Smithfield Foods, Inc./$SFD
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About Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Smithfield Foods Inc is a hog producer and pork processor based in the United States of America. The company conducts its operations through three reportable segments: Packaged Meats, Fresh Pork, and Hog Production. The company generates the maximum of its revenue from the Packaged Meats segment. The Packaged Meats segment consists of the company's U.S. operations that process fresh meat into a wide variety of packaged meats products, including bacon, sausage, hot dogs, deli and lunch meats, dry sausage products (such as pepperoni and genoa), ham products, ready-to-eat products and prepared foods (such as pre-cooked entrees, bacon and sausage).
- Ticker
- $SFD
- Sector
- Consumer Essentials
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 33,500
- Headquarters
- Smithfield, United States
- Website
- www.smithfieldfoods.com
SFD Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$7.5B
8.40
$2.28
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$1.19
6.53%
Price and volume
Market cap
$7.5B
52-week high
$29.81
52-week low
$17.91
Average daily volume
2.1M
Dividend rate
$1.19
Financial strength
Current ratio
2.394
Quick ratio
1.024
Long term debt to equity
0.235
Total debt to equity
0.328
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
53.61%
Interest coverage (TTM)
39.30%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
1,506
Gross margin (TTM)
12.67%
Net profit margin (TTM)
5.94%
Operating margin (TTM)
7.77%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
21.06%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$450,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
6.28%
Return on equity (TTM)
13.00%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
8.401
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.497
Price to book
1.07
Price to tangible book (TTM)
1.82
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
8.386
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
11.93%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
2.282
Dividend yield (TTM)
6.20%
Forward dividend yield
6.53%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
-0.60%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
2.75%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
0.61%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
4.26%
What the Analysts think about SFD
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Smithfield Foods, Inc. stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Smithfield Foods, Inc. stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Packaged Meats is proving resilient: Q3 operating profit rose 1.9% year on year to $230 million and its margin widened to 11.6%, despite a weak pork market. Smithfield says it is on track to deliver more than $1 billion of segment operating profit for a fifth straight year. (Smithfield Foods, The Motley Fool)
The completed Nathan’s Famous acquisition adds a recognised brand to Smithfield’s packaged-meat portfolio and gives it a platform to pursue further growth. The deal strengthens the part of the business that has held up best during the current downturn. (Smithfield Foods)
Smithfield has financial room to keep investing and pay its dividend through a difficult cycle: it reported $3.48 billion of available liquidity and net debt of just 0.5 times adjusted EBITDA. Operating cash flow was also up $244 million year on year over the first nine months of 2026. (Smithfield Foods)
Weak pork markets have sharply hurt the upstream businesses: Fresh Pork swung to an $89 million Q3 operating loss from a $10 million profit, while Hog Production profit fell 61%. Management expects commodity pressure to continue in the fourth quarter. (Smithfield Foods)
Soft US demand, global pork oversupply and weaker export opportunities are weighing on sales and the outlook. Smithfield cut its full-year sales expectation to a low-single-digit decline, citing softer pork values and pressure in key export markets, alongside ongoing tariffs. (The Motley Fool, Smithfield Foods)
Higher operating costs could erode margins even if packaged meats continue to perform: Smithfield cited constrained transport capacity and elevated diesel and resin costs. Those pressures add to inflationary input costs and may limit the benefit of its pricing and productivity efforts. (The Motley Fool)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 4 Nov 2026.
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