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) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 5.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.9× (September 2026) to 7.5× (April 2026); the current reading is higher than 19% of that period. That is below the Packaged Foods industry median of 8.3× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 9.5×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 5.7× (3.45%)
FY2024 5.9× 0.00%
FY2023 5.9× 0.00%
FY2022 5.9× 0.00%
FY2015 5.9× —

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 5.5× (9.94%)
Jun 2026 6.1× (14.03%)
Mar 2026 7.1× 25.18%
Dec 2025 5.7× (15.36%)
14 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.9× High 7.5×
Ten-year median 6.3×
Current reading's percentile 19

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
CAG Conagra Brands compare n/m
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare n/m
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. 5.7×
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 6.4×
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 8.0×
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 8.3×
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 10.1×
LW Lamb Weston compare 12.4×
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 18.9×
Packaged Foods industry median 8.3×
Consumer Defensive sector median 9.5×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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