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HRL Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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HRL
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HRL Dividend answer
HRL (HRL) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 5.50%, or $1.17 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 5.50%, from $1.17 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.2925 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Oct 13, 2026. Payment date: Nov 16, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $0.2925 per share.
HRL Dividend Snapshot
Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next HRL Dividend Date
When HRL next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next HRL dividend
HRL's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest HRL Dividend Dates
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HRL Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
HRL Annual Dividend History
HRL Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.2925, event yield 6.06%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 4.52%
- Cohort rank
- #266
- Cohort standing
- Bottom half
- Consumer Defensive rank
- #17
- 2020 regular DPS
- $0.930
- 2025 regular DPS
- $1.160
- Absolute change
- $0.230
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
HRL's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 4.52% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #266 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
HRL Dividend Yield
How HRL's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
HRL's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent HRL dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.2925 | $0.2925 | 6.06% | Quarterly | $1.17 | Sep 28, 2026 | Oct 13, 2026 | Nov 16, 2026 |
| Jul 13, 2026 | $0.2925 | $0.2925 | 4.77% | Quarterly | $1.17 | May 18, 2026 | Jul 13, 2026 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Apr 13, 2026 | $0.2925 | $0.2925 | 5.69% | Quarterly | $1.17 | Mar 23, 2026 | Apr 13, 2026 | May 15, 2026 |
| Jan 12, 2026 | $0.2925 | $0.2925 | 5.09% | Quarterly | $1.16 | Nov 24, 2025 | Jan 12, 2026 | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Oct 14, 2025 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 4.85% | Quarterly | $1.16 | Sep 22, 2025 | Oct 14, 2025 | Nov 17, 2025 |
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| Jul 14, 2025 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 3.87% | Quarterly | $1.15 | May 19, 2025 | Jul 14, 2025 | Aug 15, 2025 |
| Apr 14, 2025 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 3.75% | Quarterly | $1.15 | Mar 24, 2025 | Apr 14, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
| Jan 13, 2025 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 3.76% | Quarterly | $1.14 | Nov 25, 2024 | Jan 13, 2025 | Feb 18, 2025 |
| Oct 15, 2024 | $0.2825 | $0.2825 | 3.63% | Quarterly | $1.13 | Sep 23, 2024 | Oct 15, 2024 | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Jul 15, 2024 | $0.2825 | $0.2825 | 3.67% | Quarterly | $1.12 | May 20, 2024 | Jul 15, 2024 | Aug 15, 2024 |
| Apr 12, 2024 | $0.2825 | $0.2825 | 3.29% | Quarterly | $1.12 | Mar 25, 2024 | Apr 15, 2024 | May 15, 2024 |
| Jan 12, 2024 | $0.2825 | $0.2825 | 3.48% | Quarterly | $1.11 | Nov 20, 2023 | Jan 16, 2024 | Feb 15, 2024 |
| Oct 13, 2023 | $0.275 | $0.275 | 3.44% | Quarterly | $1.10 | Sep 25, 2023 | Oct 16, 2023 | Nov 15, 2023 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | $0.275 | $0.275 | 2.70% | Quarterly | $1.09 | May 22, 2023 | Jul 17, 2023 | Aug 15, 2023 |
| Apr 14, 2023 | $0.275 | $0.275 | 2.73% | Quarterly | $1.07 | Mar 27, 2023 | Apr 17, 2023 | May 15, 2023 |
| Jan 13, 2023 | $0.275 | $0.275 | 2.29% | Quarterly | $1.06 | Nov 21, 2022 | Jan 17, 2023 | Feb 15, 2023 |
| Oct 14, 2022 | $0.26 | $0.26 | 2.32% | Quarterly | $1.04 | Sep 26, 2022 | Oct 17, 2022 | Nov 15, 2022 |
| Jul 8, 2022 | $0.26 | $0.26 | 2.16% | Quarterly | $1.03 | May 23, 2022 | Jul 11, 2022 | Aug 15, 2022 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | $0.26 | $0.26 | 1.92% | Quarterly | $1.01 | Mar 28, 2022 | Apr 11, 2022 | May 16, 2022 |
| Jan 14, 2022 | $0.26 | $0.26 | 2.03% | Quarterly | $0.995 | Nov 22, 2021 | Jan 18, 2022 | Feb 15, 2022 |
| Oct 15, 2021 | $0.245 | $0.245 | 2.30% | Quarterly | $0.98 | Sep 27, 2021 | Oct 18, 2021 | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Jul 9, 2021 | $0.245 | $0.245 | 2.04% | Quarterly | $0.9675 | May 24, 2021 | Jul 12, 2021 | Aug 16, 2021 |
| Apr 9, 2021 | $0.245 | $0.245 | 2.06% | Quarterly | $0.955 | Mar 22, 2021 | Apr 12, 2021 | May 17, 2021 |
| Jan 8, 2021 | $0.245 | $0.245 | 2.07% | Quarterly | $0.9425 | Nov 23, 2020 | Jan 11, 2021 | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Oct 16, 2020 | $0.2325 | $0.2325 | 1.88% | Quarterly | $0.93 | Sep 29, 2020 | Oct 19, 2020 | Nov 16, 2020 |
| Jul 10, 2020 | $0.2325 | $0.2325 | 1.88% | Quarterly | $0.9075 | May 18, 2020 | Jul 13, 2020 | Aug 17, 2020 |
| Apr 9, 2020 | $0.2325 | $0.2325 | 1.86% | Quarterly | $0.885 | Mar 23, 2020 | Apr 13, 2020 | May 15, 2020 |
| Jan 10, 2020 | $0.2325 | $0.2325 | 1.92% | Quarterly | $0.8625 | Nov 25, 2019 | Jan 13, 2020 | Feb 18, 2020 |
| Oct 18, 2019 | $0.21 | $0.21 | 2.06% | Quarterly | $0.84 | Sep 23, 2019 | Oct 21, 2019 | Nov 15, 2019 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | $0.21 | $0.21 | 1.99% | Quarterly | $0.8175 | May 21, 2019 | Jul 15, 2019 | Aug 15, 2019 |
| Apr 12, 2019 | $0.21 | $0.21 | 1.93% | Quarterly | $0.795 | Mar 25, 2019 | Apr 15, 2019 | May 15, 2019 |
| Jan 11, 2019 | $0.21 | $0.21 | 1.82% | Quarterly | $0.7725 | Nov 19, 2018 | Jan 14, 2019 | Feb 15, 2019 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | $0.1875 | $0.1875 | 1.80% | Quarterly | $0.75 | Sep 24, 2018 | Oct 22, 2018 | Nov 15, 2018 |
| Jul 13, 2018 | $0.1875 | $0.1875 | 1.95% | Quarterly | $0.7325 | May 21, 2018 | Jul 16, 2018 | Aug 15, 2018 |
| Apr 13, 2018 | $0.1875 | $0.1875 | 2.04% | Quarterly | $0.715 | Mar 26, 2018 | Apr 16, 2018 | May 15, 2018 |
| Jan 11, 2018 | $0.1875 | $0.1875 | 2.03% | Quarterly | $0.6975 | Nov 20, 2017 | Jan 15, 2018 | Feb 15, 2018 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | $0.17 | $0.17 | 2.21% | Quarterly | $0.68 | Sep 25, 2017 | Oct 23, 2017 | Nov 15, 2017 |
| Jul 13, 2017 | $0.17 | $0.17 | 2.00% | Quarterly | — | May 23, 2017 | Jul 17, 2017 | Aug 15, 2017 |
| Apr 13, 2017 | $0.17 | $0.17 | 1.85% | Quarterly | — | Mar 28, 2017 | Apr 18, 2017 | May 15, 2017 |
| Jan 12, 2017 | $0.17 | $0.17 | 1.71% | Quarterly | — | Nov 21, 2016 | Jan 17, 2017 | Feb 15, 2017 |
| Oct 20, 2016 | $0.145 | $0.145 | 1.54% | Quarterly | — | Sep 26, 2016 | Oct 24, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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HRL Dividends FAQ
Does HRL pay a dividend?
HRL (HRL) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.29 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is HRL's dividend yield?
HRL's trailing dividend yield is 5.50%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is HRL's next dividend?
HRL's next announced dividend is $0.29 per share with an ex-dividend date of Oct 13, 2026 and payment date of Nov 16, 2026.
When is HRL's ex-dividend date?
HRL's next announced ex-dividend date is Oct 13, 2026.
How has HRL's dividend changed?
HRL's one-year dividend growth is 0.86% based on comparable covered dividend history.