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Hormel Foods Corporation
(NYSE:HRL) 

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Hormel Foods Corporation produces and markets various meat and food products to retail, foodservice, deli, and commercial customers in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Grocery Products, Refrigerated Foods, Jennie-O Turkey Store, and International & O...

Founded: 1891
Full Time Employees: 19,100
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Packaged Foods

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      net sales
    2,972,600,000 3,027,317,000 3,185,661,000 3,032,876,000 2,898,810,000 2,988,813,000 3,138,091,000 2,898,443,000 2,887,352,000 2,996,911,000 3,198,080,000 2,963,299,000 2,977,639,000 2,970,992,000 3,283,475,000 3,034,414,000 3,096,559,000 3,044,358,000 3,454,751,000 2,863,670,000 2,606,621,000 2,461,147,000 2,420,105,000 2,381,457,000 2,422,465,000 2,384,434,000 2,501,513,000 2,290,705,000 2,344,744,000 2,360,355,000 2,524,697,000 2,359,142,000 2,330,568,000 2,331,293,000 2,492,608,000 2,207,375,000 2,187,309,000 2,280,227,000 2,627,941,000 2,302,376,000 2,300,235,000 2,292,672,000 2,400,858,000 2,188,587,000 2,279,345,000 2,395,073,000 2,543,771,000 2,284,947,000 2,244,866,000 2,242,672,000 2,323,202,000 2,159,525,000 2,152,686,000 2,116,241,000 2,170,184,000 2,008,188,000 2,012,859,000 2,039,439,000 2,103,898,000 1,910,592,000 1,959,041,000 1,921,558,000 2,063,039,000 1,730,451,000 1,699,782,000 1,727,447,000 1,675,102,000 1,574,440,000 1,595,043,000 1,689,086,000 1,678,142,000 1,594,084,000 1,621,165,000 1,664,347,000 1,520,005,000 1,504,597,000 1,504,083,000  
      yoy
    2.55% 1.29% 1.52% 4.64% 0.40% -0.27% -1.88% -2.19% -3.03% 0.87% -2.60% -2.34% -3.84% -2.41% -4.96% 5.96% 18.80% 23.70% 42.75% 20.25% 7.60% 3.22% -3.25% 3.96% 3.31% 1.02% -0.92% -2.90% 0.61% 1.25% 1.29% 6.88% 6.55% 2.24% -5.15% -4.13% -4.91% -0.54% 9.46% 5.20% 0.92% -4.28% -5.62% -4.22% 1.54% 6.80% 9.49% 5.81% 4.28% 5.97% 7.05% 7.54% 6.95% 3.77% 3.15% 5.11% 2.75% 6.13% 1.98% 10.41% 15.25% 11.24% 23.16% 9.91% 6.57% 2.27% -0.18% -1.23% -1.61% 1.49% 10.40% 5.95% 7.78%      
      qoq
    -1.81% -4.97% 5.04% 4.62% -3.01% -4.76% 8.27% 0.38% -3.66% -6.29% 7.92% -0.48% 0.22% -9.52% 8.21% -2.01% 1.71% -11.88% 20.64% 9.86% 5.91% 1.70% 1.62% -1.69% 1.59% -4.68% 9.20% -2.30% -0.66% -6.51% 7.02% 1.23% -0.03% -6.47% 12.92% 0.92% -4.07% -13.23% 14.14% 0.09% 0.33% -4.51% 9.70% -3.98% -4.83% -5.85% 11.33% 1.79% 0.10% -3.47% 7.58% 0.32% 1.72% -2.49% 8.07% -0.23% -1.30% -3.06% 10.12% -2.47% 1.95% -6.86% 19.22% 1.80% -1.60% 3.12% 6.39% -1.29% -5.57% 0.65% 5.27% -1.67% -2.59% 9.50% 1.02% 0.03%   
      cost of products sold
    2,454,093,000 2,557,742,000 2,740,820,000 2,545,567,000 2,414,377,000 2,513,581,000 2,616,861,000 2,410,075,000 2,383,546,000 2,488,178,000 2,683,655,000 2,465,251,000 2,486,220,000 2,475,043,000 2,717,058,000 2,528,364,000 2,543,088,000 2,505,610,000 2,876,670,000 2,440,322,000 2,130,314,000 2,010,977,000 1,962,340,000 1,959,032,000 1,945,113,000 1,916,014,000 2,007,790,000 1,857,263,000 1,875,595,000 1,872,021,000 1,987,301,000 1,899,970,000 1,833,882,000 1,829,114,000 1,981,054,000 1,754,966,000 1,700,389,000 1,727,947,000 2,029,421,000 1,827,091,000 1,773,876,000 1,734,661,000 1,905,828,000 1,779,197,000 1,819,789,000 1,950,468,000 2,120,187,000 1,920,948,000 1,866,108,000 1,844,030,000 1,937,686,000 1,829,219,000 1,799,885,000 1,772,048,000 1,818,405,000 1,701,132,000 1,677,252,000 1,702,030,000 1,767,872,000 1,612,737,000 1,632,814,000 1,547,553,000 1,708,066,000 1,445,536,000 1,419,315,000 1,409,060,000 1,370,908,000 1,314,116,000 1,333,005,000 1,416,771,000 1,332,448,000 1,217,445,000 1,219,146,000 1,278,524,000 1,196,624,000 1,158,711,000 1,144,646,000  
      gross profit
    518,507,000 469,575,000 444,841,000 487,309,000 484,433,000 475,232,000 521,230,000 488,369,000 503,806,000 508,733,000 514,424,000 498,048,000 491,419,000 495,949,000 566,417,000 506,049,000 553,471,000 538,749,000 578,081,000 423,348,000 476,307,000 450,170,000 457,765,000 422,426,000 477,352,000 468,421,000 493,723,000 433,442,000 469,149,000 488,334,000 537,396,000 459,172,000 496,686,000 502,179,000 511,554,000 452,409,000 486,920,000 552,280,000 598,520,000 475,285,000 526,359,000 558,011,000 495,030,000 409,390,000 459,556,000 444,605,000 423,584,000 363,999,000 378,758,000 398,642,000 385,516,000 330,306,000 352,801,000 344,193,000 351,779,000 307,056,000 335,607,000 337,409,000 336,026,000 297,855,000 326,227,000 374,005,000 354,973,000 284,915,000 280,467,000 318,387,000 304,194,000 260,324,000 262,038,000 272,315,000 345,694,000 376,639,000 402,019,000 385,823,000 323,381,000 345,886,000 359,437,000  
      yoy
    7.03% -1.19% -14.66% -0.22% -3.85% -6.59% 1.32% -1.94% 2.52% 2.58% -9.18% -1.58% -11.21% -7.94% -2.02% 19.53% 16.20% 19.68% 26.28% 0.22% -0.22% -3.90% -7.28% -2.54% 1.75% -4.08% -8.13% -5.60% -5.54% -2.76% 5.05% 1.49% 2.01% -9.07% -14.53% -4.81% -7.49% -1.03% 20.91% 16.10% 14.54% 25.51% 16.87% 12.47% 21.33% 11.53% 9.87% 10.20% 7.36% 15.82% 9.59% 7.57% 5.12% 2.01% 4.69% 3.09% 2.88% -9.78% -5.34% 4.54% 16.32% 17.47% 16.69% 9.45% 7.03% 16.92% -12.00% -30.88% -34.82% -29.42% 6.90% 8.89% 11.85%      
      qoq
    10.42% 5.56% -8.71% 0.59% 1.94% -8.82% 6.73% -3.06% -0.97% -1.11% 3.29% 1.35% -0.91% -12.44% 11.93% -8.57% 2.73% -6.80% 36.55% -11.12% 5.81% -1.66% 8.37% -11.51% 1.91% -5.12% 13.91% -7.61% -3.93% -9.13% 17.04% -7.55% -1.09% -1.83% 13.07% -7.09% -11.83% -7.73% 25.93% -9.70% -5.67% 12.72% 20.92% -10.92% 3.36% 4.96% 16.37% -3.90% -4.99% 3.40% 16.71% -6.38% 2.50% -2.16% 14.57% -8.51% -0.53% 0.41% 12.82% -8.70% -12.77% 5.36% 24.59% 1.59% -11.91% 4.67% 16.85% -0.65% -3.77% -21.23% -8.22% -6.31% 4.20% 19.31% -6.51% -3.77%   
      gross margin %
    17.44% 15.51% 13.96% 16.07% 16.71% 15.90% 16.61% 16.85% 17.45% 16.98% 16.09% 16.81% 16.50% 16.69% 17.25% 16.68% 17.87% 17.70% 16.73% 14.78% 18.27% 18.29% 18.92% 17.74% 19.71% 19.64% 19.74% 18.92% 20.01% 20.69% 21.29% 19.46% 21.31% 21.54% 20.52% 20.50% 22.26% 24.22% 22.78% 20.64% 22.88% 24.34% 20.62% 18.71% 20.16% 18.56% 16.65% 15.93% 16.87% 17.78% 16.59% 15.30% 16.39% 16.26% 16.21% 15.29% 16.67% 16.54% 15.97% 15.59% 16.65% 19.46% 17.21% 16.46% 16.50% 18.43% 18.16% 16.53% 16.43% 16.12% 20.60% 23.63% 24.80% 23.18% 21.27% 22.99% 23.90%  
      selling, general, and administrative
    318,624,000 241,698,000 223,466,000 258,713,000 251,432,000 263,013,000 238,587,000 259,653,000 266,668,000 240,386,000 216,546,000 291,073,000 212,492,000 222,056,000                                                                 
      equity in earnings of affiliates
    17,229,000 15,820,000 -148,453,000 11,153,000 15,350,000 16,111,000 11,838,000 7,977,000 15,182,000 16,091,000 541,000 9,784,000 16,870,000 15,559,000 7,234,000 7,138,000 5,916,000 6,898,000 10,041,000 10,420,000 13,074,000 14,228,000 9,729,000 8,235,000 10,021,000 7,588,000 11,068,000 3,384,000 13,291,000 11,458,000 8,814,000 13,141,000 13,486,000 23,531,000 12,214,000 3,956,000 10,121,000 13,299,000 11,236,000 6,381,000 9,593,000 11,475,000 7,957,000 6,396,000 7,874,000 1,660,000 5,723,000 3,540,000 3,583,000 4,739,000 2,130,000 1,346,000 7,194,000 9,843,000 10,051,000 9,823,000 7,816,000 11,001,000 7,618,000 5,562,000 6,672,000 6,905,000 4,131,000 2,222,000 3,952,000 2,821,000 664,000 290,000 770,000  241,000 821,000 2,369,000 1,386,000 1,212,000  903,000  
      operating income
    217,112,000 243,697,000 2,173,000 239,748,000 248,352,000 228,330,000 294,480,000 236,693,000 252,320,000 284,438,000 270,037,000 216,759,000 295,798,000 289,452,000 367,164,000 291,040,000 334,728,000 319,675,000 357,682,000 207,484,000 289,415,000 268,018,000 276,697,000 249,576,000 293,460,000 280,488,000 320,996,000 256,657,000 312,364,000 306,248,000 324,394,000 261,566,000 306,373,000 306,588,000 329,370,000 279,705,000 316,032,000 355,362,000 365,750,000 274,790,000 323,817,000 359,538,000 292,498,000 231,159,000 277,697,000 265,966,000 263,368,000 214,504,000 216,556,000 237,192,000 240,202,000 180,653,000 186,929,000 198,205,000 202,145,000 171,857,000 194,739,000 195,933,000 186,950,000 146,822,000 172,763,000 235,749,000 192,648,000 140,614,000 137,637,000 175,676,000 162,154,000 118,604,000 122,962,000 129,694,000 94,031,000 124,553,000 150,969,000 155,680,000 95,539,000 112,915,000 119,786,000  
      yoy
    -12.58% 6.73% -99.26% 1.29% -1.57% -19.73% 9.05% 9.20% -14.70% -1.73% -26.45% -25.52% -11.63% -9.45% 2.65% 40.27% 15.66% 19.27% 29.27% -16.87% -1.38% -4.45% -13.80% -2.76% -6.05% -8.41% -1.05% -1.88% 1.96% -0.11% -1.51% -6.49% -3.06% -13.73% -9.95% 1.79% -2.40% -1.16% 25.04% 18.87% 16.61% 35.18% 11.06% 7.76% 28.23% 12.13% 9.64% 18.74% 15.85% 19.67% 18.83% 5.12% -4.01% 1.16% 8.13% 17.05% 12.72% -16.89% -2.96% 4.41% 25.52% 34.20% 18.81% 18.56% 11.93% 35.45% 72.45% -4.78% -18.55% -16.69% -1.58% 10.31% 26.03%      
      qoq
    -10.91% 11114.77% -99.09% -3.46% 8.77% -22.46% 24.41% -6.19% -11.29% 5.33% 24.58% -26.72% 2.19% -21.17% 26.16% -13.05% 4.71% -10.63% 72.39% -28.31% 7.98% -3.14% 10.87% -14.95% 4.62% -12.62% 25.07% -17.83% 2.00% -5.59% 24.02% -14.62% -0.07% -6.92% 17.76% -11.49% -11.07% -2.84% 33.10% -15.14% -9.94% 22.92% 26.54% -16.76% 4.41% 0.99% 22.78% -0.95% -8.70% -1.25% 32.96% -3.36% -5.69% -1.95% 17.62% -11.75% -0.61% 4.81% 27.33% -15.02% -26.72% 22.37% 37.00% 2.16% -21.65% 8.34% 36.72% -3.54% -5.19% 37.93% -24.51% -17.50% -3.03% 62.95% -15.39% -5.74%   
      operating margin %
    7.30% 8.05% 0.07% 7.90% 8.57% 7.64% 9.38% 8.17% 8.74% 9.49% 8.44% 7.31% 9.93% 9.74% 11.18% 9.59% 10.81% 10.50% 10.35% 7.25% 11.10% 10.89% 11.43% 10.48% 12.11% 11.76% 12.83% 11.20% 13.32% 12.97% 12.85% 11.09% 13.15% 13.15% 13.21% 12.67% 14.45% 15.58% 13.92% 11.94% 14.08% 15.68% 12.18% 10.56% 12.18% 11.10% 10.35% 9.39% 9.65% 10.58% 10.34% 8.37% 8.68% 9.37% 9.31% 8.56% 9.67% 9.61% 8.89% 7.68% 8.82% 12.27% 9.34% 8.13% 8.10% 10.17% 9.68% 7.53% 7.71% 7.68% 5.60% 7.81% 9.31% 9.35% 6.29% 7.50% 7.96%  
      interest income
    6,479,000 6,528,000                                                                             
      interest expense
    19,822,000 19,728,000 19,600,000 19,461,000 19,516,000 19,462,000 19,430,000 21,459,000 21,679,000 18,326,000 18,360,000 18,372,000 18,323,000 18,347,000 17,602,000 15,615,000 14,658,000 -14,640,000 -15,589,000 -11,703,000 -7,788,000 -8,227,000 -8,271,000 -5,724,000 -3,497,000 -3,577,000 -3,095,000 -3,213,000 -5,615,000 -6,147,000 -6,329,000 -8,435,000 -7,001,000 -4,729,000 -3,577,000 -3,057,000 -3,023,000 -3,026,000   -3,029,000 -3,407,000 -2,322,500 -3,129,000 -3,083,000 -3,078,000 -2,328,000 -3,125,000 -3,093,000 -3,094,000     -2,426,000 -3,207,000 -3,283,000     -6,579,000                 
      other income
    2,294,000 3,815,000                                                                             
      earnings before income taxes
    206,063,000 234,312,000 -21,627,000 236,514,000 230,489,000 218,073,000 280,030,000 225,719,000 244,139,000 285,547,000 245,806,000 207,626,000 278,839,000 281,201,000 357,495,000 289,836,000 321,868,000 308,904,000 352,230,000 204,238,000 292,620,000 277,082,000 278,733,000 259,364,000 286,489,000 290,162,000 323,694,000 261,000,000 318,046,000 306,975,000 321,504,000 257,732,000 296,883,000 305,165,000 330,009,000 278,024,000 315,827,000 354,785,000 364,733,000 274,117,000 324,197,000 354,168,000 289,156,000 228,219,000 275,731,000 264,037,000 260,742,000 212,982,000 213,157,000 235,271,000 239,607,000 177,076,000 184,903,000 196,921,000 200,738,000 169,494,000 193,794,000 194,309,000 180,339,000 141,338,000 167,548,000 229,611,000 188,076,000 134,431,000 132,486,000 169,558,000 157,673,000 118,051,000 124,628,000 124,630,000 80,127,000 121,377,000 139,311,000 155,508,000 90,279,000 108,542,000 115,508,000  
      provision for income taxes
    48,685,000 52,542,000 34,577,000 52,818,000 50,747,000 47,543,000 60,070,000 48,984,000 54,931,000 66,818,000 50,322,000 45,055,000 61,624,000 63,551,000 77,484,000 71,010,000 60,189,000 69,194,000 70,480,000 27,164,000 64,699,000 54,687,000 44,207,000 56,103,000 58,873,000 47,209,000 68,128,000 61,573,000 35,410,000 65,456,000 60,008,000 47,379,000 59,361,000 1,954,000 111,646,000 95,473,000 104,941,000 119,482,000 120,543,000 78,341,000 108,813,000 119,001,000 101,713,000 81,263,000 95,296,000 91,607,000 88,894,000 73,968,000 72,451,000 80,813,000 81,122,000 63,171,000 58,262,000 65,876,000 66,452,000 57,087,000 64,859,000 64,976,000 61,844,000 41,374,000 56,846,000 79,576,000 65,468,000 48,067,000 53,951,000            40,183,000  
      net earnings
    157,378,000 181,769,000 -56,204,000 183,696,000 179,742,000 170,530,000 219,960,000 176,735,000 189,207,000 218,729,000 195,483,000 162,571,000 217,215,000 217,651,000 280,011,000 218,826,000 261,679,000 239,710,000 281,750,000 177,074,000 227,921,000 222,395,000 234,526,000 203,260,000 227,615,000 242,953,000 255,566,000 199,427,000 282,636,000 241,519,000 261,496,000 210,353,000 237,522,000 303,211,000 218,363,000 182,551,000 210,886,000 235,303,000 244,190,000 195,776,000 215,384,000 235,167,000 187,443,000 146,956,000 180,435,000 172,430,000 171,848,000 139,014,000 140,706,000 154,458,000 158,485,000 113,905,000 126,641,000 131,045,000 134,286,000 112,407,000 128,935,000 129,333,000 118,495,000 99,964,000 110,702,000 150,035,000 122,608,000 86,364,000 78,535,000 112,269,000 103,876,000 77,169,000 80,385,000 81,383,000 51,947,000 77,561,000 88,181,000 101,192,000 57,374,000 68,001,000 75,325,000  
      yoy
    -12.44% 6.59% -125.55% 3.94% -5.00% -22.04% 12.52% 8.71% -12.89% 0.50% -30.19% -25.71% -16.99% -9.20% -0.62% 23.58% 14.81% 7.79% 20.14% -12.88% 0.13% -8.46% -8.23% 1.92% -19.47% 0.59% -2.27% -5.19% 18.99% -20.35% 19.75% 15.23% 12.63% 28.86% -10.58% -6.76% -2.09% 0.06% 30.27% 33.22% 19.37% 36.38% 9.07% 5.71% 28.24% 11.64% 8.43% 22.04% 11.11% 17.87% 18.02% 1.33% -1.78% 1.32% 13.33% 12.45% 16.47% -13.80% -3.35% 15.75% 40.96% 33.64% 18.03% 11.92% -2.30% 37.95% 99.97% -0.51% -8.84% -19.58% -9.46% 14.06% 17.07%      
      qoq
    -13.42% -423.41% -130.60% 2.20% 5.40% -22.47% 24.46% -6.59% -13.50% 11.89% 20.24% -25.16% -0.20% -22.27% 27.96% -16.38% 9.16% -14.92% 59.11% -22.31% 2.48% -5.17% 15.38% -10.70% -6.31% -4.94% 28.15% -29.44% 17.02% -7.64% 24.31% -11.44% -21.66% 38.86% 19.62% -13.44% -10.38% -3.64% 24.73% -9.10% -8.41% 25.46% 27.55% -18.55% 4.64% 0.34% 23.62% -1.20% -8.90% -2.54% 39.14% -10.06% -3.36% -2.41% 19.46% -12.82% -0.31% 9.15% 18.54% -9.70% -26.22% 22.37% 41.97% 9.97% -30.05% 8.08% 34.61% -4.00% -1.23% 56.67% -33.02% -12.04% -12.86% 76.37% -15.63% -9.72%   
      net income margin %
    5.29% 6.00% -1.76% 6.06% 6.20% 5.71% 7.01% 6.10% 6.55% 7.30% 6.11% 5.49% 7.29% 7.33% 8.53% 7.21% 8.45% 7.87% 8.16% 6.18% 8.74% 9.04% 9.69% 8.54% 9.40% 10.19% 10.22% 8.71% 12.05% 10.23% 10.36% 8.92% 10.19% 13.01% 8.76% 8.27% 9.64% 10.32% 9.29% 8.50% 9.36% 10.26% 7.81% 6.71% 7.92% 7.20% 6.76% 6.08% 6.27% 6.89% 6.82% 5.27% 5.88% 6.19% 6.19% 5.60% 6.41% 6.34% 5.63% 5.23% 5.65% 7.81% 5.94% 4.99% 4.62% 6.50% 6.20% 4.90% 5.04% 4.82% 3.10% 4.87% 5.44% 6.08% 3.77% 4.52% 5.01%  
      less: net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest
    -96,000 -32,000 -67,000 -46,000 -275,000 -45,000 -237,000 34,000 -70,000 -134,000 -453,000 -108,000 -24,000 -69,000 127,000 -89,000 62,000 139,000 11,000 157,000 21,000 112,000 169,000 141,000 -119,000 81,000 63,000 -22,000 207,000 94,000 90,000 110,000 138,000 104,000 209,000 43,000  156,000 250,000 122,000  106,000 212,000 18,000 234,000 712,000 584,000 1,039,000 616,000 1,110,000 1,145,000 270,000 1,121,000 1,329,000 1,685,000 1,240,000 1,048,000 938,000 1,186,000 1,483,000 1,123,000 1,209,000 1,460,000 994,000 673,000 1,062,000             
      net earnings attributable to hormel foods corporation
    157,474,000 181,801,000 -56,137,000 183,742,000 180,017,000 170,575,000 220,196,000 176,701,000 189,278,000 218,863,000 195,935,000 162,679,000 217,239,000 217,719,000 279,884,000 218,915,000 261,617,000 239,571,000 281,738,000 176,917,000 227,901,000 222,283,000 234,356,000 203,119,000 227,734,000 242,872,000 255,503,000 199,449,000 282,429,000 241,425,000 261,406,000 210,243,000 237,384,000 303,107,000 157,145,250 182,508,000 210,926,000 235,147,000 161,528,000 195,654,000 215,397,000 235,061,000 187,231,000 146,938,000 180,201,000 171,718,000 171,264,000 137,975,000 140,090,000 153,348,000 157,340,000 113,635,000 125,520,000 129,716,000 132,601,000 111,167,000 127,887,000 128,395,000 117,309,000 98,481,000 109,579,000 148,826,000 121,148,000 85,370,000 77,862,000 111,207,000             
      net earnings per share:
                                                                                  
      basic
    0.29 0.33 -0.1 0.33 0.33 0.31 0.4 0.32 0.35 0.4 0.36 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.52 0.4 0.48 0.44 0.52 0.33 0.42 0.41 0.44 0.38 0.42 0.45 0.48 0.37 0.53 0.45 0.49 0.4 0.45 0.57 0.41 0.35 0.4 0.44 0.46 0.37 0.41 0.44 0.71 0.56 0.68 0.65 0.65 0.52 0.53 0.58 0.6 0.43 0.47 0.49 0.51 0.42 0.49 0.49 0.44 0.37 0.41 0.56 0.91 0.64 0.58 0.83 0.77 0.57 0.6 0.61 0.38 0.57 0.65 0.74 0.42 0.49 0.55  
      diluted
    0.29 0.33 -0.1 0.33 0.33 0.31 0.4 0.32 0.34 0.4 0.36 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.51 0.4 0.48 0.44 0.51 0.32 0.42 0.41 0.43 0.37 0.42 0.45 0.47 0.37 0.52 0.44 0.48 0.39 0.44 0.56 0.4 0.34 0.39 0.44 0.45 0.36 0.4 0.43 0.69 0.54 0.67 0.64 0.63 0.51 0.52 0.57 0.58 0.42 0.46 0.48 0.49 0.41 0.48 0.48 0.43 0.36 0.4 0.55 0.89 0.63 0.57 0.82 0.77 0.57 0.59 0.6 0.38 0.56 0.64 0.73 0.41 0.49 0.54  
      weighted-average shares outstanding:
                                                                                  
      basic
    550,562 550,477 550,164 550,408 550,277 549,460 548,129 548,685 547,868 547,020 546,421 546,358 546,424 546,384 544,918 546,077 544,702 542,680 541,114 541,746 540,195 539,913 538,007 539,108 538,119 535,075 534,578 534,188 535,480 534,495 530,742 530,606 529,799 529,453 528,363 528,165 528,712 528,585 529,290 529,660 529,898 528,862 264,072 264,258 264,028 263,676 263,812 263,983 263,926 263,752 264,317 264,605 264,868 263,944 263,466 263,359 263,610 263,946 266,394 266,925 267,207  133,366 133,201 133,593 133,589 134,227 134,255 134,272 134,377 135,391 135,652 135,706 137,216 137,447 137,743 137,533  
      diluted
    550,915 550,706 550,496 550,723 550,611 549,854 548,832 549,266 548,685 547,920 548,982 548,637 549,013 550,031 549,566 550,167 550,036 547,928 547,580 548,072 547,536 547,444 546,592 547,149 546,373 544,815 545,232 543,678 546,330 547,118 543,869 543,762 542,811 543,482 539,116 538,814 539,635 540,064 542,473 542,163 543,769 542,737 270,501 270,602 270,444 270,061 270,216 270,400 270,410 270,224 270,224 270,769 270,780 269,140 268,891 268,746 269,061 269,608 271,915 272,759 272,847  135,349 135,163 135,579 135,356 135,489 135,720 135,373 135,163 137,055 137,620 137,666 139,151 139,414 139,711 139,567  
      interest and investment income
      6,771,000 16,227,000 1,653,000 9,204,000 4,980,000 10,484,000 13,497,000 19,434,000 -5,872,000 9,239,000 1,365,000 10,096,000 7,934,000 14,411,000 1,799,000 3,869,000 10,138,000 8,457,000 10,992,000 17,291,000 10,307,000 15,513,000 -3,474,000 13,251,000 5,793,000 7,556,000 11,297,000 6,874,000 3,439,000 4,601,000 -2,489,000 3,306,000 4,216,000 1,376,000 2,818,000 2,449,000 2,271,000 2,474,000 3,409,000 -1,963,000 479,000 189,000 1,117,000 1,149,000 766,000 1,603,000 -306,000 1,173,000 2,500,000  1,116,000 1,810,000 1,748,000 844,000 2,338,000 1,590,000 638,000 139,000 1,972,000 441,000 2,389,000 310,000 1,423,000 443,000 2,178,000 6,410,000 8,584,000 2,391,000  3,253,000  7,546,000 1,373,000 2,625,000 2,080,000  
      net earnings per share
                                                                                  
      basic
    0.29 0.33 -0.1 0.33 0.33 0.31 0.4 0.32 0.35 0.4 0.36 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.52 0.4 0.48 0.44 0.52 0.33 0.42 0.41 0.44 0.38 0.42 0.45 0.48 0.37 0.53 0.45 0.49 0.4 0.45 0.57 0.41 0.35 0.4 0.44 0.46 0.37 0.41 0.44 0.71 0.56 0.68 0.65 0.65 0.52 0.53 0.58 0.6 0.43 0.47 0.49 0.51 0.42 0.49 0.49 0.44 0.37 0.41 0.56 0.91 0.64 0.58 0.83 0.77 0.57 0.6 0.61 0.38 0.57 0.65 0.74 0.42 0.49 0.55  
      diluted
    0.29 0.33 -0.1 0.33 0.33 0.31 0.4 0.32 0.34 0.4 0.36 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.51 0.4 0.48 0.44 0.51 0.32 0.42 0.41 0.43 0.37 0.42 0.45 0.47 0.37 0.52 0.44 0.48 0.39 0.44 0.56 0.4 0.34 0.39 0.44 0.45 0.36 0.4 0.43 0.69 0.54 0.67 0.64 0.63 0.51 0.52 0.57 0.58 0.42 0.46 0.48 0.49 0.41 0.48 0.48 0.43 0.36 0.4 0.55 0.89 0.63 0.57 0.82 0.77 0.57 0.59 0.6 0.38 0.56 0.64 0.73 0.41 0.49 0.54  
      weighted-average shares outstanding
                                                                                  
      basic
    550,562 550,477 550,164 550,408 550,277 549,460 548,129 548,685 547,868 547,020 546,421 546,358 546,424 546,384 544,918 546,077 544,702 542,680 541,114 541,746 540,195 539,913 538,007 539,108 538,119 535,075 534,578 534,188 535,480 534,495 530,742 530,606 529,799 529,453 528,363 528,165 528,712 528,585 529,290 529,660 529,898 528,862 264,072 264,258 264,028 263,676 263,812 263,983 263,926 263,752 264,317 264,605 264,868 263,944 263,466 263,359 263,610 263,946 266,394 266,925 267,207  133,366 133,201 133,593 133,589 134,227 134,255 134,272 134,377 135,391 135,652 135,706 137,216 137,447 137,743 137,533  
      diluted
    550,915 550,706 550,496 550,723 550,611 549,854 548,832 549,266 548,685 547,920 548,982 548,637 549,013 550,031 549,566 550,167 550,036 547,928 547,580 548,072 547,536 547,444 546,592 547,149 546,373 544,815 545,232 543,678 546,330 547,118 543,869 543,762 542,811 543,482 539,116 538,814 539,635 540,064 542,473 542,163 543,769 542,737 270,501 270,602 270,444 270,061 270,216 270,400 270,410 270,224 270,224 270,769 270,780 269,140 268,891 268,746 269,061 269,608 271,915 272,759 272,847  135,349 135,163 135,579 135,356 135,489 135,720 135,373 135,163 137,055 137,620 137,666 139,151 139,414 139,711 139,567  
      selling, general and administrative
                  168,194,250 222,147,000 224,659,000 225,972,000 155,657,500 226,284,000 199,966,000 196,380,000 142,629,500 181,085,000 193,912,000 195,521,000 183,795,000 180,169,000 170,076,000 193,544,000 204,537,000 210,747,000 203,799,000 219,122,000 194,218,000 176,660,000 181,009,000 210,217,000 244,006,000 206,876,000 211,144,000 209,948,000 188,952,000 184,627,000 189,733,000 180,299,000 165,939,000 153,035,000 165,785,000 166,189,000 147,444,000 150,999,000 173,066,000 155,831,000 159,685,000 145,022,000 148,684,000 152,477,000 156,694,000 156,595,000 160,136,000 145,161,000 166,456,000 146,523,000 146,782,000 145,532,000 142,704,000 142,010,000 139,846,000 142,525,000         
      other income and expense:
                                                                                  
      dividends declared per share:
                                  0.141 0.188 0.188 0.188 0.128 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.109 0.145 0.145 0.145 0.188 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.15 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.128 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.113 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.096 0.128 0.128 0.128 0.158 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.143 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.185 0.185 0.185 0.113 0.15 0.15 0.15  
      goodwill impairment charge
                                            991,000                                      
      less: net (loss) earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                        -40,000    -13,000                                      
      weighted average shares outstanding:
                                                                                  
      basic
                                                                 266,560                 
      diluted
                                                                 271,740                 
      other income and expenses:
                                                                                  
      benefit from income taxes
                                                                     57,289,000 53,797,000 40,882,000 44,243,000 43,247,000 28,180,000 43,816,000 51,130,000 54,316,000 32,905,000 40,541,000   
      expenses:
                                                                                  
      selling and delivery
                                                                          204,167,000 210,282,000 207,944,000 192,623,000 187,823,000 192,507,000 198,644,000  
      administrative and general
                                                                          47,737,000 42,625,000 45,475,000 38,906,000 41,231,000 40,433,000 41,910,000  
      total expenses
                                                                          251,904,000 252,907,000 253,419,000 231,529,000 229,054,000 232,940,000 240,554,000  
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        assets
                                                                             
        cash and cash equivalents
      670,679,000 599,189,000 669,688,000 840,398,000 741,881,000 537,476,000 1,486,368,000 963,212,000 736,532,000 669,124,000 580,496,000 599,789,000 982,107,000 850,344,000 861,719,000 824,434,000 613,530,000 291,363,000 1,484,533,000 1,751,541,000 1,714,309,000 1,729,368,000 606,073,000 724,419,000 672,901,000 560,199,000 639,327,000 512,689,000 459,136,000 268,982,000 261,571,000 385,775,000 633,341,000 379,597,000 379,881,000 375,215,000 347,239,000 349,169,000 624,395,000 527,097,000 334,174,000 530,977,000 499,330,000 639,844,000 434,014,000 329,496,000 262,748,000 887,677,000 682,388,000 533,217,000 524,779,000 548,618,000 463,130,000 497,364,000 913,704,000 598,813,000 467,845,000 376,917,000 355,181,000 449,092,000 385,252,000 295,100,000 312,331,000 264,737,000 109,987,000 107,156,000 144,234,000 149,749,000 104,504,000 93,998,000 115,003,000 
        short-term marketable securities
      32,909,000 31,480,000 29,293,000 26,016,000 24,742,000 24,454,000 23,074,000 18,712,000 16,664,000 17,423,000 17,531,000 17,792,000 16,149,000 18,314,000 23,478,000 22,194,000 21,162,000 18,372,000 17,700,000 17,520,000 17,338,000 17,564,000 16,841,000 14,808,000 14,736,000 14,064,000 6,675,000                      77,387,000 77,013,000 76,811,000 76,383,000 76,077,000 76,125,000 51,002,000 50,719,000 50,595,000 50,214,000 50,023,000     2,371,000      13,775,000 23,824,000 
        accounts receivable
      784,812,000 764,338,000 743,981,000 767,804,000 817,908,000 727,054,000 731,984,000 751,048,000 817,391,000 786,246,000 761,898,000 787,213,000 867,593,000 802,850,000 795,292,000 812,706,000 895,719,000 896,008,000 722,185,000 706,654,000 702,419,000 648,991,000 536,009,000 562,483,000 574,396,000 528,583,000 537,447,000 565,060,000 600,438,000 559,181,000 551,392,000 569,099,000 549,011,000 564,922,000 548,497,000 554,738,000 605,689,000 549,056,000 578,726,000 578,238,000 609,526,000 536,505,000 515,161,000 505,024,000 551,500,000 514,398,000 462,239,000 466,536,000 507,041,000 474,425,000 439,348,000 422,505,000 461,110,000 427,927,000 405,792,000 406,677,000 430,939,000 383,892,000 356,524,000 348,695,000 372,292,000 355,408,000 344,925,000 370,130,000 377,929,000 351,564,000 345,483,000 366,621,000 323,522,000 322,634,000 327,606,000 
        inventories
      1,747,279,000 1,821,860,000 1,729,237,000 1,516,716,000 1,576,300,000 1,649,649,000 1,673,500,000 1,578,191,000 1,680,406,000 1,737,865,000 1,745,793,000 1,730,086,000 1,716,059,000 1,679,179,000 1,597,001,000 1,385,705,000 1,369,198,000 1,426,738,000 1,229,030,000 1,086,660,000 1,072,762,000 982,355,000 1,048,992,000 1,057,277,000 1,042,362,000 1,108,514,000 1,030,574,000 994,428,000 963,527,000 1,001,044,000 1,011,215,000 973,221,000 1,013,214,000 1,034,307,000 1,027,440,000 994,826,000 993,265,000 984,452,000 963,481,000 1,016,788,000 1,054,552,000 1,076,892,000 1,053,501,000 924,500,000 967,977,000 1,003,736,000 998,931,000 953,682,000 950,521,000 927,047,000 912,672,000 882,828,000 885,823,000 865,875,000 810,388,000 787,280,000 793,771,000 790,875,000 767,191,000 729,231,000 722,371,000 744,667,000 748,178,000 741,944,000 794,318,000 750,483,000 669,594,000 646,968,000 659,223,000 637,425,000 584,113,000 
        taxes receivable
      96,791,000 50,559,000 50,529,000 50,747,000 50,380,000    7,242,000 7,498,000 7,230,000 7,145,000 7,177,000 7,733,000 7,763,000 7,699,000 8,293,000    41,449,000                                                   
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      73,187,000 55,064,000 59,341,000 64,386,000 35,265,000 58,814,000 61,592,000 56,001,000 39,014,000 36,613,000 49,649,000  48,041,000 45,063,000  40,614,000                                              30,924,000 33,297,000 40,431,000 34,852,000 28,084,000 19,546,000 15,804,000 14,689,000 18,380,000 8,380,000 
        total current assets
      3,405,656,000 3,322,490,000 3,282,069,000 3,266,068,000 3,246,476,000 2,997,446,000 3,976,519,000 3,367,164,000 3,297,249,000 3,254,770,000 3,162,596,000 3,195,306,000 3,637,125,000 3,403,484,000 3,373,557,000 3,093,350,000 2,947,816,000 2,688,672,000 3,514,292,000 3,601,663,000 3,579,063,000 3,409,774,000 2,248,896,000 2,394,967,000 2,361,413,000 2,245,968,000 2,250,667,000 2,100,686,000 2,050,100,000 1,854,310,000 1,850,780,000 1,948,269,000 2,217,095,000 2,010,105,000 1,975,082,000 1,946,083,000 2,063,032,000 2,003,776,000 2,302,431,000 2,246,331,000 2,132,771,000 2,245,041,000 2,172,612,000 2,166,833,000 2,047,413,000 1,951,590,000 1,832,340,000 2,399,845,000 2,320,684,000 2,117,258,000 2,060,075,000 2,021,731,000 1,998,231,000 1,977,121,000 2,287,204,000 1,949,230,000 1,858,166,000 1,710,582,000 1,636,390,000 1,620,589,000 1,574,733,000 1,480,451,000 1,486,296,000 1,466,960,000 1,381,210,000 1,300,968,000 1,279,357,000 1,231,725,000 1,157,642,000 1,138,866,000 1,109,110,000 
        goodwill
      4,924,087,000 4,923,218,000 4,920,635,000 4,916,874,000 4,923,487,000 4,923,731,000 4,929,034,000 4,931,257,000 4,928,464,000 4,931,590,000 4,929,881,000 4,927,923,000 4,925,829,000 4,929,337,000 4,935,832,000 4,928,139,000 4,929,102,000 4,907,073,000 2,614,036,000 2,617,589,000 2,612,727,000 2,615,690,000 2,682,839,000 2,484,088,000 2,481,645,000 2,487,289,000 2,486,635,000 2,716,750,000 2,714,116,000 2,734,575,000 2,731,956,000 2,957,463,000 1,822,671,000 1,921,971,000 1,698,370,000 1,699,361,000 1,699,484,000 1,978,907,000 1,228,933,000 1,225,449,000 1,226,406,000 962,577,000 962,204,000 962,102,000 934,472,000 934,472,000 932,114,000 630,875,000 630,875,000 630,875,000 630,875,000 630,875,000 630,884,000 630,707,000 630,707,000 630,707,000 629,023,000 628,820,000 628,764,000 620,155,000 620,155,000 619,771,000 619,705,000 619,401,000 621,020,000 604,504,000 599,418,000 595,756,000 550,060,000 550,060,000 550,637,000 
        intangible assets
      1,647,297,000 1,721,487,000 1,724,810,000 1,727,655,000                                                                    
        pension assets
      211,826,000 192,123,000 196,736,000 201,350,000 205,964,000 190,947,000 195,530,000 200,113,000 204,697,000 235,943,000 239,151,000 242,358,000 245,566,000 311,157,000 303,803,000 296,450,000 289,096,000 203,093,000 196,473,000 189,852,000 183,232,000 153,865,000 147,878,000 141,892,000 135,915,000 210,012,000 205,229,000 200,448,000 195,153,000 190,050,000 184,030,000 178,010,000 98,893,000 170,858,000 140,990,000 136,917,000 132,861,000 166,743,000 139,457,000 134,876,000 130,284,000 199,770,000 170,351,000 166,494,000 162,535,000 49,000 49,000 49,000 49,000 108,765,000 79,896,000 78,226,000 80,208,000 87,424,000 64,128,000 64,572,000 61,272,000 31,238,000 30,477,000 30,612,000 29,663,000 135,616,000 81,785,000 82,849,000 100,696,000 100,415,000 99,891,000 99,003,000    
        investments in affiliates
      533,984,000 698,632,000 682,810,000 710,433,000 719,481,000 680,386,000 710,029,000 728,146,000 725,121,000 743,474,000 742,290,000                                                             
        other assets
      431,500,000 426,068,000 422,903,000 406,315,000 411,889,000 409,125,000 412,359,000 377,623,000 370,252,000 338,741,000 328,010,000 292,697,000 283,169,000 292,412,000 295,127,000 303,577,000 299,907,000 298,071,000 289,059,000 272,239,000 250,382,000 241,947,000 238,273,000 251,353,000 177,901,000 177,529,000 181,777,000 171,005,000 189,951,000 192,769,000 192,255,000 196,571,000 184,364,000 146,273,000 145,730,000 144,875,000 146,498,000 145,260,000 147,201,000 147,133,000 145,050,000 143,231,000 142,734,000 144,408,000 142,339,000 138,944,000 140,902,000 132,866,000 134,024,000 132,482,000 138,977,000 142,582,000 140,420,000 147,196,000 150,903,000 155,567,000 155,017,000 164,228,000 165,570,000 166,302,000 165,331,000 169,047,000 165,577,000 159,701,000 177,077,000 181,437,000 164,841,000 170,048,000 163,677,000 164,506,000 159,835,000 
        property, plant, and equipment
      2,238,770,000                                                                       
        total assets
      13,393,119,000 13,496,726,000 13,421,808,000 13,403,483,000 13,434,729,000 13,113,781,000 14,135,373,000 13,512,983,000 13,448,772,000 13,426,757,000 13,315,745,000 13,283,047,000 13,306,919,000 13,140,418,000 13,122,263,000 12,827,009,000 12,696,329,000 12,332,182,000 9,889,004,000 9,957,932,000 9,908,282,000 9,600,472,000 8,395,181,000 8,290,109,000 8,109,004,000 7,954,576,000 7,935,745,000 8,155,398,000 8,142,292,000 7,895,373,000 7,829,749,000 7,858,848,000 6,507,965,000 6,388,297,000 6,110,345,000 6,040,889,000 6,139,831,000 6,091,081,000 5,622,998,000 5,559,623,000 5,455,619,000 5,188,433,000 5,085,824,000 5,067,170,000 4,915,880,000 4,761,249,000 4,667,641,000 4,622,830,000 4,563,966,000 4,382,619,000 4,314,663,000 4,270,294,000 4,244,391,000 4,149,529,000 4,451,417,000 4,122,948,000 4,053,918,000 3,845,026,000 3,784,134,000 3,730,692,000 3,692,055,000 3,676,730,000 3,633,768,000 3,631,031,000 3,558,121,000 3,471,148,000 3,431,258,000 3,393,650,000 3,124,194,000 3,109,436,000 3,083,594,000 
        liabilities and shareholders’ investment
                                                                             
        accounts payable
      731,578,000 707,753,000 716,892,000 709,190,000 735,604,000 675,167,000 691,498,000  771,397,000 703,407,000   816,604,000    793,310,000 654,162,000 577,365,000 558,523,000 644,609,000 537,535,000 502,133,000 490,042,000 590,033,000 513,372,000 523,673,000 505,617,000 618,830,000 488,978,000 465,572,000 532,847,000 421,170,000 414,691,000 389,418,000 411,031,000 495,317,000 393,795,000 385,855,000 407,419,000 484,042,000 358,016,000 339,354,000 354,832,000 387,284,000 369,887,000 315,040,000 324,367,000 385,877,000 289,212,000 318,432,000 308,721,000 390,171,000 301,578,000 277,116,000 267,814,000 361,287,000 297,110,000 281,054,000 289,045,000 313,258,000 297,334,000 276,744,000 310,242,000 297,628,000 252,250,000 265,428,000 290,919,000 261,800,000 234,475,000 237,272,000 
        accrued expenses
      55,772,000 59,036,000 53,353,000 63,833,000 66,380,000 74,789,000 66,235,000  51,679,000 119,464,000   58,801,000    51,192,000 51,108,000 47,196,000 50,901,000 59,136,000 61,079,000 67,481,000 64,702,000 62,031,000 56,378,000 59,144,000 50,361,000 48,298,000 58,416,000 62,635,000 72,098,000 71,284,000 87,838,000 71,013,000 84,262,000 71,777,000 64,212,000 63,619,000 96,453,000 76,836,000 45,211,000 43,385,000 45,757,000 20,965,000 32,467,000 42,871,000 58,027,000 49,792,000 43,701,000 53,729,000 69,177,000 40,539,000 42,787,000 45,559,000 52,661,000 46,408,000 33,515,000 38,135,000 46,372,000 40,289,000 85,899,000 94,339,000 92,736,000 46,901,000 63,433,000 65,536,000 66,000,000 34,269,000 36,993,000 24,491,000 
        accrued marketing expenses
      113,947,000 117,328,000 119,092,000 138,674,000 108,156,000 113,012,000 117,731,000 101,928,000 87,452,000 100,974,000 97,665,000 133,240,000 113,105,000 131,495,000 126,077,000 149,628,000 114,746,000 133,925,000 118,452,000 133,042,000 108,502,000 147,071,000 111,657,000 110,093,000 96,305,000 134,652,000 126,252,000 139,338,000 118,887,000 119,663,000 127,998,000 127,684,000 77,151,000 141,089,000 156,574,000 153,248,000 119,153,000 125,146,000 132,562,000 117,992,000 89,561,000 99,598,000 109,061,000 117,563,000 91,332,000 113,002,000 99,535,000 98,334,000 78,712,000 84,739,000 86,327,000 91,135,000 77,363,000 100,182,000 89,947,000 87,648,000 76,552,000 97,540,000 90,477,000 90,827,000 70,452,000 72,589,000 71,307,000 79,269,000 65,268,000 64,922,000 81,293,000 67,260,000 73,311,000 76,579,000 86,840,000 
        employee-related expenses
      273,402,000 251,860,000 239,392,000 230,037,000 283,490,000 248,954,000 238,709,000 212,719,000 263,330,000                                                               
        interest and dividends payable
      180,700,000 174,361,000 180,561,000 173,889,000 175,941,000 171,079,000 179,773,000 162,452,000 172,178,000 158,335,000 172,198,000 158,376,000 163,963,000 167,534,000 181,782,000 154,024,000 154,803,000 140,469,000 139,102,000 137,583,000 132,632,000 130,248,000 125,595,000 127,452,000 112,685,000 115,744,000 112,798,000 116,370,000 101,079,000 103,760,000 99,990,000 102,229,000 93,007,000 79,987,000 77,304,000 79,727,000 66,696,000 69,230,000 66,555,000 69,068,000 53,466,000 56,018,000 53,419,000 55,920,000 45,511,000 48,239,000 45,601,000 47,876,000 40,049,000 42,638,000 40,151,000 42,751,000 34,500,000 37,352,000 44,056,000 37,615,000 37,489,000 31,594,000 34,832,000 29,047,000 34,951,000           
        taxes payable
      18,752,000 28,454,000 11,125,000 8,999,000 21,916,000 18,513,000 53,573,000 85,533,000 15,212,000 49,583,000 47,434,000 94,775,000 32,925,000 64,311,000 93,324,000 89,134,000 23,520,000 17,453,000 28,940,000 45,897,000 22,480,000 49,731,000 54,765,000 30,489,000 6,208,000 34,377,000 22,154,000 63,791,000 2,490,000 2,372,000 1,432,000 46,235,000 1,990,000 7,198,000 10,096,000 89,859,000 6,764,000 6,812,000 5,792,000 61,020,000 5,507,000 4,464,000 4,067,000 67,361,000 8,637,000 6,128,000 6,881,000 35,082,000 4,864,000 5,845,000 6,776,000 40,875,000 8,137,000 9,034,000 8,587,000 61,959,000 9,339,000 9,374,000 8,153,000 23,923,000 15,127,000           
        current maturities of long-term debt
      6,646,000 6,740,000 7,249,000 7,187,000 7,813,000 8,232,000 957,292,000 954,031,000 950,529,000 946,981,000 8,956,000 8,929,000 8,796,000 8,807,000 8,084,000 8,829,000 8,756,000 8,732,000 9,333,000 258,690,000 258,691,000 258,688,000 258,295,000 8,259,000    374,878,000                           350,000,000 350,000,000 350,000,000 350,000,000          49,000 60,000 71,000 6,342,000 
        total current liabilities
      1,380,796,000 1,345,531,000 1,327,664,000 1,331,810,000 1,399,299,000 1,309,746,000 2,304,811,000 2,260,779,000 2,311,776,000 2,320,622,000 1,305,223,000 1,373,385,000 1,473,266,000 1,419,899,000 1,480,659,000 1,415,334,000 1,415,654,000 1,251,191,000 1,175,179,000 1,417,469,000 1,503,965,000 1,427,051,000 1,324,595,000 1,023,085,000 1,105,049,000 1,073,087,000 1,051,676,000 1,435,812,000 1,138,914,000 1,096,831,000 1,148,461,000 1,323,514,000 877,771,000 1,128,727,000 937,384,000 1,020,098,000 1,214,025,000 1,245,107,000 870,182,000 937,304,000 954,692,000 785,099,000 751,994,000 824,525,000 784,009,000 789,484,000 707,894,000 737,386,000 786,300,000 676,710,000 699,968,000 724,586,000 778,186,000 700,963,000 1,005,936,000 1,020,203,000 1,101,213,000 1,016,111,000 651,027,000 655,454,000 685,029,000 679,835,000 695,660,000 752,508,000 637,201,000 553,115,000 582,578,000 664,777,000 528,204,000 515,646,000 526,397,000 
        long-term debt less current maturities
      2,850,778,000 2,850,165,000 2,850,697,000 2,850,206,000 2,850,944,000 2,851,621,000 2,852,604,000 2,357,176,000 2,358,719,000 2,360,380,000 3,294,438,000 3,292,559,000 3,290,549,000 3,294,287,000 3,294,101,000 3,309,150,000 3,315,147,000                                                       
        pension and postretirement benefits
      358,984,000                                                                       
        deferred income taxes
      661,349,000 595,066,000 594,504,000 594,788,000 589,366,000 499,098,000 504,907,000 500,581,000 498,106,000 467,827,000 466,135,000 471,457,000 475,212,000 354,053,000 291,841,000 281,515,000 278,183,000 236,566,000 237,461,000 224,477,000 218,779,000 170,322,000 165,253,000 176,113,000 176,574,000 145,154,000 142,428,000 179,669,000 197,093,000 139,192,000 125,425,000 114,688,000 9,571,000 13,875,000 23,164,000 20,992,000 86,902,000 81,407,000 86,853,000 86,853,000 86,853,000 71,741,000 71,749,000 73,543,000 73,543,000 76,502,000 71,284,000 70,402,000 68,560,000 68,086,000 69,485,000 69,485,000 69,203,000 70,299,000 71,438,000 69,474,000 70,703,000 71,501,000 69,176,000 62,832,000 66,435,000 47,343,000 47,565,000 47,347,000 54,610,000 47,995,000 52,701,000 52,583,000 51,563,000 52,654,000 50,184,000 
        other long-term liabilities
      225,397,000 226,316,000 222,324,000 206,216,000 211,219,000 217,008,000 220,551,000 193,172,000 191,917,000 163,768,000 165,421,000 137,230,000 141,840,000 153,773,000 160,401,000 166,906,000 162,623,000 174,473,000 172,626,000 161,988,000 157,399,000 138,543,000 139,517,000 145,923,000 115,356,000 102,140,000 101,378,000 100,134,000 99,070,000 104,083,000 104,185,000 107,894,000 88,336,000 99,568,000 99,480,000 95,663,000 101,056,000 110,713,000 108,427,000 105,491,000 112,176,000 86,379,000 85,213,000 84,765,000 84,062,000 78,222,000 79,464,000 88,483,000 87,313,000 82,608,000 82,699,000 81,541,000 82,701,000 73,693,000 95,176,000 94,527,000 91,068,000 87,544,000 87,252,000 82,530,000 103,774,000 91,749,000 87,388,000 86,368,000 91,542,000 90,728,000 89,093,000 53,275,000 50,870,000 54,562,000 54,233,000 
        shareholders’ investment
                                                                             
        preferred stock, par value 0.01 a share — authorized 160,000,000 shares; issued — none
                                                                             
        common stock
                           7,902,000 7,896,000 7,873,000 7,830,000 7,818,000 7,854,000 7,826,000 7,825,000 7,781,000 7,766,000 7,764,000 7,732,000    7,741,000        7,725,000   7,755,000 7,707,000   7,731,000  7,803,000   7,793,000  7,825,000 7,823,000 7,828,000 7,865,000 7,869,000 7,866,000 7,903,000  7,954,000 7,951,000 8,011,000   
        additional paid-in capital
      620,069,000 617,598,000 614,189,000 602,887,000 571,178,000 560,849,000 549,130,000 529,715,000 506,179,000 499,304,000 488,100,000 477,470,000 469,468,000 459,272,000 451,836,000 377,708,000 360,336,000 354,162,000 319,048,000 298,988,000 289,554,000 276,592,000 265,128,000 230,529,000 184,921,000 170,143,000 163,980,000 130,196,000 106,528,000 27,975,000 10,971,000 19,242,000   11,287,000 5,676,000  10,318,000 6,879,000 7,550,000   37,000 7,794,000   26,671,000 23,494,000       19,963,000 17,996,000      3,291,000 3,856,000       6,037,000 13,537,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -243,646,000 -275,006,000 -298,601,000 -271,263,000 -263,331,000 -314,373,000 -262,325,000 -250,783,000 -272,252,000 -241,610,000 -244,887,000 -252,261,000 -255,561,000 -282,574,000 -221,164,000 -265,524,000 -277,269,000 -317,528,000 -325,629,000 -360,869,000 -395,250,000 -431,882,000 -447,908,000 -393,278,000 -399,500,000 -275,195,000 -278,135,000 -292,342,000 -243,498,000 -259,208,000 -235,753,000 -242,176,000 -291,964,000  -225,666,000 -227,739,000 -225,668,000 -191,843,000 -199,757,000   -151,771,000  -150,986,000 -149,214,000     -168,896,000 -187,529,000                     
        retained earnings
      7,516,690,000 7,732,618,000 7,708,693,000 7,688,663,000 7,677,537,000 7,612,610,000 7,591,157,000 7,557,157,000 7,492,952,000 7,447,567,000 7,435,292,000 7,380,689,000 7,313,374,000 7,176,977,000 7,100,730,000 6,980,451,000 6,881,870,000 6,743,701,000 6,699,336,000 6,604,506,000 6,523,335,000 6,414,813,000 6,336,946,000 6,246,641,000 6,128,207,000 5,984,305,000 6,003,637,000 5,856,029,000 5,729,956,000 5,615,053,000 5,504,221,000 5,366,501,000 5,033,945,000 4,607,360,000 4,513,097,000 4,374,596,000 4,216,125,000 4,106,566,000 4,025,770,000 3,911,548,000 3,805,654,000 3,715,339,000 3,640,464,000 3,553,213,000 3,452,529,000 3,363,363,000 3,300,597,000 3,220,347,000 3,135,317,000 3,050,070,000 2,980,353,000 2,912,503,000 2,824,331,000 2,806,391,000 2,759,116,000 2,683,690,000 2,568,774,000 2,483,635,000 2,447,247,000 2,399,803,000 2,318,390,000 2,258,368,000 2,206,722,000 2,152,460,000 2,080,283,000 2,084,647,000 2,033,083,000 1,978,643,000 1,933,487,000 1,923,284,000 1,876,014,000 
        hormel foods corporation shareholders’ investment
      7,901,171,000 8,083,268,000 8,032,337,000 8,028,342,000 7,993,420,000 7,867,119,000 7,885,990,000 7,844,111,000 7,734,885,000    7,535,284,000    6,972,883,000    6,425,548,000    5,921,458,000   5,701,709,000 5,600,811,000 5,391,601,000 5,287,205,000 5,151,331,000 4,749,713,000 4,390,751,000 4,306,483,000 4,160,288,000 3,998,198,000 3,932,786,000 3,840,632,000 3,726,790,000 3,605,678,000 3,571,303,000 3,505,916,000 3,417,754,000 3,311,040,000 3,045,535,000 3,009,859,000 2,927,138,000 2,819,455,000 2,888,887,000 2,800,537,000 2,734,898,000 2,656,582,000 2,659,640,000 2,637,815,000 2,547,713,000 2,400,657,000 2,303,258,000 2,262,405,000 2,209,946,000            
        noncontrolling interest
      14,644,000 9,824,000 9,604,000 10,101,000 10,590,000 10,106,000 10,462,000 4,455,000 4,100,000 4,598,000 5,108,000 5,089,000 4,936,000 5,272,000 5,812,000 5,736,000 5,478,000 5,448,000 5,178,000 5,195,000 4,778,000 4,322,000 4,140,000 4,281,000 4,077,000 4,264,000 4,448,000 4,070,000 4,007,000 4,167,000 4,428,000 4,043,000 3,467,000 3,196,000 3,156,000 3,225,000 3,195,000 3,226,000 3,183,000 5,526,000 6,378,000 8,277,000 7,228,000 6,677,000 5,539,000 8,349,000 7,973,000 6,814,000 5,470,000 7,312,000 5,286,000 4,208,000 3,234,000 6,975,000 5,433,000 4,271,000 5,982,000 4,464,000 3,448,000 2,769,000            
        total shareholders’ investment
      7,915,815,000 8,093,092,000 8,041,941,000 8,038,442,000 8,004,011,000 7,877,225,000 7,896,452,000 7,848,566,000 7,738,985,000    7,540,219,000    6,978,360,000    6,430,326,000    5,925,535,000   5,705,779,000 5,604,818,000 5,395,768,000 5,291,633,000 5,155,374,000 4,753,180,000 4,393,947,000 4,309,639,000 4,163,513,000 4,001,393,000 3,936,012,000 3,843,815,000 3,732,316,000 3,612,056,000 3,579,580,000 3,513,144,000 3,424,431,000 3,316,579,000 3,053,884,000 3,017,832,000 2,933,952,000 2,824,925,000 2,896,199,000 2,805,823,000 2,739,106,000 2,659,816,000 2,666,615,000 2,643,248,000 2,551,984,000 2,406,639,000 2,307,722,000 2,265,853,000 2,212,715,000 2,123,452,000 2,166,403,000 2,105,516,000 2,047,535,000 2,022,865,000 2,028,786,000 1,968,851,000 1,884,783,000 1,923,588,000 1,917,689,000 1,881,410,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ investment
      13,393,119,000 13,496,726,000 13,421,808,000 13,403,483,000 13,434,729,000 13,113,781,000 14,135,373,000 13,512,983,000 13,448,772,000    13,306,919,000    12,696,329,000    9,908,282,000    8,109,004,000   8,155,398,000 8,142,292,000 7,895,373,000 7,829,749,000 7,858,848,000 6,507,965,000 6,388,297,000 6,110,345,000 6,040,889,000 6,139,831,000 6,091,081,000 5,622,998,000 5,559,623,000 5,455,619,000 5,188,433,000 5,085,824,000 5,067,170,000 4,915,880,000 4,761,249,000 4,667,641,000 4,622,830,000 4,563,966,000 4,382,619,000 4,314,663,000 4,270,294,000 4,244,391,000 4,149,529,000 4,451,417,000 4,122,948,000 4,053,918,000 3,845,026,000 3,784,134,000 3,730,692,000 3,692,055,000 3,676,730,000 3,633,768,000 3,631,031,000 3,558,121,000 3,471,148,000 3,431,258,000 3,393,650,000 3,124,194,000 3,109,436,000 3,083,594,000 
        in thousands, except per
                                                                             
        share amounts
                                                                             
        balance at october 30, 2022
      546,237,000    546,237,000   546,237,000 546,237,000    546,237,000                                                           
        net earnings
                      909,140,000    908,354,000    979,148,000    1,012,582,000        687,264,000    606,026,000    530,076,000    504,961,000    479,196,000    399,776,000    342,813,000       301,892,000    
        other comprehensive income
                                                                             
        purchases of common stock
                                                                             
        stock-based compensation expense
      44,000 -9,000 52,000  37,000  44,000  38,000    38,000                                                           
        exercise of stock-based compensation awards, net of withholding taxes
      629,000 299,000                                                                      
        shares retired
      -310,000    -310,000  -310,000  -469,000    -302,000                                                           
        declared dividends — 1.10 per share
                                                                             
        balance at october 29, 2023
      546,599,000   546,599,000 546,599,000   546,599,000 546,599,000                                                               
        contribution from noncontrolling interest
                                                                             
        declared dividends — 1.13 per share
                                                                             
        balance at october 27, 2024
      548,605,000   548,605,000 548,605,000                                                                   
        declared dividends — 1.16 per share
                                                                             
        balance at october 26, 2025
      550,107,000                                                                       
        land
       74,411,000 73,372,000 73,291,000 75,159,000 74,670,000 74,760,000 75,000,000 74,626,000 72,648,000 73,510,000 73,952,000 74,303,000 74,274,000 75,053,000 74,992,000 72,133,000 72,085,000 64,228,000 62,561,000 62,543,000 54,971,000 54,670,000 54,450,000 49,758,000 49,801,000 49,642,000 49,162,000 50,332,000 51,145,000 52,007,000 51,481,000 46,847,000 67,192,000 70,846,000 70,860,000 71,192,000 70,950,000 61,426,000 61,813,000 61,809,000 61,564,000 61,557,000 61,516,000 58,506,000 58,589,000 57,611,000 56,506,000 56,258,000 56,270,000 56,245,000 56,231,000 56,273,000 55,676,000 55,647,000 55,617,000 54,017,000 53,074,000 53,063,000 52,948,000 52,952,000 52,914,000 52,945,000 52,939,000 52,328,000 51,839,000 48,723,000 48,663,000 48,077,000 48,951,000 48,697,000 
        buildings
       1,506,306,000 1,498,515,000 1,480,204,000 1,503,519,000 1,471,787,000 1,469,520,000 1,464,811,000 1,458,354,000 1,426,048,000 1,420,419,000 1,405,861,000 1,398,255,000 1,392,584,000 1,349,098,000 1,339,344,000 1,332,881,000 1,331,987,000 1,286,802,000 1,256,462,000 1,250,529,000 1,152,620,000 1,152,119,000 1,138,514,000 1,083,902,000 1,035,755,000 1,011,242,000 958,884,000 956,260,000 904,750,000 900,139,000 890,026,000 757,190,000 788,308,000 821,303,000 817,691,000 815,643,000 815,111,000 807,308,000 810,674,000 803,722,000 789,425,000 786,815,000 783,098,000 784,133,000 782,142,000 780,877,000 771,628,000 767,876,000 757,474,000 757,331,000 749,757,000 749,143,000 740,655,000 738,892,000 736,006,000 729,718,000 726,949,000 730,233,000 723,859,000 723,553,000 708,692,000 672,588,000 668,516,000 656,584,000 646,796,000 627,774,000 615,245,000 594,058,000 571,618,000 569,930,000 
        equipment
       2,940,137,000 2,912,555,000 2,900,493,000 2,905,058,000 2,815,248,000 2,801,333,000 2,781,258,000 2,781,730,000 2,717,472,000 2,681,525,000 2,641,581,000 2,636,660,000 2,554,146,000 2,486,841,000 2,473,366,000 2,415,063,000 2,382,940,000 2,229,687,000 2,093,204,000 2,084,930,000 2,045,238,000 2,017,183,000 1,990,262,000 1,965,478,000 1,887,368,000 1,851,640,000 1,819,284,000 1,863,020,000 1,806,543,000 1,808,954,000 1,776,526,000 1,665,520,000 1,658,308,000 1,706,597,000 1,690,232,000 1,679,100,000 1,678,830,000 1,652,403,000 1,644,200,000 1,597,044,000 1,564,491,000 1,558,011,000 1,546,306,000 1,532,527,000 1,519,715,000 1,501,230,000 1,452,593,000 1,435,630,000 1,414,891,000 1,405,774,000 1,401,244,000 1,393,128,000 1,376,515,000 1,373,275,000 1,362,978,000 1,358,237,000 1,344,240,000 1,318,830,000 1,318,651,000 1,317,845,000 1,318,029,000 1,311,505,000 1,303,471,000 1,253,612,000 1,225,630,000 1,212,071,000 1,192,481,000 1,152,469,000 1,152,517,000 1,129,422,000 
        construction in progress
       330,408,000 297,683,000 270,214,000 228,726,000 274,823,000 241,749,000 215,086,000 195,665,000 216,478,000 200,898,000 226,908,000 216,246,000 238,690,000 316,840,000 282,656,000 316,455,000 263,632,000 257,658,000 389,477,000 369,453,000 384,052,000 325,075,000 275,498,000 256,190,000 242,369,000 259,683,000 302,929,000 332,205,000 311,177,000 226,119,000 174,733,000 152,217,000 181,647,000 132,975,000 94,682,000 79,964,000 63,876,000 83,382,000 73,153,000 119,657,000 122,528,000 120,427,000 104,612,000 85,696,000 74,153,000 83,331,000 75,422,000 82,254,000 91,809,000 73,315,000 62,322,000 50,286,000 49,767,000 43,971,000 43,158,000 45,283,000 56,376,000 62,348,000 53,390,000 41,722,000 45,947,000 68,691,000 63,977,000 88,160,000 99,109,000 107,364,000 114,415,000 129,694,000 151,464,000 145,974,000 
        less: allowance for depreciation
       -2,638,553,000 -2,590,282,000 -2,549,414,000 -2,517,734,000 -2,467,997,000 -2,424,237,000 -2,380,631,000 -2,344,557,000 -2,301,168,000 -2,257,203,000 -2,223,900,000 -2,184,319,000 -2,141,628,000 -2,104,237,000 -2,068,524,000 -2,027,414,000 -1,983,503,000 -1,940,887,000 -1,903,438,000 -1,869,233,000 -1,836,869,000 -1,798,882,000 -1,763,497,000 -1,726,217,000 -1,698,907,000 -1,677,640,000 -1,646,578,000 -1,689,217,000 -1,663,305,000 -1,633,366,000 -1,599,700,000 -1,567,678,000                                       
        net property, plant, and equipment
       2,212,709,000 2,191,843,000 2,174,789,000 2,194,728,000 2,168,531,000 2,163,124,000 2,155,524,000 2,165,818,000 2,131,479,000 2,119,149,000 2,124,402,000 2,141,146,000    2,109,117,000    1,898,222,000                                                   
        pension and post-retirement benefits
       386,554,000 384,678,000 382,022,000 379,891,000 359,083,000 356,048,000 352,709,000 349,268,000 396,297,000 392,914,000 389,423,000 385,832,000 551,458,000 550,047,000 547,779,000 546,362,000 559,958,000 557,400,000 555,220,000 552,878,000 545,988,000 542,753,000 539,972,000 536,490,000 492,860,000 488,479,000 484,004,000 477,557,000 534,698,000 535,282,000 532,652,000 529,107,000 516,055,000 513,842,000 511,615,000 509,261,000 508,667,000 506,742,000 504,649,000 502,693,000 487,375,000 485,473,000 483,449,000 481,230,000 589,659,000 612,451,000 613,009,000 615,428,000 477,102,000 476,173,000 475,061,000 473,688,000 458,258,000 457,057,000 456,234,000 454,998,000 433,649,000 430,002,000 429,993,000 429,800,000 388,743,000 395,204,000 394,620,000 456,513,000 448,519,000  440,810,000    
        in thousands, except per share amounts
                                                                             
        balance at april 28, 2024
       548,030,000 548,030,000   548,030,000 548,030,000                                                                 
        declared dividends – 0.2825 per share
                                                                             
        balance at july 28, 2024
       548,329,000    548,329,000                                                                  
        balance at april 27, 2025
       549,888,000 549,888,000                                                                     
        declared dividends – 0.2900 per share
                                                                             
        balance at july 27, 2025
       549,998,000                                                                      
        balance at january 28, 2024
        547,596,000 547,596,000   547,596,000 547,596,000                                                                
        exercise of stock options/restricted shares
        382,000 997,000  212,000 56,000 228,000                                                                
        balance at january 26, 2025
        549,785,000 549,785,000                                                                    
        other intangibles
          1,732,705,000 1,743,615,000 1,748,778,000 1,753,156,000 1,757,171,000 1,790,761,000 1,794,668,000 1,798,732,000 1,803,027,000 1,808,235,000 1,814,501,000 1,817,165,000 1,822,273,000 1,863,713,000 1,068,399,000 1,073,455,000 1,076,285,000 1,080,546,000 1,023,936,000 1,031,804,000 1,033,862,000 1,038,127,000 1,040,392,000 1,204,991,000 1,207,219,000 1,236,897,000 1,251,296,000 1,023,322,000 882,717,000 815,236,000 823,130,000 825,069,000 827,219,000 548,967,000 550,854,000 552,820,000 554,890,000 373,716,000 376,058,000 378,361,000 378,093,000 380,410,000 382,816,000 120,882,000 123,072,000 125,367,000 127,593,000 129,620,000 132,046,000 134,330,000 136,603,000 139,023,000 141,522,000 144,268,000 146,845,000 121,760,000 140,854,000 143,483,000 146,047,000 148,634,000 150,494,000 153,378,000 156,179,000 162,237,000 142,211,000 145,059,000 149,605,000 
        balance at october 31, 2021
          542,412,000    542,412,000    542,412,000                                                           
        exercise of stock options/ restricted shares
          3,787,000    2,956,000    5,700,000                                                           
        declared dividends — 1.04 per share
                                                                             
        balance at april 30, 2023
           546,255,000 546,255,000                                                                 
        declared dividends – 0.2750 per share
                                                                             
        balance at july 30, 2023
           546,467,000                                                                  
        balance at january 29, 2023
            546,466,000 546,466,000                                                                
        accounts payable and accrued expenses
             744,116,000   750,295,000 764,525,000  799,202,000 826,729,000 799,368,000                                                        
        balance at october 25, 2020
              539,887,000    539,887,000                                                           
        declared dividends — 0.98 per share
                                                                             
        liabilities and shareholders' investment
                                                                             
        employee related expenses
               241,879,000 228,675,000 213,540,000 279,072,000 248,551,000 244,664,000 214,350,000 241,977,000 216,065,000 226,111,000 204,191,000 252,845,000 214,394,000 179,328,000 164,933,000 213,515,000 193,049,000 182,720,000 160,242,000 224,736,000 201,353,000 180,132,000 157,667,000 188,327,000 214,628,000 195,151,000 164,288,000 232,309,000 197,304,000 177,699,000 147,730,000 209,874,000 183,431,000 163,501,000 142,902,000 192,063,000 182,592,000 161,975,000 138,077,000 193,463,000 176,886,000 161,272,000 139,030,000 195,258,000 176,451,000 156,962,000 128,906,000 187,116,000 164,460,000 166,406,000 146,427,000 181,531,000           
        shareholders' investment
                                                                             
        preferred stock, par value 0.01 a share–
                                                                             
        authorized 160,000,000 shares: issued–none
                                                                             
        authorized 400,000,000 shares: issued–none
                                                                             
        authorized 1,600,000,000 shares:
                                                                             
        shares issued as of july 30, 2023: 546,466,703
                                                                             
        shares issued as of october 30, 2022: 546,237,051
                                                                             
        hormel foods corporation shareholders' investment
               7,713,265,000 7,686,507,000 7,613,904,000  7,361,676,000 7,339,402,000 7,100,589,000  6,788,284,000 6,700,672,000 6,550,532,000  6,267,425,000 6,162,061,000 6,091,764,000  5,887,071,000 5,897,336,000                                             
        total shareholders' investment
               7,717,863,000 7,691,615,000 7,618,993,000  7,366,948,000 7,345,214,000 7,106,325,000  6,793,732,000 6,705,851,000 6,555,727,000  6,271,747,000 6,166,202,000 6,096,045,000  5,891,335,000 5,901,784,000                                             
        total liabilities and shareholders' investment
               13,426,757,000 13,315,745,000 13,283,047,000  13,140,418,000 13,122,263,000 12,827,009,000  12,332,182,000 9,889,004,000 9,957,932,000  9,600,472,000 8,395,181,000 8,290,109,000  7,954,576,000 7,935,745,000                                             
        shares issued as of april 30, 2023: 546,255,027
                                                                             
        prepaid expenses
                 40,063,000   31,478,000  24,971,000 26,250,000 23,875,000 21,356,000 18,349,000 16,968,000 24,229,000 24,817,000 22,637,000 22,606,000 24,219,000 23,601,000 16,342,000 14,542,000 18,534,000 15,581,000 17,096,000 15,832,000 13,908,000 13,820,000 14,383,000 17,376,000 14,546,000 29,534,000 15,250,000 13,140,000 12,293,000 13,888,000 13,000,000 14,867,000 12,037,000 13,276,000 12,772,000 12,865,000 11,986,000 12,952,000 10,048,000 11,859,000 12,756,000 13,612,000 12,153,000 13,342,000 11,911,000 11,256,000 9,130,000           
        other current assets
                 13,218,000   56,826,000  14,943,000 13,534,000 27,707,000 8,935,000 12,438,000 13,956,000 16,410,000 10,976,000 14,457,000 11,335,000 12,132,000 4,761,000 6,662,000 5,920,000 5,138,000 4,417,000 4,433,000 8,432,000 5,356,000 7,484,000 9,422,000 6,850,000 5,691,000 7,821,000 6,738,000 9,164,000 5,975,000 10,034,000 7,379,000 9,723,000 7,920,000 8,272,000 5,555,000 5,806,000 8,345,000 8,960,000 8,417,000 10,842,000 17,937,000 22,655,000 23,635,000 17,420,000 19,167,000 19,483,000 19,253,000           
        investments in and receivables from affiliates
                 701,629,000 271,058,000 277,727,000 275,849,000 286,493,000 299,019,000 304,417,000 309,256,000 304,867,000 308,372,000 298,638,000 303,194,000 290,777,000 289,157,000 279,265,000 276,478,000 277,837,000 273,153,000 276,462,000 265,579,000 262,147,000 248,129,000 257,061,000 254,949,000 253,589,000 258,998,000 245,618,000 264,054,000 255,777,000 264,451,000 263,136,000 267,706,000 258,128,000 270,609,000 269,221,000 284,043,000 280,886,000 286,537,000 296,785,000 301,685,000 292,901,000 295,698,000 227,810,000 222,817,000 211,169,000 214,389,000 132,433,000 130,869,000 110,158,000 86,599,000 87,017,000 80,590,000 90,100,000 92,150,000 95,213,000 100,222,000 102,060,000 102,341,000 94,632,000 103,619,000 
        shares issued as of january 29, 2023: 546,465,522
                                                                             
        balance at october 27, 2019
                  534,489,000                                                           
        contribution from non-controlling interest
                                                                             
        declared dividends — 0.93 per share
                                                                             
        current assets
                                                                             
        property, plant and equipment
                                                                             
        net property, plant and equipment
                   2,118,067,000 2,123,595,000 2,101,835,000  2,067,141,000 1,897,489,000 1,898,265,000  1,800,012,000 1,750,165,000 1,695,228,000 1,629,111,000 1,516,386,000 1,494,567,000 1,483,681,000 1,512,600,000 1,410,310,000 1,353,853,000 1,293,066,000 1,054,096,000                                       
        current liabilities
                                                                             
        shares issued as of july 31, 2022: 546,155,583
                                                                             
        shares issued as of october 31, 2021: 542,412,403
                                                                             
        shares issued as of may 1, 2022: 546,052,763
                                                                             
        authorized 160,000,000 shares; issued–none
                                                                             
        authorized 400,000,000 shares; issued–none
                                                                             
        authorized 1,600,000,000 shares;
                                                                             
        shares issued as of january 30, 2022: 543,011,868
                                                                             
        accrued workers compensation
                      27,350,000 29,278,000 28,681,000 28,643,000 25,070,000 28,305,000 25,339,000 27,116,000 24,272,000 25,515,000 24,935,000 25,215,000 24,594,000 27,289,000 25,702,000 29,754,000 24,842,000 38,296,000 37,828,000 37,683,000 37,009,000 38,608,000 38,100,000 37,622,000 35,406,000 38,361,000 39,207,000 40,190,000 38,217,000 37,169,000 35,991,000 35,623,000 33,543,000 33,689,000 33,281,000 32,897,000 32,218,000 33,579,000 33,709,000 33,600,000 33,022,000 32,518,000 31,970,000 29,813,000 29,421,000 29,724,000 29,568,000 28,551,000 28,963,000 28,832,000 28,632,000 27,372,000 29,219,000 30,084,000 28,051,000 
        net sales
                      11,386,189,000    9,608,462,000    9,497,317,000    9,545,700,000        9,263,863,000    9,316,256,000    8,751,654,000    8,230,670,000    7,895,089,000    7,220,719,000    6,533,671,000       6,193,032,000    
        cost of products sold
                      9,458,283,000    7,782,498,000    7,612,669,000    7,550,267,000        7,455,282,000    7,751,273,000    7,338,838,000    6,898,819,000    6,560,976,000    5,981,977,000    5,434,800,000       4,778,505,000    
        gross profit
                      1,927,906,000    1,825,963,000    1,884,648,000    1,995,433,000        1,808,581,000    1,564,983,000    1,412,816,000    1,331,851,000    1,334,113,000    1,238,742,000    1,098,871,000       1,414,527,000    
        selling, general, and administrative
                      853,071,000    761,315,000                                                   
        equity in earnings of affiliates
                      47,763,000    35,572,000    39,201,000    58,972,000        23,887,000    17,585,000    20,513,000    38,691,000    26,757,000    13,126,000    1,628,000       3,470,000    
        operating income
                      1,122,599,000    1,100,220,000    1,196,265,000    1,198,921,000        1,067,320,000    931,620,000    805,989,000    764,674,000    742,284,000    646,575,000    533,414,000       483,920,000    
        other income and expense:
                                                                             
        interest and investment income
                      46,878,000    35,596,000    31,520,000    8,857,000        2,934,000    3,236,000    4,971,000    6,520,000        4,565,000    19,563,000       13,624,000    
        interest expense
                      -43,307,000    -21,069,000    -18,070,000    -26,494,000        -13,111,000        -12,453,000    -12,859,000                       
        earnings before income taxes
                      1,126,170,000    1,114,747,000    1,209,715,000    1,181,284,000        1,057,143,000    922,152,000    798,507,000    758,335,000    718,836,000    624,551,000    524,982,000       469,837,000    
        benefit from income taxes
                      217,029,000    206,393,000    230,567,000    168,702,000        369,879,000    316,126,000    268,431,000    253,374,000    239,640,000    224,775,000    182,169,000       167,945,000    
        less: net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest
                      301,000    272,000    342,000    442,000        1,176,000    3,349,000    3,865,000    4,911,000    5,001,000    4,189,000               
        net earnings attributable to hormel foods corporation
                      908,839,000    908,082,000    978,806,000    1,012,140,000        686,088,000    602,677,000    526,211,000        474,195,000    395,587,000               
        net earnings per share:
                                                                             
        basic
                      1,680    1,690    1,830    1,910        2,600    2,280    1,990    263,466,000    1,780    2,970    2,550       2,200    
        diluted
                      1,660    1,660    1,800    1,860        2,540    2,230    1,950    268,891,000    1,740    2,920    2,530       2,170    
        weighted-average shares outstanding:
                                                                             
        income taxes receivable
                       16,408,000 9,263,000 8,997,000  572,000 342,000 187,000 19,924,000 667,000 293,000 147,000 3,995,000 4,641,000 2,930,000 176,000  7,015,000   6,132,000 15,466,000 28,739,000  25,678,000 6,622,000 14,603,000   2,868,000 17,181,000  16,460,000 18,799,000 16,649,000  24,423,000 16,830,000 4,187,000  8,525,000 6,421,000 7,217,000             
        long-term debt - less current maturities
                       3,316,262,000 1,040,486,000 1,043,050,000  1,046,821,000                                                  
        shares issued as of july 25, 2021: 542,536,431
                                                                             
        shares issued as of october 25, 2020: 539,887,092
                                                                             
        shares issued as of april 25, 2021: 540,410,998
                                                                             
        shares issued as of january 24, 2021: 539,796,305
                                                                             
        long-term debt – less current maturities
                          1,044,936,000    250,000,000    624,840,000      250,000,000       250,000,000 250,000,000        250,000,000                 350,005,000    
        goodwill/intangible impairment
                                  17,279,000                                           
        preferred stock, par value .01 a share–
                                                                             
        shares issued as of july 26, 2020: 539,387,013
                                                                             
        shares issued as of october 27, 2019: 534,488,746
                                                                             
        long-term debt–less current maturities
                            56,861,000 308,972,000  250,000,000 250,000,000 250,000,000  624,801,000 624,763,000 624,726,000 250,000,000       250,000,000    250,000,000                          350,020,000 350,035,000 
        shares issued as of april 26, 2020: 538,949,485
                                                                             
        issued 537,414,897 shares january 26, 2020
                                                                             
        issued 534,488,746 shares october 27, 2019
                                                                             
        selling, general and administrative
                              727,584,000    838,205,000        743,611,000    650,948,000    627,340,000    605,868,000    618,586,000    605,293,000    567,085,000           
        issued 533,679,626 shares july 28, 2019
                                                                             
        issued 534,135,484 shares october 28, 2018
                                                                             
        issued 536,092,537 shares april 28, 2019
                                                                             
        a share–authorized 400,000,000 shares; issued–none
                                                                             
        issued 534,169,855 shares january 27, 2019
                                                                             
        short-term debt
                                   95,000,000 185,000,000 255,000,000  145,000,000   185,000,000 350,000,000                                  
        issued 531,103,604 shares july 29, 2018
                                                                             
        issued 528,423,605 shares october 29, 2017
                                                                             
        issued 530,132,619 shares april 29, 2018
                                                                             
        issued 529,988,220 shares january 28, 2018
                                                                             
        issued 527,739,696 shares july 30, 2017
                                                                             
        issued 528,483,868 shares october 30, 2016
                                                                             
        less allowance for depreciation
                                        -1,682,791,000 -1,659,462,000 -1,634,160,000 -1,626,957,000 -1,614,451,000   -1,559,858,000  -1,528,011,000 -1,505,529,000     -1,404,652,000 -1,384,136,000                     
        long-term debt—less current maturities
                                       250,000,000  250,000,000  250,000,000 250,000,000       250,000,000 250,000,000 250,000,000  250,000,000  250,000,000       350,000,000 350,000,000 350,000,000 350,000,000 350,000,000 350,000,000 350,000,000 350,000,000   350,013,000   
        shareholders’ investment *
                                                                             
        preferred stock, par value .01 a share—
                                                                             
        authorized 160,000,000 shares; issued—none
                                                                             
        a share—authorized 400,000,000 shares; issued—none
                                                                             
        issued 529,133,276 shares july 24, 2016
                                                                             
        issued 528,411,628 shares october 25, 2015
                                       7,752,000 7,765,000 7,755,000                                    
        preferred stock, par value .01 a share – authorized 160,000,000 shares; issued – none
                                                                             
        issued 530,044,459 shares april 24, 2016
                                                                             
        preferred stock, par value .01 a share—authorized 160,000,000 shares; issued—none
                                                                             
        issued 529,366,392 shares january 24, 2016
                                                                             
        long-term debt — less current maturities
                                          250,000,000    250,000,000    250,000,000    250,000,000    250,000,000              350,000,000     
        goodwill impairment charge
                                          21,537,000                                   
        preferred stock, par value .01 a share— authorized 160,000,000 shares; issued—none
                                                                             
        issued 264,322,372 shares july 26, 2015
                                                                             
        issued 263,613,201 shares october 26, 2014
                                           7,745,000 7,740,000 7,729,000                                
        issued 264,173,415 shares april 26, 2015
                                                                             
        authorized 800,000,000 shares;
                                                                             
        issued 263,772,397 shares january 25, 2015
                                                                             
        issued 263,658,296 shares october 27, 2013
                                              7,724,000 7,735,000 7,733,000 7,733,000                            
        issued 264,002,693 shares july 27, 2014
                                                                             
        issued 263,929,263 shares april 27, 2014
                                                                             
        issued 263,927,305 shares january 26, 2014
                                                                             
        preferred stock, par value .01 a share — authorized 160,000,000 shares; issued — none
                                                                             
        issued 264,054,986 shares july 28, 2013
                                                                             
        issued 263,044,280 shares october 28, 2012
                                                   7,737,000 7,763,000                         
        issued 264,944,979 shares april 28, 2013
                                                                             
        preferred stock, par value .01 a share-- authorized 160,000,000 shares; issued—none
                                                                             
        issued 263,247,237 shares july 29, 2012
                                                                             
        issued 263,963,251 shares october 30, 2011
                                                       7,713,000 7,713,000                     
        preferred stock, par value .01 a share--
                                                                             
        authorized 160,000,000 shares; issued – none
                                                                             
        a share – authorized 400,000,000 shares; issued – none
                                                                             
        issued 263,239,531 shares april 29, 2012
                                                                             
        liabilities and shareholder’s investment
                                                                             
        shareholders’ investment*
                                                                             
        issued 265,963,080 shares october 31, 2010
                                                          7,734,000  7,835,000 7,821,000                
        long term debt — less current maturities
                                                           250,000,000                  
        long-term debt, less current maturities
                                                            250,000,000                 
        issued 267,418,190 shares may 1, 2011
                                                                             
        issued 266,918,934 shares january 30, 2011
                                                                             
        preferred stock, par value .01 a share — authorized 80,000,000 shares; issued — none
                                                                             
        preferred stock, par value .01 a share—authorized 80,000,000 shares; issued—none
                                                                             
        issued 133,069,235 shares july 25, 2010
                                                                             
        issued 133,593,719 shares october 25, 2009
                                                               7,798,000              
        preferred stock, par value .01 a share— authorized 80,000,000 shares; issued—none
                                                                             
        notes payable/short-term debt
                                                                   60,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 75,000,000 25,000,000  70,000,000 10,000,000   
        federal income taxes
                                                                   7,009,000 4,554,000 37,458,000 9,448,000 15,686,000 32,477,000 5,927,000 4,141,000 26,543,000 42,665,000 
        employee compensation
                                                                   103,115,000 84,092,000 69,080,000 98,267,000 91,900,000 79,649,000 111,051,000 96,232,000 84,850,000 71,046,000 
        taxes, other than federal income taxes
                                                                   5,575,000 9,477,000 10,215,000 66,000 1,611,000 4,408,000 5,454,000 2,622,000 5,326,000 9,038,000 
        dividends payable
                                                                   25,599,000 25,579,000 24,957,000 25,174,000 25,167,000 25,155,000 20,745,000 20,691,000 20,725,000 20,652,000 
        issued 135,764,226 shares april 27, 2008
                                                                             
        issued 135,677,494 shares october 28, 2007
                                                                       7,956,000      
        short–term marketable securities
                                                                        47,799,000     
        notes payable/short–term debt
                                                                             
        current maturities of long–term debt
                                                                             
        pension and post - retirement benefits
                                                                        440,736,000     
        additional paid–in capital
                                                                        612,000     
        preferred stock, par value .01 a share – authorized 80,000,000 shares; issued– none
                                                                             
        treasury stock
                                                                             
        expenses:
                                                                             
        selling and delivery
                                                                         771,597,000    
        administrative and general
                                                                         162,480,000    
        total expenses
                                                                         934,077,000    
        net pension assets
                                                                          59,984,000 61,767,000 64,600,000 
        accumulated postretirement benefit obligation
                                                                          271,519,000 271,519,000 271,519,000 
        shares held in treasury—300,000 shares october 29, 2006
                                                                             
        issued 137,616,109 shares april 29, 2007
                                                                             
        issued 137,639,954 shares october 29, 2006
                                                                           8,064,000 8,078,000 
        shares held in treasury– 300,000 shares october 29, 2006
                                                                             
        issued 137,850,202 shares january 28, 2007
                                                                             
        shares held in treasury- 27,500 shares january 28, 2007 300,000 shares october 29, 2006
                                                                             
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
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          operating activities
                                                                                   
          net earnings
        157,378,000 181,769,000 -56,204,000 183,696,000 179,742,000 170,530,000 219,960,000 176,735,000 189,207,000 218,729,000 195,483,000 162,571,000 217,215,000 217,651,000 280,011,000 218,826,000 261,679,000 239,710,000 281,750,000 177,074,000 227,921,000 222,395,000 234,526,000 203,260,000 227,615,000 242,953,000 255,566,000 199,427,000 282,636,000 241,519,000 261,496,000 210,353,000 237,522,000 303,211,000 628,740,000 446,189,000 235,303,000 646,327,000 450,551,000 235,167,000 187,443,000 146,956,000 180,435,000 172,430,000 171,848,000 139,014,000 140,706,000 154,458,000 158,485,000 113,905,000 126,641,000 131,045,000 134,286,000 112,407,000 128,935,000 129,333,000 118,495,000 99,964,000 110,702,000 150,035,000 122,608,000 86,364,000 78,535,000 112,269,000 103,876,000 77,169,000 80,385,000 81,383,000 51,947,000 77,561,000 88,181,000 101,192,000 57,374,000 68,001,000 75,325,000 
          adjustments to reconcile to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                   
          depreciation and amortization
        68,826,000 67,095,000  64,692,000 63,963,000 65,872,000  63,658,000 63,629,000 64,067,000  74,754,000 70,785,000 70,893,000  65,132,000                                                            
          equity in earnings of affiliates
        -17,229,000 -15,820,000 148,453,000 -11,153,000 -15,350,000 -16,111,000 -11,838,000 -7,977,000 -15,182,000 -16,091,000 -541,000 -9,784,000 -16,870,000 -15,559,000 -7,234,000 -7,137,000 -5,916,000 -6,898,000 -10,041,000 -10,420,000 -13,074,000 -14,228,000 -9,729,000 -8,235,000 -10,020,000 -7,588,000 -11,068,000 -3,384,000 -13,291,000 -11,458,000 -8,814,000 -13,141,000 -13,486,000 -23,531,000                                          
          distributions received from equity method investees
        6,250,000 13,051,000 11,250,000 12,703,000 6,250,000 19,894,000 13,058,000 7,266,000 10,000,000 15,731,000 10,000,000 14,508,000 10,000,000 3,652,000 12,500,000 12,500,000 18,039,000 11,250,000 11,249,000 11,250,000 11,250,000                                                      
          provision for deferred income taxes
        -7,835,000 139,000 54,277,000 -1,119,000 -216,000 -70,000 89,092,000 -954,000 -289,000 -179,000 32,067,000 206,000 -168,000 -311,000 105,573,000 71,948,000 -887,000 366,000 26,302,000 368,000 1,672,000 335,000 33,929,000 -283,000 -1,656,000 49,000 66,562,000 19,000 -38,065,000 125,000 48,669,000 18,376,000 -5,630,000 -68,856,000 11,359,000 11,336,000 11,215,000 4,428,000 -2,397,000 -1,735,000 10,360,000   1,161,000 7,418,000 -257,000 2,211,000 428,000     4,485,000 976,000   1,712,000   3,692,000 28,144,000 -2,602,000              
          non-cash investment activities
        -2,012,000 -3,237,000 -4,834,000 -10,446,000 3,812,000 -2,547,000 -3,055,000 -5,698,000 -2,192,000 -12,612,000 9,655,000 -4,950,000 742,000 -7,839,000 5,688,000 -395,000 8,049,000 5,956,000 -2,413,000 -5,276,000 -4,833,000 -11,693,000 -4,350,000 -9,330,000 11,126,000 -12,761,000 -402,000 -2,146,000 -8,116,000 -9,516,000 1,788,000 -1,245,000 2,429,000 -10,880,000    -1,247,000 -375,000 2,081,000    -1,068,000  -1,270,000 -447,000 -135,000      -218,000   3,638,000   377,000    96,000            
          stock-based compensation expense
        9,526,000 6,919,000 4,215,000 4,852,000 11,081,000 5,454,000 3,121,000 5,107,000 10,561,000 4,444,000 3,131,000 5,034,000 10,710,000 5,202,000 4,010,000 4,565,000 10,040,000 6,328,000 4,431,000 4,479,000 8,053,000 7,781,000 3,269,000 3,724,000 6,167,000 9,298,000 3,000,000 3,193,000 5,568,000 7,946,000 2,939,000 6,265,000 4,052,000 7,339,000 13,867,000 11,861,000 7,240,000 16,091,000 14,178,000 7,162,000 1,457,000   5,524,000 1,703,000 1,746,000 5,987,000 4,957,000 1,167,000 4,523,000 6,330,000 5,576,000 2,519,000 3,062,000 4,889,000 6,240,000 2,409,000 2,578,000 4,002,000 8,240,000 2,534,000 2,682,000 3,824,000 5,362,000            
          operating lease cost
        10,787,000 10,821,000 11,430,000 11,366,000 9,527,000 9,580,000 9,721,000 9,678,000 9,516,000 8,675,000                                                                  
          loss on sale of business
        60,214,000 -23,508,000 10,800,000                                                                      
          other non-cash
        1,268,000 1,465,000 2,515,000 -2,050,000 1,462,000 1,140,000 -2,218,000 5,009,000 7,687,000 5,814,000                                                                  
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of divestitures:
                                                                                   
          decrease in accounts receivable
        -26,905,000 90,901,000 -21,212,000 -16,618,000 13,366,000 57,194,000 -87,529,000 1,743,000 19,591,000 68,094,000 -32,425,000 -24,706,000 26,568,000 79,561,000 -68,309,000 -12,623,000 24,218,000 85,079,000 156,000 -171,960,000 -16,379,000 -3,444,000 -53,463,000 -113,227,000 35,682,000 11,492,000 -52,455,000 8,675,000 -3,628,000 36,262,000 -42,597,000 -8,411,000 17,512,000 69,629,000 18,348,000 42,036,000  47,767,000 57,191,000 50,951,000 -56,519,000   31,288,000  -21,344,000 -10,137,000 46,476,000   4,297,000 40,505,000   -16,843,000 38,605,000  -22,135,000 885,000 24,262,000   -7,665,000 23,597,000   34,054,000 40,880,000  -6,081,000 21,138,000  -888,000 4,972,000 19,842,000 
          decrease in inventories
        -114,403,000 91,293,000 74,810,000 -91,183,000 -211,507,000 55,606,000 64,687,000 23,210,000 -96,508,000 103,894,000 56,250,000 6,774,000 -15,544,000 -11,766,000 -40,351,000 -84,890,000 -210,171,000 -16,251,000 57,041,000 -47,570,000 -142,771,000 -11,876,000 -88,869,000 66,405,000 35,540,000 -14,915,000 66,221,000 -78,463,000 -80,700,000 -30,901,000         -34,052,000  -6,938,000   36,824,000   -129,001,000 46,161,000        2,995,000                    
          decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets
        -2,486,000 833,000 -19,889,000 6,189,000 3,202,000 -8,101,000 20,862,000 -17,998,000 8,746,000 1,533,000 -16,549,000 6,509,000 -24,088,000 -34,538,000                                                              
          increase in pension and postretirement benefits
        1,957,000 1,728,000                                                                          
          increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
        37,628,000 -97,026,000 31,112,000 -23,116,000 -20,996,000 -56,325,000 68,174,000 -17,709,000 54,564,000 -132,229,000 -9,315,000 74,014,000 -33,850,000 -171,368,000 69,873,000 -38,053,000 39,223,000 -85,554,000 145,286,000 73,251,000 20,654,000 -124,092,000 121,839,000 109,662,000 15,764,000 -135,988,000 50,239,000 13,999,000 38,971,000 -147,318,000              -39,944,000    32,445,000                            
          increase in net income taxes payable
        -4,026,000 22,791,000 -54,541,000 19,160,000 1,638,000 -13,877,000 -34,121,000 -34,619,000 -33,930,000 63,353,000 -32,048,000 1,722,000 -48,068,000 59,837,000 -28,443,000 -27,226,000 3,040,000 63,498,000 14,408,000 -16,898,000 -18,758,000 58,059,000 -70,009,000 -9,547,000 23,894,000 41,376,000 -44,903,000 7,329,000 -40,041,000 61,686,000 646,000 -1,711,000 -46,465,000 65,881,000 46,069,000                                         
          net cash from operating activities
        178,939,000 349,214,000 322,906,000 156,699,000 56,440,000 309,206,000 408,621,000 217,990,000 236,147,000 403,980,000 319,091,000 317,002,000 208,125,000 203,629,000 371,820,000 186,046,000 193,355,000 383,756,000 564,148,000 76,527,000 155,573,000 205,686,000 249,938,000 329,796,000 359,872,000 188,418,000 350,084,000 207,319,000 178,168,000 187,425,000 498,524,000 299,864,000 139,164,000 304,177,000       301,747,000   246,502,000 352,513,000 119,331,000 -39,257,000 314,292,000 208,956,000 171,291,000 115,745,000 141,813,000  71,022,000 60,871,000 152,160,000 171,054,000 43,506,000 110,587,000 165,332,000 213,910,000 92,284,000 65,403,000 113,935,000 223,645,000 68,172,000 87,562,000 171,390,000 68,256,000 -35,338,000 150,513,000 180,332,000 67,811,000 34,314,000 54,472,000 
          capital expenditures
        -84,131,000 -42,786,000 -92,770,000 -61,430,000 -74,790,000 -52,077,000 -80,424,000 -60,993,000 -59,965,000 -47,210,000 -101,682,000 -77,948,000 -37,052,000 -89,734,000 -60,971,000 -78,466,000 -49,747,000 -93,055,000 -53,817,000 -45,181,000 -40,363,000 -88,267,000 -80,352,000 -58,211,000 -139,607,000 -66,610,000 -48,191,000 -39,430,000 -145,632,000 -102,815,000 -87,466,000 -53,694,000         -27,674,000 -34,764,000 -40,025,000 -37,038,000  -35,698,000 -16,737,000 
          free cash flows
        94,808,000 306,428,000 230,136,000 95,269,000 -18,350,000 257,129,000 328,197,000 156,997,000 176,182,000 356,770,000 217,409,000 239,054,000 208,125,000 166,577,000 282,086,000 125,075,000 114,889,000 334,009,000 471,093,000 22,710,000 110,392,000 165,323,000 249,938,000 241,529,000 279,520,000 130,207,000 210,477,000 140,709,000 129,977,000 147,995,000 352,892,000 197,049,000 51,698,000 250,483,000       301,747,000   218,828,000 352,513,000 84,567,000 -79,282,000 277,254,000 208,956,000 171,291,000 115,745,000 141,813,000  35,324,000 60,871,000 152,160,000 171,054,000 43,506,000 110,587,000 148,595,000 213,910,000 92,284,000 65,403,000 113,935,000 223,645,000 68,172,000 87,562,000 171,390,000 68,256,000 -35,338,000 150,513,000 180,332,000 67,811,000 34,314,000 54,472,000 
          investing activities
                                                                                   
          net sale of securities
        197,000 -323,000 -766,000 -1,435,000 -3,348,000 -1,387,000 18,000 -607,000 -4,535,000 -964,000 7,000 -2,000 786,000 -833,000 1,197,000 5,663,000 -2,756,000 -1,611,000 -3,060,000 -582,000 -516,000 -206,000 53,000 -651,000 -1,975,000 -16,000 -612,000 -7,220,000                                                
          proceeds from sale of business
        21,182,000 78,853,000 -504,000 13,643,000                     5,921,000       135,944,000 135,944,000                                        
          purchases of property, plant, and equipment
        -82,174,000 -68,993,000 -91,458,000 -72,194,000 -75,083,000 -72,167,000 -83,785,000 -65,481,000 -59,965,000 -47,210,000 -101,682,000 -77,948,000                                                                
          proceeds from sales of property, plant, and equipment
        362,000 5,000 41,000 9,000 47,000 35,000 42,000 35,000 389,000 8,000 16,000 271,000                                                                
          proceeds from (purchases of) affiliates and other investments
        -3,723,000 -1,593,000 -1,419,000 -584,000 -1,306,000 -1,393,000 -1,289,000 -6,231,000   -514,000 212,000                                                                
          proceeds from company-owned life insurance
          7,881,000 1,859,000 936,000 8,101,000 11,000 1,116,000 47,000 1,917,000 16,000 8,019,000 6,672,000   1,300,000 3,059,000 956,000 2,592,000 62,000 1,118,000 1,303,000 2,285,000 14,026,000 144,000 4,410,000 2,266,000 3,028,000                                          
          net cash from investing activities
        -58,690,000 7,948,000 -93,601,000 -66,323,000 -78,335,000 -60,333,000 -60,008,000 -64,183,000 -64,562,000 -48,154,000 -101,055,000 -77,421,000 -59,599,000 -451,469,000 -86,210,000 -46,016,000 -76,131,000 -49,680,000 -95,519,000 -3,443,064,000 -47,955,000 -39,301,000 -150,276,000 -82,905,000 -362,631,000 -60,504,000 -134,788,000 -69,886,000 426,506,000 -1,679,000 -139,398,000 -109,510,000 -81,161,000 -905,299,000 18,811,000 62,795,000 105,571,000 -327,879,000 -84,965,000 -20,981,000    -2,811,000  -31,785,000 -42,312,000 -70,133,000    66,343,000  -21,076,000      -18,521,000                
          financing activities
                                                                                   
          repayments of long-term debt and finance leases
        -1,827,000 -1,825,000 -1,580,000 -2,005,000 -2,043,000 -2,202,000 -2,220,000 -952,277,000 -2,271,000 -2,249,000 -2,243,000 -2,208,000 -2,187,000 -2,189,000 -2,175,000 -1,474,000 -2,861,000 -2,163,000 -2,082,000 -2,175,000 -252,195,000 -2,165,000 -2,147,000 -2,152,000 -2,050,000 -2,019,000                                                  
          dividends paid on common stock
        -160,936,000 -159,501,000 -159,500,000 -159,467,000 -159,245,000 -154,980,000 -154,982,000 -154,943,000 -154,741,000 -150,294,000 -150,372,000 -149,944,000 -150,599,000 -142,017,000 -141,916,000 -141,860,000 -141,154,000 -132,909,000 -132,908,000 -132,419,000 -132,271,000 -125,516,000 -125,373,000 -125,253,000 -124,501,000 -112,249,000 -112,082,000 -112,684,000 -112,162,000 -100,125,000 -99,592,000 -99,376,000 -99,325,000 -89,814,000    -219,744,000 -142,878,000 -66,137,000    -52,801,000  -52,766,000 -52,761,000 -44,833,000      -39,497,000      -27,904,000                
          proceeds from stock-based compensation plans, net of withholding taxes
        -220,000 -1,106,000 -2,001,000                                                                         
          net cash from financing activities
        -162,983,000 -162,433,000 -158,112,000 -163,255,000 -149,566,000 -143,063,000 -150,273,000 -1,100,895,000 354,437,000 -133,365,000 -149,087,000 -144,238,000 -165,169,000 -141,570,000 -142,221,000 -140,462,000 -79,982,000 -124,019,000 -143,385,000 2,172,364,000 -373,705,000 -134,754,000 -117,820,000 872,723,000 -110,816,000 -77,915,000 -100,294,000 -215,478,000 -481,573,000 -128,899,000 -165,639,000 -178,584,000 -182,307,000 538,168,000     -289,410,000 -227,474,000    -49,362,000  -54,982,000 -59,851,000 -37,285,000      -41,252,000     218,246,000 -15,843,000                
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
        1,578,000 2,498,000 295,000 2,381,000 752,000 -7,294,000 6,067,000 -1,806,000 -2,865,000 4,218,000 -1,541,000 -6,715,000 -2,651,000 7,093,000 -11,625,000 -10,944,000 44,000 846,000 -3,077,000 1,003,000 -920,000 5,600,000 3,098,000 3,680,000 -4,771,000 1,519,000 -2,300,000 -1,083,000 3,537,000 -3,294,000 -3,333,000 -4,359,000 100,000 4,607,000    -5,152,000 -2,118,000 -2,260,000    -1,406,000  -917,000 906,000 -1,044,000 382,000 -117,000 63,000 88,000 180,000 -256,000 262,000 804,000                    
          increase in cash and cash equivalents
        -41,156,000 197,228,000 71,489,000 -70,499,000 -170,709,000 98,516,000 204,406,000 -948,893,000 523,156,000 226,680,000 67,408,000 88,628,000 -19,293,000 -382,318,000 131,763,000 -11,375,000 37,285,000 210,904,000 322,168,000 -1,193,170,000 -267,008,000 37,232,000 -15,059,000 1,123,294,000 -118,346,000 51,518,000 112,702,000 -79,128,000 126,638,000 53,553,000 190,154,000 7,411,000 -124,204,000 -58,347,000 218,198,000 133,758,000 194,678,000 32,358,000 32,642,000 27,976,000 -1,930,000   192,923,000  31,647,000 -140,514,000 205,830,000    205,289,000 149,171,000 8,438,000 -23,839,000 85,488,000  -416,340,000 314,891,000 130,968,000    63,840,000 90,152,000 -17,231,000 47,594,000 109,959,000        
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
        670,679,000 741,881,000 736,532,000 982,107,000 613,530,000 1,714,309,000 672,901,000 459,136,000 444,122,000 415,143,000 415,143,000 415,143,000 347,239,000 347,239,000 347,239,000   334,174,000 434,014,000 682,388,000 463,130,000 467,845,000 385,252,000 154,778,000 149,749,000 172,485,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        -41,156,000 867,906,000  -70,499,000 -170,710,000 840,398,000  -948,892,000 523,156,000 963,212,000                                                                  
          supplemental non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                   
          purchases of property, plant, and equipment included in accounts payable
        -1,957,000 26,207,000 -1,312,000 10,764,000 293,000 20,090,000 3,361,000 4,488,000                                                                    
          depreciation
                         52,406,000 53,136,000 47,232,000 42,009,000 41,395,000 43,022,000 40,162,000 41,338,000 41,194,000 39,904,000 38,820,000 37,610,000 36,848,000 37,619,000 37,505,000 38,214,000 35,867,000 89,930,000 59,185,000 29,247,000 89,996,000 59,863,000 29,679,000 32,450,000   30,720,000 30,503,000 31,140,000 29,620,000 29,429,000 29,547,000 29,419,000 28,750,000 27,655,000 28,572,000 26,693,000 26,865,000 28,389,000 28,954,000 28,373,000 28,665,000 28,697,000 30,727,000 28,071,000 27,870,000 28,391,000 30,435,000 29,017,000 28,874,000 28,448,000 28,403,000 28,011,000 29,812,000 29,536,000 28,303,000 28,608,000 28,171,000 
          amortization
                         11,874,000 12,780,000 11,952,000 10,254,000 9,648,000 12,985,000 9,695,000 9,250,000 8,135,000                                                  
          goodwill and intangible impairment
                                                                                   
          proceeds from long-term debt
                                 375,000,000                       -93,000                  
          payment of debt issuance costs
                                                                                 
          share repurchase
                        -10,305,000 -816,000 -8,837,000   -106,624,000 -22,813,000 -44,809,000 -2,157,000 -19,542,000 -25,199,000    -44,976,000 -6,358,000       -12,942,000        -8,604,000      -13,731,000                
          proceeds from noncontrolling interest
              6,228,000 280,000             1,000                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                   
          supplemental non-cash financing and investing activities:
                                                                                   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                   
          increase in pension and post-retirement benefits
           9,721,000 10,468,000 10,167,000 -7,692,000 10,538,000 10,748,000 10,756,000 -11,299,000 9,365,000 9,496,000 10,710,000 -22,486,000 -2,398,000 -1,975,000 -2,533,000 -19,077,000 1,254,000 1,241,000 1,134,000 -15,512,000 2,413,000 1,943,000 647,000 -18,889,000 2,093,000 2,143,000 4,237,000 -13,379,000 -1,362,000 -607,000 2,132,000  6,468,000   2,346,000 1,047,000    327,000  -26,410,000 -697,000 1,234,000 10,492,000 -13,978,000 8,258,000 6,511,000   4,109,000 4,460,000   6,347,000 6,232,000  -12,734,000 8,280,000 6,636,000            
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
            11,721,000 14,120,000 6,929,000 6,325,000 8,561,000 18,898,000 3,529,000 5,934,000 -80,000 2,635,000 1,869,000 2,872,000 64,033,000 11,053,000 1,912,000 30,667,000 11,575,000 1,765,000 9,700,000 7,746,000 28,019,000 36,353,000 11,788,000 3,830,000 28,280,000 15,997,000 31,071,000 10,754,000 6,523,000 23,455,000 14,337,000 8,879,000 7,398,000 9,233,000 8,370,000 3,514,000 2,631,000   2,057,000 2,027,000 2,950,000 2,109,000 3,437,000 944,000 653,000 5,393,000 23,222,000 790,000 3,882,000 6,143,000 3,885,000 3,240,000 6,776,000 19,749,000 24,015,000 6,104,000 2,579,000 7,792,000 6,409,000 452,000 476,000          
          adjustments to reconcile to net cash from (used in) operating activities:
                                                                                   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                                                                                   
          acquisitions of businesses and intangibles
                                                                                   
          loss on sales of property, plant, and equipment
                   984,000                                                                
          cash and cash equivalents at end of quarter
                    -19,293,000 599,789,000  -11,375,000 37,285,000 824,434,000  -1,193,170,000 -267,008,000 1,751,541,000  1,123,295,000 -118,346,000 724,419,000  -79,128,000 126,638,000 512,689,000  7,411,000 -124,204,000 385,775,000 633,341,000 548,901,000 609,821,000 379,597,000 379,881,000 375,215,000    527,097,000  31,647,000 -140,514,000 639,844,000  66,748,000 -624,929,000 887,677,000  8,438,000 -23,839,000 548,618,000  -416,340,000 314,891,000 598,813,000  21,736,000 -93,911,000 449,092,000  -17,231,000 47,594,000 264,737,000 2,831,000 -37,078,000 144,234,000  10,506,000 -21,005,000 115,003,000 
          loss on property/equipment sales and plant facilities
                     -2,496,000 1,597,000 2,906,000 599,000 1,593,000 2,135,000 88,000 120,000 1,388,000 1,162,000 376,000 278,000 -23,000 235,000 -1,504,000 8,000 450,000 -1,537,000 54,000    1,285,000   88,000                     237,000   -14,000 71,000  182,000 -31,000 191,000 456,000       
          purchases of property and equipment
                     -37,052,000 -89,734,000 -60,971,000 -78,466,000 -49,747,000 -93,055,000 -53,817,000 -45,181,000 -40,363,000                                                      
          proceeds from sales of property and equipment
                     5,016,000 180,000 610,000 46,000 388,000 306,000 257,000 192,000 1,461,000                                                      
          decrease in investments, equity in affiliates, and other assets
                     -418,616,000 -5,871,000 2,010,000 4,975,000 1,290,000  4,267,000 -2,450,000 -1,149,000  7,580,000 -11,495,000 -4,509,000 -2,937,000 -3,432,000 -7,412,000 7,302,000   188,000 2,718,000  2,669,000 3,596,000 6,865,000 12,178,000 11,088,000    14,932,000    4,028,000    7,919,000  12,915,000 3,748,000 998,000  3,545,000                  
          decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets
                      -11,794,000 -4,609,000 -9,200,000 10,143,000 -12,998,000 1,705,000 28,214,000 17,634,000 31,139,000 27,221,000 -47,049,000 -5,451,000 -9,516,000 6,609,000 -1,573,000 -5,625,000    569,000    45,077,000 8,913,000 7,917,000 17,325,000   18,354,000 6,558,000 -4,250,000 13,581,000 -4,297,000 -15,395,000 5,584,000 -2,299,000 2,318,000 -4,674,000 26,650,000 -17,849,000 3,067,000 -8,793,000 -26,618,000   34,557,000               
          acquisitions of businesses/intangibles
                               -1,911,000       5,000 429,000 -858,102,000    -281,655,000        -374,000 -101,000 -41,401,000           -7,207,000                
          gain on sale of business
                                                                                 
          decrease in investments, equity in affiliates, and otherassets
                                                                                   
          goodwill/intangible impairment
                                                                                   
          distribution from equity method investees
                               7,499,000 10,000,000 10,000,000  10,000,000    9,999,000 10,001,000 23,000                                          
          purchases of property/equipment
                               -88,267,000 -80,352,000 -58,211,000 -139,607,000 -66,610,000 -48,191,000 -39,430,000 -145,632,000 -102,815,000 -87,466,000 -53,694,000    -165,828,000 -99,852,000 -33,480,000    -27,674,000  -34,764,000 -40,025,000 -37,038,000      -35,698,000      -16,737,000                
          proceeds from sales of property/equipment
                               345,000 7,000 1,114,000 1,144,000 5,091,000 862,000 30,305,000 2,507,000 803,000 5,688,000 751,000 2,532,000 1,157,000 3,926,000 2,590,000 2,709,000 1,411,000 3,477,000   9,931,000 1,717,000 2,337,000 1,953,000 4,278,000 3,645,000 2,208,000 1,392,000 2,919,000  1,707,000 748,000 1,055,000 890,000 1,325,000 891,000 1,280,000 1,715,000 831,000 1,410,000 959,000 1,695,000 1,291,000 411,000 1,606,000 662,000 906,000 698,000 5,823,000 3,042,000 624,000 2,200,000 
          gain on insurance proceeds
                                                                                   
          proceeds from insurance recoveries
                                                                                   
          principal payments on long-term debt
                                      39,000 38,000 37,000 -274,000                                          
          amortization of intangibles
                                   2,652,000 3,115,000 3,170,000 3,131,000 3,287,000 2,979,000 3,256,000 6,191,000 4,143,000 2,072,000 6,524,000 4,045,000 2,125,000 1,957,000   2,039,000 2,407,000 2,310,000 2,304,000 2,331,000 2,317,000 2,406,000 2,567,000 2,189,000 2,295,000 2,227,000 2,027,000 2,426,000 2,284,000 2,273,000 2,419,000 2,500,000 2,746,000 2,576,000 2,751,000 2,459,000 2,629,000 2,563,000 2,587,000 2,585,000 2,740,000 2,900,000 3,248,000 3,475,000 2,782,000 2,925,000 2,938,000 
          net proceeds from short-term debt
                                       -90,000,000                                            
          repayments of long-term debt
                                   -374,878,000 38,000                                              
          principal payments on short-term debt
                                         -375,000,000    -185,000,000 -185,000,000 -185,000,000                                    
          increase in inventories
                                       10,167,000 -37,839,000 -21,255,000                    -14,375,000                      
          increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                       -8,937,000                                            
          decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                       38,665,000 -64,770,000 -58,077,000    -105,466,000 -109,227,000 -27,787,000      24,859,000        -25,471,000      -77,795,000                
          increase in investments, equity in affiliates, and other assets
                                                                                   
          gain on property/equipment sales and plant facilities
                                         -1,131,000 1,283,000   138,000  126,000    -5,117,000  -617,000 -275,000 -369,000      34,000                 529,000     
          proceeds from short-term debt
                                         630,000,000    145,000,000                             50,000,000   130,000,000 10,000,000   
          equity in earnings of affiliates, net of dividends
                                             -2,905,000 -6,524,000 -6,454,000 -7,957,000   -1,639,000 -2,033,000 5,577,000 -3,583,000 5,285,000 -2,129,000 12,645,000 2,835,000 156,000  -375,000 -7,816,000 159,000    -2,874,000                
          excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
                                          24,859,000 20,704,000 17,630,000 -39,190,000 -36,456,000 -20,149,000 37,089,000   -2,963,000 42,514,000 -7,776,000 -5,927,000 -4,111,000 -42,336,000 792,000 4,877,000 13,261,000 15,674,000 -2,193,000 -6,563,000 1,929,000 1,615,000 3,335,000 14,650,000 -4,395,000 3,055,000 913,000 2,819,000 3,511,000            
          other
                                                   -1,434,000     -37,000        116,000 -12,000 382,000 1,000,000 6,555,000 40,000 -8,079,000 2,019,000 3,271,000 3,545,000 2,184,000 -864,000 1,107,000 1,696,000 1,769,000 1,580,000 3,984,000 
          decrease (increase) in investments, equity in affiliates, and other assets
                                                                   4,143,000         -7,398,000 -2,032,000 14,332,000     
          distribution to noncontrolling interest
                                                   -1,581,000                -3,000,000                
          payments to noncontrolling interest
                                                                                   
          goodwill impairment charge
                                             991,000 991,000                                     
          (increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                                                                   
          decrease in pension and post-retirement benefits
                                             -26,266,000                                      
          net cash provided by operating activities
                                          511,473,000 261,156,000 177,619,000 621,686,000 409,135,000 278,691,000                                    
          (increase) decrease in investments, equity in affiliates, and other assets
                                                                                   
          (decrease) increase in net income taxes payable
                                                                                   
          decrease (increase) in accounts receivable
                                            36,507,000                            -16,884,000           
          (increase) decrease in inventories
                                             -60,579,000  -1,439,000                                    
          increase (decrease) in pension and post-retirement benefits
                                            3,238,000                                       
          (decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                                                                   
          sale of business
                                            135,944,000 110,149,000                                      
          payment to noncontrolling interest
                                                                                   
          net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
                                             -256,297,000                                      
          net sale of trading securities
                                                                                  
          decrease (increase) in inventories
                                                                   6,491,000                
          increase in accounts receivable
                                                                                   
          sale of trading securities
                                                          77,558,000                        
          adjustments to reconcile to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                                                                   
          gain on property/equipment sates and plant facilities
                                                                                   
          (decrease) increase in pension and post-retirement benefits
                                                                                   
          net purchase of trading securities
                                                                                   
          proceeds from sates of property/equipment
                                                                                   
          (increase) decrease in accounts receivable
                                                                                   
          (gain) loss on property/equipment sales and plant facilities
                                                                                   
          gain on dissolution of joint venture
                                                                                   
          sale of available-for-sale securities
                                                                        2,371,000 3,899,000   48,599,000 243,007,000 92,050,000 192,800,000 
          purchase of available-for-sale securities
                                                                                   
          distributions from affiliates
                                                                                   
          (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                   
          decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                                                   19,633,000                
          dividends from affiliates
                                                                                  
          benefit from deferred income taxes
                                                                       4,841,000            
          decrease (increase) in inventories, prepaid expenses, and other current assets
                                                                         7,836,000     9,119,000     
          increase in pension assets
                                                                                   
          increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and pension and post-retirement benefits
                                                                              8,658,000     
          decrease (increase) in pension assets
                                                                          1,814,000 1,214,000        
          decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and pension and post-retirement benefits
                                                                                   
          decrease in inventories, prepaid expenses, and other current assets
                                                                           44,012,000        
          increase in inventories, prepaid expenses, and other current assets
                                                                                   
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                   
          sale of available–for–sale securities
                                                                              107,409,000     
          purchase of available–for–sale securities
                                                                                   
          principal payments on short–term debt
                                                                                   
          principal payments on long–term debt
                                                                                   
          increase in inventories, prepaid expenses,
                                                                                   
          and other current assets
                                                                                   
          increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses,
                                                                                   
          and pension and post-retirement benefits
                                                                                   
          increase in investments, equity in affiliates,
                                                                                   
          and other assets
                                                                                   
          decrease (increase) in net pension assets
                                                                                1,783,000   
          (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                                                                   
          decrease in net pension assets
                                                                                  1,464,000 
          gain on sales of business and investment
                                                                                   
          proceeds from sales of business and investment