Hormel Foods 10-Q 2025-04-27

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended April 27, 2025

or

For the transition period from _______________ to _______________

Commission File Number: 1-2402

HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(507) 437-5611

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

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See Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

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See Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

The Company is a global manufacturer and marketer of branded food products. The Company’s three reportable segments, Retail, Foodservice, and International, are described in Note N - Segment Reporting in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

The Company reported diluted earnings per share of $0.33 for the second quarter of fiscal 2025, down 3 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted diluted earnings per share(1) was $0.35. Significant factors impacting the quarter are listed below. All comparisons are to the same period of the prior year unless otherwise noted.

• Net sales for the second quarter were comparable to the prior year. Organic net sales(1) increased 1 percent with growth from the Foodservice and International segments and comparable net sales in the Retail segment.

• Total segment profit for the second quarter decreased 3 percent. Segment profit growth in the Retail segment was more than offset by declines in segment profit for each of the Foodservice and International segments.

• Retail segment profit grew in the second quarter primarily due to benefits from operational efficiencies as part of the Transform and Modernize (T&M) initiative and favorable selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses.

• Foodservice segment profit decreased in the second quarter, as higher net sales were more than offset by margin pressures, primarily in non-core businesses.

• International segment profit declined in the second quarter, as meaningful net sales growth was primarily offset by a shift in export customer mix and softness in Brazil.

• Earnings before income taxes for the second quarter decreased 6 percent, as the benefits from higher net sales and lower SG&A expenses were more than offset by higher cost of products sold and lower interest and investment income compared to the prior period. Adjusted earnings before income taxes(1) decreased 8 percent.

• The pre-tax impact of non-recurring expenses related to the Company’s T&M initiative in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 was $16.6 million, most of which was recorded in SG&A.

• Cash flow from operations was $366 million for the first six months of fiscal 2025, a 43 percent decrease from the comparable period of the prior year. The decline in cash flow from operations was primarily due to an inventory build in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 in advance of the important summer selling season.

Changes in global trade policies, including recently announced tariffs and retaliatory tariffs, did not have a material impact on our results of operations during the second quarter or first six months of fiscal 2025. The Company continues to monitor and evaluate the impact of proposed and enacted tariffs, including proposed and enacted retaliatory tariffs, and other trade restrictions, as well as our ability to mitigate their impacts, which remains uncertain.

Consolidated Results

Volume, Net Sales, Earnings, and Diluted Earnings Per Share

(1) See the “Non-GAAP Measures” section below for a description of the Company’s use of measures not defined by United States (U.S.) Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Volume and Net Sales

Net sales increased and volume decreased for the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2025 compared to the prior year.

For the second quarter of fiscal 2025, net sales increased in each of the Foodservice and International segments and were comparable in the Retail segment. Organic net sales(1) growth was broad-based in the Foodservice segment, with notable contributions from the customized solutions business and the turkey portfolio. The International segment drove net sales performance through exports and robust growth in the China market. Within the Retail segment, the Mexican portfolio and value-added turkey products each delivered high-single-digit growth, which was primarily offset by the impacts of promotional timing.

For the first six months of fiscal 2025, net sales increased in each of the Foodservice and International segments and decreased in the Retail segment. The Foodservice segment led the Company's overall organic net sales(1) growth through the customized solutions business, the turkey portfolio, and premium prepared proteins. In the International segment, the China market and exports were the largest contributors to top-line performance. For the Retail segment, growth from value-added turkey, Applegate**®** natural and organic meats, the Mexican portfolio, and the SPAM**®** family of products was primarily offset by declines in branded and private label deli meats.

For the second quarter of fiscal 2025, volume growth in the International segment was more than offset by volume declines in the Retail and Foodservice segments. For the first six months of fiscal 2025, organic volume(1) in the Foodservice segment was comparable to the prior year. Volume increased in the International segment and declined in the Retail segment for the first six months of fiscal 2025.

In the third quarter of fiscal 2025, the Company expects net sales growth from each of its segments compared to the prior year.

Cost of Products Sold

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The Company is exposed to various forms of market risk as a part of its ongoing business practices including commodity price risk, interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, investment risk, and credit risk, among others.

Commodity Price Risk: The Company is subject to commodity price risk through grain, lean hog, natural gas, and diesel fuel markets. To reduce these exposures and offset the fluctuations caused by changes in market conditions, the Company employs hedging programs. These programs utilize futures, swaps, and options contracts and are accounted for as cash flow hedges. The fair value of the Company’s cash flow commodity contracts as of April 27, 2025 was $7.8 million compared to $(5.9) million as of October 27, 2024. The Company measures its market risk exposure on its cash flow commodity contracts using a sensitivity analysis, which considers a hypothetical 10 percent change in the market prices. A 10 percent decrease in the market price would have negatively impacted the fair value of the Company’s cash flow commodity contracts as of April 27, 2025 by $29.2 million, which in turn would have lowered the Company’s future cost on purchased commodities by a similar amount.

Interest Rate Risk: The Company is subject to interest rate risk primarily from changes in fair value of long-term fixed rate debt. The Company’s long-term debt had a fair value of $2.5 billion as of April 27, 2025, and October 27, 2024. The Company measures its market risk exposure of long-term fixed rate debt using a sensitivity analysis, which considers a 10 percent change in interest rates. A 10 percent decrease in interest rates would have positively impacted the fair value of the Company’s long-term debt as of April 27, 2025 by $68.0 million. A 10 percent increase would have negatively impacted the long-term debt by $63.2 million.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk: The fair values of certain Company assets are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company’s net asset position in foreign currencies was $1.2 billion as of April 27, 2025, and October 27, 2024, with most of the exposure existing in Chinese yuan, Indonesian rupiah, and Brazilian real. The Company currently does not use market risk sensitive instruments to manage this risk.

Investment Risk: The Company has corporate-owned life insurance policies classified as trading securities as part of a rabbi trust to fund certain supplemental executive retirement plans and deferred income plans. As of April 27, 2025, the balance of these securities totaled $208.6 million compared to $209.7 million as of October 27, 2024. The rabbi trust is invested primarily in fixed income funds. The Company is subject to market risk due to fluctuations in the value of the remaining investments as unrealized gains and losses associated with these securities are included in the Company’s net earnings on a mark-to-market basis. A 10 percent decline in the value of the investments not held in fixed income funds would have negatively impacted the Company’s pre-tax earnings by approximately $10.1 million, while a 10 percent increase in value would have a positive impact of the same amount.

Concentration of Credit Risk: The Company is exposed to credit risk from its customers. The Company regularly assesses the credit worthiness of its customers. As of April 27, 2025, and October 27, 2024, one customer accounted for more than 10% of net accounts receivable.

(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

As of the end of the period covered by this report (the Evaluation Date), the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)). In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded, as of the Evaluation Date, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance the information the Company is required to disclose in

reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

The Company is in the midst of a multi-year transformation project to achieve better analytics, customer service, and process efficiencies through the use of Oracle Cloud Solutions. During fiscal 2024, the Company began implementing the order-to-cash phase at certain business locations. Additional implementations are expected to continue over the next several years. Emphasis has been on the maintenance of effective internal controls and assessment of the design and operating effectiveness of key control activities throughout each development and deployment phase.

With the exception of the order-to-cash implementation described above, there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Information regarding legal proceedings is available in Note J - Commitments and Contingencies of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Company’s business, operations, and financial condition are subject to various risks and uncertainties. There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 27, 2024.

Item 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

There were no issuer purchases of equity securities in the quarter ended April 27, 2025. On January 29, 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock with no expiration date. On January 26, 2016, the Board of Directors approved a two-for-one split of the Company’s common stock to be effective January 27, 2016. As part of the stock split resolution, the number of shares remaining to be repurchased was adjusted proportionately. As of April 27, 2025, the maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the repurchase plans or programs is 3,677,494.

Item 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

None.

During the fiscal quarter ended April 27, 2025, no director or officer of the Company adopted, modified, or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as the terms are defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.