Hormel Foods Valuation

Is HO7 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HO7 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HO7 (€32.63) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€42.2)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HO7 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HO7?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

HO7 key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA16.5x
PEG Ratio2.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HO7's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HO7 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average30.3x
SZU Südzucker
4.3x-45.2%€2.7b
SSH Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke
20.1xn/a€651.5m
NLM FRoSTA
13.6xn/a€463.3m
SMB Schwälbchen Molkerei Jakob Berz
83.3xn/a€55.9m
HO7 Hormel Foods
24.2x8.8%€19.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HO7 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.2x) compared to the peer average (30.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HO7's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Food Industry?

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Industry Avg.n/a10.0%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HO7 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.2x) compared to the European Food industry average (15.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HO7's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HO7 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio24.2x
Fair PE Ratio29.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HO7 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HO7 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€32.63
€29.52
-9.5%
7.1%€32.63€26.10n/a9
Apr ’25€31.60
€28.96
-8.4%
6.8%€32.00€25.60n/a10
Mar ’25€30.93
€29.38
-5.0%
6.9%€32.30€25.84n/a10
Feb ’25€28.12
€28.00
-0.4%
8.1%€30.73€23.92n/a10
Jan ’25€28.94
€28.43
-1.8%
7.1%€31.03€24.15n/a9
Dec ’24€28.40
€28.78
+1.3%
11.5%€36.66€23.89n/a9
Nov ’24€30.78
€33.01
+7.2%
12.2%€39.75€27.45n/a9
Oct ’24€36.23
€36.03
-0.6%
7.3%€39.14€30.76n/a9
Sep ’24€35.54
€36.52
+2.8%
8.7%€41.87€30.63n/a9
Aug ’24€37.47
€36.57
-2.4%
8.6%€40.11€30.24n/a9
Jul ’24€36.76
€37.41
+1.8%
7.8%€41.14€31.93n/a9
Jun ’24€37.63
€38.27
+1.7%
9.9%€45.45€32.53n/a8
May ’24€36.72
€37.87
+3.1%
10.3%€44.57€31.90€32.978
Apr ’24€36.23
€39.12
+8.0%
9.8%€45.99€32.92€31.609
Mar ’24€41.28
€41.61
+0.8%
9.6%€47.93€34.56€30.9310
Feb ’24€41.66
€41.61
-0.1%
9.6%€47.93€34.56€28.1210
Jan ’24€42.61
€42.69
+0.2%
9.8%€49.06€35.38€28.9410
Dec ’23€44.69
€42.99
-3.8%
9.8%€49.40€35.63€28.4010
Nov ’23€46.84
€46.08
-1.6%
9.9%€52.84€38.10€30.7810
Oct ’23€46.60
€45.52
-2.3%
9.2%€51.96€37.47€36.2310
Sep ’23€47.35
€45.08
-4.8%
8.5%€50.27€37.70€35.549
Aug ’23€48.32
€45.29
-6.3%
8.5%€49.72€37.29€37.4710
Jul ’23€44.89
€42.49
-5.3%
8.5%€46.64€34.98€36.7610
Jun ’23€45.41
€44.10
-2.9%
7.8%€47.78€35.83€37.6310
May ’23€50.78
€42.36
-16.6%
8.1%€45.94€34.00€36.7210

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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