HRL

NYSE

HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/

Consumer Staples, Packaged Foods & Meats

$25.02

close 7 Aug 2026

-12.46%

52-week change

$13.77B

market cap

$19.70

$29.35

52-week range

Expected price

$18.41 – $22.50

Current price

$25.02

Signal

Could be overvalued

A historical-multiple reference, never a fair-value claim. The band uses only data public at each date and ends at the latest month — no forward estimates.

Current multiples

P/E (TTM)29.44x

P/S (TTM)1.13x

P/B1.73x

EV/EBITDA (TTM)16.24x

FCF yield (TTM)5.03%

PEG (TTM, GAAP)—

Context

P/E, own 5-year average24.23x

P/E, sector median23.35x*

Price at 5-year median P/E$20.18*

Indicated dividend yield4.68%

Forward — analyst consensus

Forward P/E (FY2026)16.76x*

Forward P/E (FY2027)16.05x

Forward PEG3.79*

Consensus EPS FY2026 (9 analysts)$1.49

EPS growth (FY2026→FY2027)4.42%

Revenue growth (FY2026)1.43%

Street view

Price target (mean)$26.88*

Target upside7.41%

Ratings (buy / hold / sell)2 / 8 / 0

FY2026 EPS revisions, 30d (up / down)2 / 2

5-year history

Dashed line: average of month-end values

P/E (TTM)

P/S (TTM)

P/B

FCF yield (TTM)

Dividend yield

period to 26 Apr 2026, filed 28 May 2026, close 7 Aug 2026

Discounted cash flow

Ten projected years plus a perpetuity, prefilled from filings — a model to argue with, never a fair-value claim.

Free cash flow, last ten years and TTM

5Y CAGR -6.82%10Y CAGR -4.51%

Assumptions

Growth rate, years 1–10%

Perpetual growth%Discount rate%

Base FCF$M

As filed — not assumptions

Current price$25.02

Cash & equivalents$826.75M

Total debt$2.86B

Shares outstanding550.31M

Result

DCF price per share$7.78

Current price$25.02

Margin of safety-68.89%

PV of years 1–10$3.36B

PV of terminal value$2.95B

Equity value$4.28B

Market-implied growth+5.08%

Projected FCF, years 1–10

Hover for PV and growth

Projection detail

Override growth for any year; blank years use the uniform rate

Year	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034	2035	Terminal
Growth, %											2.5
FCF	$645.68M	$601.65M	$560.61M	$522.38M	$486.75M	$453.56M	$422.62M	$393.80M	$366.94M	$341.92M	$6.37B
PV	$597.85M	$515.81M	$445.03M	$383.96M	$331.28M	$285.82M	$246.60M	$212.76M	$183.56M	$158.37M	$2.95B

period to 26 Apr 2026, filed 28 May 2026, close 7 Aug 2026