Hormel Foods Shares Outstanding History (HRL)
Hormel Foods reported 550.1M shares outstanding at the end of fiscal 2025.
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| Fiscal year | Period ended | Shares outstanding | Change | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-10-26 | 550.1M | 1.5M | +0.27% |
| 2024 | 2024-10-27 | 548.6M | 2.0M | +0.37% |
| 2023 | 2023-10-29 | 546.6M | 362,369 | +0.07% |
| 2022 | 2022-10-30 | 546.2M | — | — |
Hormel Foods quarterly shares outstanding
| Fiscal quarter | Period ended | Shares outstanding | Change | YoY change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2026-07-26 | 550.3M | 344,751 | +0.06% |
| Q2 2026 | 2026-04-26 | 550.3M | 414,232 | +0.08% |
| Q1 2026 | 2026-01-25 | 550.2M | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 2025-10-26 | 550.1M | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 2025-07-27 | 550.0M | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 2025-04-27 | 549.9M | — | — |
Hormel Foods Share Buyback History
A share buyback, also called a stock repurchase, is when a company uses cash to buy its own shares. Hormel Foods share buyback history shows the reported cash used for repurchases. Buybacks can reduce shares outstanding, but issuance, stock-based compensation, acquisitions, and stock splits can change the share count separately.
Hormel Foods used $0 to repurchase common stock in fy 2025. Across the latest 5 reported fiscal years, total share repurchases were $32.3M. The latest reported quarter showed $0 of share repurchases.
| Fiscal year | Period ended | Share repurchases |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-10-26 | $0 |
| 2024 | 2024-10-27 | $0 |
| 2023 | 2023-10-29 | $12.3M |
| 2022 | 2022-10-30 | $0 |
| 2021 | 2021-10-31 | $20.0M |
| 2020 | 2020-10-25 | $12.4M |
| 2019 | 2019-10-27 | $174.2M |
| 2018 | 2018-10-28 | $46.9M |
| 2017 | 2017-10-29 | $94.5M |
| 2016 | 2016-10-30 | $87.9M |
TickerStat uses SEC-reported cash payments for common-stock repurchases. The amounts describe capital returned through buybacks; they are not a forecast or a measure of the number of shares retired.
Hormel Foods shares outstanding trends
Between the periods ended 2022-10-30 and 2025-10-26, Hormel Foods's shares outstanding moved from 546.2M to 550.1M, a change of 3.9M. The latest reported quarter, Q3 2026, shows 550.3M.
What shares outstanding means
Shares outstanding is the number of common shares held by investors at a reporting-period end. The count can change because of stock issuance, repurchases, conversions, acquisitions, or stock splits.
SEC-reported period-end shares
TickerStat displays period-end common shares from SEC filings and adjusts older values to the current share basis when a stock-split conversion ratio is reported directly or evidenced by a later filing’s restated historical share balance. After repeated reverse splits, an old period can represent less than one current-basis share; this is a split-adjusted equivalent, not a literal historical certificate count. Values remain as reported when no reliable split ratio is available. Fiscal periods can differ from calendar years, so exact period-end dates are included.
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