Smithfield Foods, Inc.

SFD Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods

Smithfield Foods, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $15.5 billion, up 9.82% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−8.27%
EPS
−63.3%
Free cash flow
+160.0%
Total debt
0.00%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

19.51 0.21 −1.06%
Market cap
$7.7B
P/E
8.5×
Fwd P/E
10.5×
Dividend yield
6.09%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.37
Beneish M
−1.78
Dividend safety
n/a

Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) Debt to equity

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Smithfield Foods, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.3×, down 0.0× from fiscal 2025 (0.3×). That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.2× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.3× (14.19%)
FY2024 0.3× 22.22%
FY2023 0.3× (40.83%)
FY2015 0.5× —

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 0.3× (0.14%)
Jun 2026 0.3× (1.95%)
Mar 2026 0.3× (0.92%)
Dec 2025 0.3× (4.97%)
11 more quarters

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. 0.3×
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 0.4×
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 0.4×
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 0.7×
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 0.9×
CAG Conagra Brands compare 1.2×
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 1.6×
LW Lamb Weston compare 2.2×
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare 3.4×
Packaged Foods industry median 0.2×
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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