Hormel Foods vs JBS
HRL and JBS side by side, both in food and kindred products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How HRL and JBS compare
JBS grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.4% versus 0.73% for Hormel Foods).
Hormel Foods keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.8% compared with 1.2% at JBS.
Hormel Foods pays a dividend yielding 5.5%; JBS does not pay one.
Hormel Foods scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 3 for JBS), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | HRL | JBS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $11.7B | – |
| Share price | $21.28 | $12.49 |
| Change, 1 year | −0.98% | −4.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −50.8% | −11.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.19 | 0.47 |
| Employees | 20K | 283K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 1 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 33.8× | – |
| P/S | 1.0× | – |
| P/B | 1.5× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.2× | – |
| P/FCF | 15.0× | – |
| FCF yield | 6.7% | – |
| Fair value | $18.11 | – |
| Margin of safety | −17.5% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 0.73% | 13.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.7% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −54.6% | −47.8% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −54.0% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −12.1% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 15.7% (better) | 11.8% |
| Operating margin | 4.7% (better) | 3.6% |
| Net margin | 2.8% (better) | 1.2% |
| FCF margin | 6.4% (better) | 0.52% |
| Return on equity | 4.3% | 14.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 3.7% | 8.8% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.36 (better) | 5.51 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.35 (better) | 7.32 |
| Interest coverage | 7.3× (better) | 1.3× |
| Current ratio | 1.88 (better) | 1.53 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.28 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 5.5% | – |
| Payout ratio | 187% | 93.2% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.5% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 5.5% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 43.8% | 0.04% |
| Held by insiders | 0.52% | 0.07% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$817K (better) | −$2.5M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.2% | 0.00% |
Go deeper
- HRL stock overview
- HRL income statement
- HRL valuation and score
- JBS stock overview
- JBS income statement
- JBS valuation and score
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