Hormel Foods Corp reports results for the quarter ended April 30 - Earnings Summary
Hormel Foods Corp reports results for the quarter ended April 30 - Earnings Summary
Hormel Foods Corp HRL.N reported quarterly adjusted earnings of 40 cents per share for the quarter ended April 30, higher than the same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of 35 cents. The mean expectation of nine analysts for the quarter was for earnings of 36 cents per share. Wall Street expected results to range from 35 cents to 36 cents per share.
Revenue rose 2.5% to $2.97 billion from a year ago; analysts expected $2.95 billion.
Hormel Foods Corp's reported EPS for the quarter was 29 cents.
The company reported quarterly net income of $154.47 million.
Hormel Foods Corp shares had fallen by 7.5% this quarter and lost 11.6% so far this year.
FORECAST CHANGES
The mean earnings estimate of analysts had risen by about 0.5% in the last three months.
In the last 30 days, one analyst negatively revised an earnings estimate
RECOMMENDATIONS
The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold" and the breakdown of recommendations is 3 "strong buy" or "buy," 8 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell." The average consensus recommendation for the food processing peer group is "buy."
Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Hormel Foods Corp is $25.00, about 16.2% above its last closing price of $20.96
This summary was machine generated from LSEG data May 28 at 01:31 p.m. UTC. All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com)
QUARTER ENDING | ESTIMATE | ACTUAL | BEAT, MET, MISSED |
Apr. 30 2026 | 0.36 | 0.40 | Beat |
Jan. 31 2026 | 0.32 | 0.34 | Beat |
Oct. 31 2025 | 0.30 | 0.32 | Beat |
Jul. 31 2025 | 0.41 | 0.35 | Missed |
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