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
- 34,000
- Headquarters
- Smithfield, United States
- Website
- www.smithfieldfoods.com
SFD Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$7.9B
7.42
$2.69
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$1.19
6.27%
Price and volume
Market cap
$7.9B
52-week high
$29.81
52-week low
$19.87
Average daily volume
1.8M
Dividend rate
$1.19
Financial strength
Current ratio
2.562
Quick ratio
1.208
Long term debt to equity
0.235
Total debt to equity
0.328
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
42.02%
Interest coverage (TTM)
38.63%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
1,691
Gross margin (TTM)
13.46%
Net profit margin (TTM)
6.84%
Operating margin (TTM)
8.77%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
20.96%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$460,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
7.31%
Return on equity (TTM)
15.45%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
7.421
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.507
Price to book
1.12
Price to tangible book (TTM)
1.91
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
9.919
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
10.08%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
2.011
Dividend yield (TTM)
5.95%
Forward dividend yield
6.27%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
4.24%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
14.14%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
0.91%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
7.20%
Bulls say / Bears say
Smithfield reported record first-half FY2026 operating profit of $623 million, up 7.1%, while net income increased 17.6% and operating margin expanded to 8.3% from 7.7%. (Smithfield Foods)
The company’s Packaged Meats outlook was maintained at $1.075–$1.15 billion of FY2026 adjusted operating profit despite a cautious consumer environment, suggesting branded and value-added products are providing resilience. (Reuters)
First-half operating cash flow rose $96 million year over year to $204 million, and management cited a strong balance sheet and cash flows that support investment in profit-improvement projects and shareholder returns. (Smithfield Foods)
Smithfield expects Fresh Pork to swing to a $70–$90 million adjusted operating loss in Q3, while total-company adjusted operating income is forecast at only $115–$175 million versus $310 million a year earlier. (Reuters)
The company cut its FY2026 adjusted operating-profit outlook to $1.225–$1.375 billion from $1.325–$1.475 billion, including materially lower forecasts for Fresh Pork and Hog Production. (SEC)
Packaged Meats, Smithfield’s largest segment, saw first-half operating profit fall to $540 million from $567 million and its margin decline to 12.9% from 13.8%, indicating pressure even in the company’s most important earnings driver. (Smithfield Foods)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 9 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing SFD
Fund name | Fund size | $SFD weighting |
|---|---|---|
Amundi S&P 500£500G | £6.6B | 0.07% |
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