Hormel Foods (HRL) Dividend History

DivTrkr holds 160 recorded HRL dividend payments, running from January 16, 1987 to July 13, 2026 — 40 calendar years. Together those payments total $14.05 per share. HRL has most often paid quarterly.

HRL has increased its payment rate for 38 consecutive complete years.

Over the last five complete years the HRL payment rate compounded at +4.5% a year, and +8.8% a year over the last ten. That is what the payments actually did; it is not a forecast.

Across 40 years of recorded history, HRL's payment rate has never fallen materially from one complete year to the next.

HRL dividends by year

YearTotal paid per sharePaymentsMedian paymentGrowth
2025$1.164$0.290+2.5%
2024$1.134$0.283+2.9%
2023$1.104$0.275+5.8%
2022$1.044$0.260+6.1%
2021$0.9804$0.245+5.2%
2020$0.9324$0.233+11.0%
2019$0.8404$0.210+11.7%
2018$0.7524$0.188+10.6%
2017$0.6804$0.170+17.2%
2016$0.5804$0.145+16.0%
2015$0.5004$0.125+25.0%
2014$0.4004$0.100+17.6%
2013$0.3404$0.0850+13.3%
2012$0.3004$0.0750+17.2%
2011$0.2564$0.0640+21.9%
2010$0.2104$0.0525+10.5%
2009$0.1904$0.0475+2.7%
2008$0.1854$0.0462+23.3%
2007$0.1504$0.0375+7.1%
2006$0.1404$0.0350+7.7%
2005$0.1304$0.0325+15.0%
2004$0.1134$0.0283+7.6%
2003$0.1054$0.0262+7.1%
2002$0.09804$0.0245+5.4%
2001$0.07554$0.0232+5.7%
2000$0.08794$0.0220+6.7%
1999$0.08254$0.0206+3.1%
1998$0.08004$0.0200+3.2%
1997$0.07754$0.0194+3.3%
1996$0.07504$0.0187+5.3%
1995$0.07134$0.0178+14.0%
1994$0.06254$0.0156+13.6%
1993$0.05504$0.0138+22.2%
1992$0.04504$0.0112+20.0%
1991$0.03754$0.0094+15.4%
1990$0.03254$0.0081+18.2%
1989$0.02754$0.0069
1988$0.02625 (timing)$0.0056
1987$0.01884$0.0047

How this growth is measured

Year-over-year growth here compares each year's median payment with the year before, not the calendar-year total. Ex-dividend dates drift, so a quarterly payer can book five ex-dates in one calendar year and four in the next. Comparing raw yearly totals would show a phantom cut of around 25% in a year where the company did nothing but pay slightly earlier. Using the median payment removes that distortion, and also ignores one-off special dividends.

Years marked “timing” booked a different number of payments than HRL's usual cadence, so their total is not directly comparable with neighbouring years.

Recent HRL dividend payments

Ex-dividend dateAmount per share
July 13, 2026$0.293
April 13, 2026$0.293
January 12, 2026$0.293
October 14, 2025$0.290
July 14, 2025$0.290
April 14, 2025$0.290
January 13, 2025$0.290
October 15, 2024$0.283
July 15, 2024$0.283
April 12, 2024$0.283
January 12, 2024$0.283
October 13, 2023$0.275
July 14, 2023$0.275
April 14, 2023$0.275
January 13, 2023$0.275
October 14, 2022$0.260
July 8, 2022$0.260
April 8, 2022$0.260
January 14, 2022$0.260
October 15, 2021$0.245
July 9, 2021$0.245
April 9, 2021$0.245
January 8, 2021$0.245
October 16, 2020$0.233
July 10, 2020$0.233
April 9, 2020$0.233
January 10, 2020$0.233
October 18, 2019$0.210
July 12, 2019$0.210
April 12, 2019$0.210
January 11, 2019$0.210
October 19, 2018$0.188
July 13, 2018$0.188
April 13, 2018$0.188
January 11, 2018$0.188
October 20, 2017$0.170
July 13, 2017$0.170
April 13, 2017$0.170
January 12, 2017$0.170
October 20, 2016$0.145
July 14, 2016$0.145
April 14, 2016$0.145
January 14, 2016$0.145
October 15, 2015$0.125
July 16, 2015$0.125
April 16, 2015$0.125
January 15, 2015$0.125
October 16, 2014$0.100
July 17, 2014$0.100
April 16, 2014$0.100
January 17, 2014$0.100
October 17, 2013$0.0850
July 18, 2013$0.0850
April 18, 2013$0.0850
January 17, 2013$0.0850
October 18, 2012$0.0750
July 19, 2012$0.0750
April 19, 2012$0.0750
January 19, 2012$0.0750
October 19, 2011$0.0640

Showing the 60 most recent of 160 recorded payments. The full log is on the page.

HRL dividend history questions

How many dividends has HRL paid?

DivTrkr has 160 recorded HRL dividend payments between January 16, 1987 and July 13, 2026, totalling $14.05 per share across 40 calendar years.

Has HRL ever cut its dividend?

Not in the history DivTrkr holds. Across 40 years of recorded payments the per-payment rate has never fallen by a material amount from one complete year to the next.

How fast is the HRL dividend growing?

The HRL payment rate compounded at +4.5% a year over the last five complete years and +8.8% a year over the last ten.

How often does HRL pay a dividend?

HRL has most often paid quarterly — 4 payments a year. Individual years can show a different count when an ex-date drifts across a year boundary.

See the current HRL dividend yield and next ex-dividend date, or track HRL free with DivTrkr to see what this history pays on your own share count.