Hormel Foods vs Post
HRL and POST 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 POST compare
Hormel Foods is the larger company, worth 3.4 times as much as Post ($12.1B against $3.6B).
On earnings, Post is cheaper: it trades at 15.2× trailing earnings, against 34.8× for Hormel Foods.
Post grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.2% versus 0.73% for Hormel Foods).
Post keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.5% compared with 2.8% at Hormel Foods.
Hormel Foods pays a dividend yielding 5.3%; Post does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | HRL | POST |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $12.1B | $3.6B |
| Share price | $21.95 | $81.83 |
| Change, 1 year | −0.90% | −23.3% |
| Change, 5 years | −48.5% | −19.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.18 | 0.35 |
| Employees | 20K | 13K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 13 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 34.8× | 15.2× (better) |
| P/S | 1.0× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 1.5× | 1.2× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.7× | 8.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | 15.5× | 6.5× (better) |
| FCF yield | 6.5% | 15.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $18.27 | $157.36 |
| Margin of safety | −20.2% | 48.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 0.73% | 6.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.7% | 11.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −54.6% | −20.0% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −54.0% | −7.5% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −12.1% | 253% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 15.7% | 28.8% (better) |
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 9.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 3.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | 6.4% | 6.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | 4.3% | 8.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 3.7% | 5.8% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.36 (better) | 2.48 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.35 (better) | 5.34 |
| Interest coverage | 7.3× (better) | 1.9× |
| Current ratio | 1.88 (better) | 1.85 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.32 (better) | 1.43 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 5.3% | – |
| Payout ratio | 187% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.5% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 33.1% |
| Shareholder yield | 5.3% | 33.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 43.8% | 103% |
| Held by insiders | 0.54% | 16.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$616K (better) | −$33.9M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.2% | 14.1% |
Go deeper
- HRL stock overview
- HRL income statement
- HRL valuation and score
- POST stock overview
- POST income statement
- POST valuation and score
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