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) Net margin

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Smithfield Foods, Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 5.94%, down 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.36%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.12% (fiscal 2023) to 6.74% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 80% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.53% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.92%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 6.36% (0.38)
FY2024 6.74% 6.62
FY2023 0.12% (5.25)
FY2022 5.37% 2.24
FY2015 3.13% —

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 2.59% (3.84)
Jun 2026 6.43% (0.04)
Mar 2026 6.47% (1.27)
Dec 2025 7.74% 1.12
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Against its own ten years

Low 0.12% High 6.74%
Ten-year median 5.37%
Current reading's percentile 50

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 12.5%
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 8.21%
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. 5.94%
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 4.14%
LW Lamb Weston compare 3.85%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 2.82%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 1.75%
CAG Conagra Brands compare −17.0%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 0.53%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.92%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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