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Hormel Foods (Hormel Foods) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 5.75% (As of Jan. 2024)
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Hormel Foods's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $18,964 Mil. Hormel Foods's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $1,091 Mil. Hormel Foods's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 5.75%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Hormel Foods's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

HRL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.79   Med: 5.53   Max: 8.29
Current: 5.16

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Hormel Foods was 8.29%. The lowest was 3.79%. And the median was 5.53%.

HRL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
50.8% of 1941 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 5.03 vs HRL: 5.16

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Hormel Foods's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 6.07%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Hormel Foods Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hormel Foods's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Hormel Foods Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.73 4.39 4.56 4.84 5.34

Hormel Foods Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.80 5.15 4.80 5.34 5.75

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Hormel Foods's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Hormel Foods Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Hormel Foods's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hormel Foods's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Hormel Foods Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Hormel Foodss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1086.874/20351.94945
=5.34 %

Hormel Foods's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,091 Mil.



Hormel Foods  (NYSE:HRL) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Hormel Foods (Hormel Foods) Business Description

Address
1 Hormel Place, Austin, MN, USA, 55912-3680
Historically meat-focused, Hormel Foods broadened its lineup to include other protein offerings and become a branded food company. The firm sells its wares through multiple channels, including U.S. retail (64% of fiscal 2023 sales), U.S. food service (30%), and international (6%). By product, 53% of fiscal 2022 sales were from perishable food, 27% from shelf-stable, 17% from poultry, and 3% from other products. Major brands include Hormel, Spam, Jennie-O, Columbus, Applegate, Planters, and Skippy. Many of these hold the number one or two market share in their respective categories.
Executives
Susan K Nestegard director AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD., 2 BETHESDA METRO, 14TH FLOOR, BETHESDA MD 20814
Kevin L Myers officer: Vice President 1 HORMEL PLACE, AUSTIN MN 55912
Deanna T Brady officer: Vice President 1 HORMEL STREET, AUSTIN MN 55912
Elsa A Murano director 1 HORMEL PLACE, AUSTIN MN 55912-3680
Pierre M Lilly officer: SVP & Chief Compliance Officer 1 HORMEL PLACE, AUSTIN MN 55912
Mark J Ourada officer: Group Vice President 1 HORMEL PLACE, AUSTIN MN 55912
Mark A Coffey officer: Vice President 1 HORMEL PLACE, AUSTIN MN 55912
Prado Becerra Jose Luis director 50 S. LASALLE STREET, CHICAGO IL 60603
Ray G Young director 77 WEST WACKER DR., SUITE 4600, CHICAGO IL 60601
Michael Paul Zechmeister director C/O UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC., 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Patrick J Connor officer: Vice President 1 HORMEL PLACE, AUSTIN MN 55912
James P Snee officer: Vice President 1 HORMEL PLACE, AUSTIN MN 55912
Katherine M Losness-larson officer: Senior Vice President 1 HORMEL PLACE, AUSTIN MN 55912
Florence Makope officer: Vice President and Treasurer 1 HORMEL PLACE, AUSTIN MN 55912
Christopher J. Policinski director 4001 LEXINGTON AVENUE N., ARDEN HILLS MN 55126

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