Smithfield Foods (SFD)
Consumer Staples · packaged foods and meats · NASDAQ
Smithfield Foods is a leading vertically integrated pork producer and processor with a broad portfolio of fresh and packaged meat products.
What Smithfield Foods does
Smithfield Foods is a food company engaged in the production, processing, and distribution of pork and other meat products. The company operates vertically integrated facilities including hog production and meat processing plants. Its product portfolio spans fresh pork and a wide range of packaged meat goods.
Themes: packaged foods and meats, agriculture and livestock production
Fundamentals
- Price$18.88 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$7.4B as of 2026-08-09 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return-14.5% 2025-10-08 close $22.07 → 2026-10-08 close $18.88
- P/E7.38 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+6.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+13.5% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+14.5% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.29 as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue growth (YoY)-13.1% as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+3.0% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.34 as of 2026-09-02
- Last reported earnings2026-08-11 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +6.3%; at least 1 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How SFD compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 10% 91 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit marginmiddle range 105 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-09-02
- operating marginmiddle range 98 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-09-02
- gross marginbottom 25% 93 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-09-02
- return on equitymiddle range 106 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-09-02
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 109 covered Consumer Staples peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 25% 77 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-09-02
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 110 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Consumer Staples companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
SFD is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
41.3 #1141 of 1,379 scored · #48 of 65 in Consumer Staples
Valuation 96th (price to earnings 7.4, price to book 1.1) and profitability 50th (return on equity 14.5%, operating margin 8.3%); weakest is trend (15th, a strong downtrend, with sellers in control).
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, SFD's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 40%, free-cash-flow payout 55%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout40% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout55% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Smithfield Foods looks technically
Smithfield Foods (SFD) is trading 21.8% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 26 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 62, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 32, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 7 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago. It is 2.4% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year).
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 21.8% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -21.8% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $21.55 | $21.55 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $24.15 | $24.15 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 57 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 57 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 26 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 26 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 62, with sellers in control | 61.9 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 32, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 32.4 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($18.43 to $20.13) — its "stochastic" reading is 27 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 26.6 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 7 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 7 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $29.80 | $29.80 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 36.7% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -36.6% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 2.4% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +2.4% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 36.7% below its highest point of the past year | 36.6% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $29.80 (set on 2026-04-10) | $29.80 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($18.50 to $29.59), and it has recovered only a small part of its fall from last year’s high — 3% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $25.35 to $25.71. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 3.4% |
| From the all-time high | it is 36.7% below its all-time high | -36.6% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.1% above a support level at $18.49 — a price it turned at twice since 2025-03-10, most recently on 2025-04-09. Since 2025-01-28 it has 1 such level below the current price and 11 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -2.1% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $18.43 (set on 2025-03-10) | $18.43 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 2.4% above its all-time low | +2.4% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 75% of it) | 25th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.4341 between its high and its low — about 2.3% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.4341 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $18.13 and $20.45 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $18.13 – $19.29 – $20.45 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.3% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.3% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 12.1 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (21.8% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 12.1 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.69× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 2.5% since the prior reading | -2.5% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating has softened toward "sell" since the prior reading | 0.21 toward sell |
Candlestick patterns
3
| Since a doji | 2 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 2 sessions ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 9 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 9 sessions ago |
| Since a bearish engulfing | 1 session ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 1 session ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.2% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.2% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 7.0% below the previous close 21 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 22.01 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -7.0% |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 15.3 percentage points (the stock lost 14.2% while the market gained 1.0%) | -15.3% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 27.9 percentage points (the stock lost 24.1% while the market gained 3.8%) | -27.9% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 51.9 percentage points (the stock lost 34.5% while the market gained 17.5%) | -51.9% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 29.4 percentage points (the stock lost 14.5% while the market gained 15.0%) | -29.4% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day low, a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 19% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 6.5% of the share price. | -19.4% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 22% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $24.07 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 183 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -21.6% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 9% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-11 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $20.68 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 42 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -8.7% |
Price levels it has turned at before
SFD last closed at $18.88 on 2026-10-08. Since 2025-01-28 it has turned at 1 price below its last close and 11 above; the nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $18.49 | Support | 2.1% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-03-10 to 2025-04-09 |
| $20.09 | Resistance | 6.4% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-02-06 to 2025-03-19 |
| $21.17 | Resistance | 12.1% above the last close | turned there four times · 2025-04-03 to 2025-11-24 |
| $21.73 | Resistance | 15.1% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-02-26 to 2026-01-07 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Recent death cross (50-day crossed below 200-day) · Near the 52-week low · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke down to a new 20-day low · Analyst price target recently CUT | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.71 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 7 analysts
- Mean price target$26.07 range $22.00 – $29.00; median $28.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-05. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for SFD
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.271 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-05
- Estimate change, 30 days-$0.3253 (-54.6%) from $0.5963, on 2026-08-31, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 7 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Fluctuations in raw material and commodity prices, including hog and feed costs.","Exposure to potential outbreaks of livestock diseases and food safety regulations."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of SFD's 10-Q filed 2026-04-28 against the prior one filed 2025-10-28.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-04-28) specifies the first quarter fiscal year 2026 ended March 29, 2026 and fiscal year 2025 ended December 28, 2025
- Newer filing (2026-04-28) states Fresh Pork segment sources 'approximately 40% of its raw materials from our Hog Production segment, with the remainder from farmers with whom we partner across the U.S.' as current/ongoing practice
- Newer filing (2026-04-28) lists 'livestock feed and grains' in Hog Production segment description
- Newer filing (2026-04-28) specifies Hog Production segment sells 'livestock feed and grains and provides transportation and other ancillary services to external customers'
- Removed:
- Older filing (2025-10-28) contained detailed fiscal year comparison language: 'In fiscal year 2024, the Fresh Pork segment sourced approximately half of its raw materials from our Hog Production segment and half from third-party farmers' and 'In fiscal year 2025, we expect that approximately 40% of the hogs processed by the Fresh Pork segment will be sourced from the Hog Production segment as a result of our new partnerships in Murphy Family Farms and VisionAg'
- Older filing (2025-10-28) referenced Murphy Family Farms and VisionAg partnerships in Hog Production Reform section
- Older filing (2025-10-28) described Hog Production segment as owning 'farms that are owned and operated by third-party contract farmers' (versus 'contract farmers' in newer)
- Older filing (2025-10-28) stated Hog Production 'sells grains and feed to external customers' (without 'transportation and other ancillary services')
- Older filing (2025-10-28) included detailed Growth Strategies section with bullet points: driving growth in Packaged Meats, enhancing Fresh Pork profitability, investing in innovation, optimizing supply chain, and executing M&A
- Older filing (2025-10-28) included detailed 'Sales Drivers' and 'Cost Factors' subsections with extensive discussion of market dynamics and strategic initiatives
- Reworded:
- Older filing references 'Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2024' versus newer filing references 'Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2025'
- Older filing states segments as 'Packaged Meats, Fresh Pork, and Hog Production' (with comma before 'and') versus newer filing states 'Packaged Meats, Fresh Pork and Hog Production' (without comma before 'and')
- Export markets order changed: older filing lists 'China, Mexico, Japan, South Korea and Canada' versus newer filing lists 'Mexico, China, Japan, South Korea and Canada'
- Older filing references 'third-party contract farmers' versus newer filing uses 'contract farmers'
- Older filing specifies timeframe 'In fiscal year 2024 and through the third quarter of 2025, approximately 60%' versus newer filing states 'In fiscal year 2025 and the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, approximately 60%'
- Notes:
- Older filing excerpt includes extensive Growth Strategies and Sales Drivers/Cost Factors sections that appear to be cut off or truncated in newer filing at page 28, making full section comparison incomplete
- Older filing contains date references to fiscal year 2024 and 2025 expectations that are superseded by newer filing's current fiscal year 2025-2026 timeframe
- The newer filing excerpt ends with 'A comprehensive discussion of our growth strategies is provided in Part II,' suggesting the detailed strategies content may have been moved rather than removed
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 3 sells ($4M) — 3 selling insiders
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-06-16. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about SFD's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding SFD as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 5,792,204
- Reported value $140,518,881
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 2 increased, 3 decreased, 1 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
SFD had 5,613,748 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
SFD had 1.43% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 2.8 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 5,613,748
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 1.43%
- Prior settlement (shares) 4,572,265
- Reported change 22.78%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.8
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Smithfield Foods (SFD) do?
Smithfield Foods is a food company engaged in the production, processing, and distribution of pork and other meat products. The company operates vertically integrated facilities including hog production and meat processing plants. Its product portfolio spans fresh pork and a wide range of packaged meat goods.
What sector is Smithfield Foods (SFD) in?
Smithfield Foods (SFD) is classified in the Consumer Staples sector. Its industry is packaged foods and meats. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does SFD pay a dividend?
Yes — Smithfield Foods (SFD) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 6.26% and at least 1 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-09-02). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Smithfield Foods's (SFD) competitors?
Notable peers of Smithfield Foods (SFD) include Tyson Foods, JBS S.A., Hormel Foods and Pilgrim's Pride. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is Smithfield Foods (SFD) overbought or oversold right now?
Smithfield Foods (SFD) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 32, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on SFD come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.