 312 reported | 6.7% | 6.3% | 53% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 767 reported | 67.0% | 54.4% | 60% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around HRL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 399.1B KRW (≈$287M) | 100 | 72 | |
| 1 | 242.6B KRW (≈$175M) | 100 | 70 | |
| 1 | 3.6B MYR (≈$796M) | 100 | 82 | |
| 1 | 101M SGD (≈$77M) | 100 | 89 | |
| 5 | 456M HKD (≈$58M) | 98 | 70 | |
| 516 | 3.5B SGD (≈$2.7B) | 35 | 64 | |
| 516 | 408M USD | 35 | 27 | |
| 524 | 101.8B JPY (≈$692M) | 34 | 28 | |
| 524 | 503.8B HKD (≈$64.5B) | 34 | 73 | |
| 524 | 11.7B USD | 34 | 38 | |
| 524 | 1.9B CAD (≈$1.4B) | 34 | 56 | |
| 524 | 69.1B INR (≈$829M) | 34 | 57 | |
| 524 | 80.1B CAD (≈$58.5B) | 34 | 47 | |
| 524 | 360M EUR (≈$396M) | 34 | 60 |
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