Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) vs Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD)

Hormel Foods Corporation and Smithfield Foods, Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. Hormel Foods Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $11.0B against $7.5B — 1.5× the size. Smithfield Foods, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 7.1× against 31.3×. Smithfield Foods, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.25% against 0.73%. Smithfield Foods, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.84% vs 2.82%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.9% vs 3.64%). Across the 20 metrics below, Smithfield Foods, Inc. leads on 18 and Hormel Foods Corporation on 2.