Hormel Foods vs McCormick
HRL and MKC 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 MKC compare
Hormel Foods and McCormick are about the same size, with market caps of $12.2B and $12.6B.
On earnings, McCormick is cheaper: it trades at 8.5× trailing earnings, against 35.1× for Hormel Foods.
McCormick grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.2% versus 0.73% for Hormel Foods).
McCormick keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 19.4% compared with 2.8% at Hormel Foods.
Both pay dividends: Hormel Foods yields 5.3% and McCormick 4.1%.
McCormick scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 13 for Hormel Foods), 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 | MKC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $12.2B | $12.6B |
| Share price | $22.09 | $46.96 |
| Change, 1 year | −0.81% | −28.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −48.2% | −44.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.19 | 0.40 |
| Employees | 20K | 14K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 21 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 5 | 5 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 35.1× | 8.5× (better) |
| P/S | 1.0× (better) | 1.6× |
| P/B | 1.5× (better) | 1.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.7× | 13.7× (better) |
| P/FCF | 15.6× | 13.6× (better) |
| PEG | – | 1.65 |
| FCF yield | 6.4% | 7.3% (better) |
| Fair value | $18.08 | $90.11 |
| Margin of safety | −22.2% | 47.9% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 0.73% | 13.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.7% (better) | 4.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −54.6% | 91.6% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −54.0% | 91.3% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −12.1% | 1.1% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 15.7% | 39.1% (better) |
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 13.4% (better) |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 19.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | 6.4% | 12.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | 4.3% | 23.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 3.7% | 6.9% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.36 (better) | 0.72 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.35 (better) | 3.59 |
| Interest coverage | 7.3× (better) | 4.6× |
| Current ratio | 1.88 (better) | 0.66 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.33 (better) | 1.80 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 5.3% (better) | 4.1% |
| Payout ratio | 187% | 34.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 | 16 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.5% | 7.7% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.13% |
| Shareholder yield | 5.3% (better) | 4.2% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 43.8% | 89.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.54% | 1.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$616K (better) | −$18.6M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.2% | – |
Go deeper
- HRL stock overview
- HRL income statement
- HRL valuation and score
- MKC stock overview
- MKC income statement
- MKC valuation and score
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