Hormel Foods dividend history

Hormel Foods's dividend was $1.16 a share in fiscal 2025, up 2.7% on the year before. That was 132.4% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2009, as far back as our figures go.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

Dividends (TTM): $641M
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $12.3M
Diluted share count: +0.1%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 5.4%; dividends 5.4% + buybacks 0.0% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 187%; of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending: 9.1%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 21 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Hormel Foods: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Oct 2009	2010Oct 2010	2011Oct 2011	2012Oct 2012	2013Oct 2013	2014Oct 2014	2015Oct 2015	2016Oct 2016	2017Oct 2017	2018Oct 2018	2019Oct 2019	2020Oct 2020	2021Oct 2021	2022Oct 2022	2023Oct 2023	2024Oct 2024	2025Oct 2025	LTMJul 2026
Dividend per share	$0.190	$0.210	$0.255	$0.300	$0.340	$0.400	$0.500	$0.580	$0.680	$0.750	$0.840	$0.930	$0.980	$1.04	$1.10	$1.13	$1.16	—
Dividend per share growth	—	+10.5%	+21.4%	+17.6%	+13.3%	+17.6%	+25.0%	+16.0%	+17.2%	+10.3%	+12.0%	+10.7%	+5.4%	+6.1%	+5.8%	+2.7%	+2.7%	—
Dividends paid	101	109	130	152	174	203	251	296	346	388	437	487	523	558	593	615	633	641
Share buybacks	38	70	153	61	71	59	25	88	94	47	174	12	20	0	12	0	0	—
Dividends ÷ net income	29.6%	27.6%	27.4%	30.4%	33.1%	33.7%	36.6%	33.3%	40.9%	38.3%	44.7%	53.7%	57.6%	55.8%	74.7%	76.4%	132.4%	187.0%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	22.0%	27.6%	33.0%	39.5%	32.8%	34.6%	29.6%	37.8%	42.6%	45.5%	69.5%	64.1%	68.0%	65.2%	76.2%	60.9%	118.5%	82.1%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

Recent dividend announcements

September 29, 2026 Hormel Foods Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend Source

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Figures from Hormel Foods's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Hormel Foods.