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) Operating margin

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Smithfield Foods, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.59%, down 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.32%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.38% (fiscal 2023) to 8.32% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 2.53% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.70%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 8.32% 0.41
FY2024 7.91% 8.29
FY2023 −0.38% (7.28)
FY2022 6.90% 1.40
FY2015 5.50% —

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 3.70% (4.16)
Jun 2026 7.86% (0.88)
Mar 2026 8.74% (0.75)
Dec 2025 9.49% 1.22
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Against its own ten years

Low −0.38% High 8.32%
Ten-year median 6.90%
Current reading's percentile 50

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 17.9%
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 11.9%
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 8.74%
LW Lamb Weston compare 7.80%
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. 7.59%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 3.47%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 3.40%
CAG Conagra Brands compare −15.2%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 2.53%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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