For the quarter ended October 2025, Hormel Foods (HRL) reported revenue of $3.19 billion, up 1.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.32, compared to $0.42 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.55% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.2 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.30, the EPS surprise was +6.67%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
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: $1.92 billion versus $1.95 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +0.8% change.
- Net Sales- International: $174.65 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $188.17 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -5.6%.
- Net Sales- Foodservice: $1.09 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $1.07 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +4%.
- Segment Profit- Foodservice: $134.4 million versus $123.02 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Segment Profit- International: $-138.61 million compared to the $21.78 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Segment Profit- Retail: $46.4 million versus $103.48 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Hormel have returned +8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.1% 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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