Code Snippets
curl "https://financialdata.net/api/v1/key-metrics?identifier=HRL&key=API_KEY"import requests
url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/key-metrics?identifier=HRL&key=API_KEY'
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())
const url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/key-metrics?identifier=HRL&key=API_KEY';
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Sample Response
[
{
"trading_symbol": "HRL",
"central_index_key": "0000048465",
"registrant_name": "HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/",
"fiscal_year": "2025",
"period_end_date": "2025-10-26",
"earnings_per_share": 0.87,
"earnings_per_share_forecast": 1.48,
"price_to_earnings_ratio": 27.2873563218391,
"forward_price_to_earnings_ratio": 16.0405405405405,
"earnings_growth_rate": -40.8163265306122,
"price_earnings_to_growth_ratio": -0.668540229885057,
"book_value_per_share": 14.3614831213965,
"price_to_book_ratio": 1.65303261503896,
"ebitda": 1003636000.0,
"enterprise_value": 15247638360.0,
"dividend_yield": 0.048831958306411,
"dividend_payout_ratio": 1.33373693268674,
"debt_to_equity_ratio": 0.361645634552144,
"capital_expenditures": 307943000.0,
"free_cash_flow": 537308000.0,
"return_on_equity": 0.0605222947332743,
"one_year_beta": 0.0879711274826781,
"three_year_beta": 0.161992345788364,
"five_year_beta": 0.169697195410615
},
...
]Query Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| identifier | string | The trading symbol for a security, or the central index key (CIK). The latter is assigned to the entity by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. (e.g., MSFT, 0000789019) |
| format | string | (Optional) The format of the returned data, either JSON or CSV. Defaults to JSON. (e.g., json, csv) |
Endpoint Overview
The API endpoint returns key financial metrics such as price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book ratio, free cash flow, etc. This information is particularly important for value investors looking to identify undervalued stocks. Data is available for several thousand US and international companies.
Company Profile
HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/
NYSE: HRL- Market Cap:$8.64B
- ISIN:US4404521001
- Fiscal Year End:10/25
- CEO:Jeff Ettinger
- Employees:20000
Hormel Foods Corporation, doing business as Hormel Foods or simply Hormel, is an American multinational food processing company founded in 1891 in Austin, Minnesota, by George A. Hormel as George A. Hormel & Company. The company originally focused on the packaging and selling of ham, sausage and other pork, chicken, beef and lamb products to consumers, adding Spam in 1937. By the 1980s, Hormel began offering a wider range of packaged and refrigerated foods. The company changed its name to Hormel Foods Corporation in 1993 and uses the Hormel brand on many of its products; the company's other brands include Planters, Columbus Craft Meats, Dinty Moore, Jennie-O, and Skippy. The company's products are available in over 80 countries.