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
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Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) Operating margin
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 |
| 14 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
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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