Consumer Defensive
Smithfield Foods, Inc.(SFD)
Live Price
Offline$26.77
+0.71% today
1Y Change
+13.38%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026
- Market Cap
- $10.33B
- Revenue Growth
- +9.8%
- EPS Growth
- +3.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 4.0%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $10.33B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $26.77 and up 13.4% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +9.8%, EPS growth of +3.7%, a dividend yield of 4.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +9.8%, EPS +3.7%, free cash flow -8.8% with operating margin 8.6% and ROIC 9.9%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 4.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 10.3 and price/sales 0.7. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines SFD price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+9.8% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+8.6% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
10.3 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 28, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +9.8% and EPS at +3.7%, with operating margin around 8.6%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 4.0%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +3.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 28, 2026 | โ | -1.7% | -1.5% | -0.7% |
2026 Mar 24, 2026 | +22.8% | +2.1% | +14.3% | +18.0% |
2025 Oct 28, 2025 | +9.6% | -3.5% | -2.6% | -5.5% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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SFD Max Drawdown
-18.54%
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Company Overview
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Smithfield Foods, Inc. manufactures and markets packaged meats and fresh pork in the United States and internationally. Its Packaged Meats segment processes fresh meat into various packaged meats products, including bacon, sausage, hot dogs, deli and lunch meats, dry sausage products, ham products, ready-to-eat products, and prepared foods, such as pre-cooked entrees, bacon, and sausage to retail and foodservice customers in the United States. This segment markets its packaged meats products under the Smithfield, Eckrich, Nathan's Famous, Farmland, Armour, Farmer John, Kretschmar, Krakus, John Morrell, Cook's, Gwaltney, Carando, Margherita, Curly's, and Smithfield Culinary brands, as well as under private labels. The company's Fresh Pork segment process live hogs into a variety of primal, sub-primal, and offal products, such as bellies, butts, hams, loins, picnics, and ribs. This segment sells its fresh pork products to retail, foodservice and industrial customers, as well as to export markets, including China, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, and Canada. Its Hog Production segment produces and raises its hogs on various company-owned farms and farms that are owned and operated by third-party contract farmers in the United States and Mexico. The Hog Production segment also sells grains to external customers. The company's bioscience operations use raw materials from hogs that process to manufacture heparin products, including an active pharmaceutical ingredient that mitigates the risk of blood clots. The company was founded in 1936 and is based in Smithfield, Virginia. Smithfield Foods, Inc. is a subsidiary of SFDS UK Holdings Limited.
- Leadership
- Charles Shane Smith
- IPO Date
- Jan 28, 2025
- Employees
- 36.5k
- Street Address
- 200 Commerce Street
- Mailing
- Smithfield, VA, 23430
- Region
- Smithfield, VA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 757-365-3000
- Last Updated
- May 4, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 10.3
- EV/EBITDA
- 7.2
- Price/Sales
- 0.7
- Price/Book
- 1.5
Growth
- Revenue
- +9.8%
- EPS
- +3.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- -8.8%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 13.4%
- Operating Margin
- 8.6%
- Net Margin
- 6.5%
- ROE
- 15.3%
- ROIC
- 9.9%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.35
- Current Ratio
- 2.41
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