Hormel Foods Gross Margin Growth & History (HRL)

Hormel Foods's gross margin was 15.63% for fiscal 2025.

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Hormel Foods annual gross margin history

Hormel Foods annual gross margin

Fiscal yearPeriod endedGross marginChange (percentage points)
20252025-10-2615.63%−1.34 pp
20242024-10-2716.96%+0.45 pp
20232023-10-2916.51%−0.86 pp
20222022-10-3017.37%+0.44 pp
20212021-10-3116.93%−2.07 pp
20202020-10-2519.00%−0.84 pp
20192019-10-2719.84%−0.89 pp
20182018-10-2820.74%−1.04 pp
20172017-10-2921.78%−0.88 pp
20162016-10-3022.66%+3.14 pp
20152015-10-2519.52%+2.72 pp
20142014-10-2616.80%+0.65 pp
20132013-10-2716.14%−0.04 pp
20122012-10-2816.18%−0.72 pp
20112011-10-3016.90%−0.26 pp
20102010-10-3117.16%+0.34 pp
20092009-10-2516.82%+1.10 pp
20082008-10-2615.72%

Hormel Foods gross margin trends

Over the last five reported fiscal years, Hormel Foods's gross margin decreased from 19.00% to 15.63%, a change of −3.38 percentage points. The latest reported quarter, Q2 2026, shows 17.44%.

About the metric

What gross margin means

Gross margin measures the percentage of revenue remaining after the direct costs of producing goods or services. It helps show how efficiently a company turns sales into gross profit before operating expenses.

Calculation and source

How gross margin is calculated

TickerStat calculates gross margin as SEC-reported gross profit divided by SEC-reported revenue for the same fiscal period. Changes are shown in percentage points. Fiscal periods can differ from calendar years, so exact period-end dates are included.

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