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

19.26 0.34 −1.73%
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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) trades at a price to free cash flow of 8.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.6× (October 2026) to 16.3× (September 2025); the current reading is higher than 6% of that period. That is below the Packaged Foods industry median of 9.0× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 15.1×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 12.0× 5.95%
FY2024 11.3× 0.00%
FY2023 11.3× 0.00%
FY2022 11.3× 0.00%
FY2015 11.3× —

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 7.8× (32.64%)
Jun 2026 11.6× (12.89%)
Mar 2026 13.3× 11.63%
Dec 2025 12.0× (26.54%)
14 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 7.6× High 16.3×
Ten-year median 12.3×
Current reading's percentile 6

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
CAG Conagra Brands compare 8.1×
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. 8.2×
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 8.9×
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 10.3×
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 12.7×
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 15.8×
LW Lamb Weston compare 17.7×
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 187×
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 9.0×
Consumer Defensive sector median 15.1×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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