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Hormel Foods (BSP:H1RL34) Interest Coverage : 10.90 (As of Jan. 2025)


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What is Hormel Foods Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Hormel Foods's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was R$1,276 Mil. Hormel Foods's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was R$-117 Mil. Hormel Foods's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 10.90. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Hormel Foods's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:H1RL34' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.71   Med: 46.75   Max: 99.93
Current: 11.71


BSP:H1RL34's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
54.89% of 1472 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.76 vs BSP:H1RL34: 11.71

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Hormel Foods Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hormel Foods's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Hormel Foods Interest Coverage Chart

Hormel Foods Annual Data
Trend Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 50.53 24.82 20.56 14.41 12.57

Hormel Foods Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 14.64 10.94 10.66 14.55 10.90

Competitive Comparison of Hormel Foods's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Hormel Foods's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Hormel Foods's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hormel Foods's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Hormel Foods Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Hormel Foods's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2024, Hormel Foods's Interest Expense was R$-455 Mil. Its Operating Income was R$5,723 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$16,045 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Oct. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Oct. 2024 )
=-1*5722.595/-455.255
=12.57

Hormel Foods's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2025, Hormel Foods's Interest Expense was R$-117 Mil. Its Operating Income was R$1,276 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$17,132 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2025 )
=-1*1275.627/-116.984
=10.90

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Hormel Foods  (BSP:H1RL34) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Hormel Foods Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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 US retail (62% of fiscal 2024 sales), US food service (32%), and international (6%). By product, 72% of fiscal 2024 sales were from perishable food and 28% from shelf-stable. 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.

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