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

19.25 0.35 −1.79%
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) Return on assets

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Smithfield Foods, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.60%, down 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.50%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.00% (fiscal 2015) to 17.6% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 80% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.45%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 8.50% 0.68
FY2024 7.82% 7.67
FY2023 0.15% (17.44)
FY2022 17.6% 17.59
FY2015 0.00% —

Against its own ten years

Low 0.00% High 17.6%
Ten-year median 7.82%
Current reading's percentile 80

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. 7.60%
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 7.47%
LW Lamb Weston compare 3.50%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 3.07%
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 2.64%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 2.56%
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 0.00%
CAG Conagra Brands compare −9.81%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.45%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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