For the quarter ended July 2025, Hormel Foods (HRL) reported revenue of $3.03 billion, up 4.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.35, compared to $0.37 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.98 billion, representing a surprise of +1.9%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -14.63%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.41.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Hormel performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Retail: $1.86 billion versus $1.82 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.2% change.
- Net Sales- International: $187.47 million versus $191.35 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.8% change.
- Net Sales- Foodservice: $986.98 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $967.49 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +3.5%.
- Segment Profit- Foodservice: $140.71 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $146.66 million.
- Segment Profit- International: $18.94 million compared to the $24.41 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Segment Profit- Retail: $122.57 million versus $157.82 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Hormel have returned +2.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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