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Smithfield Foods (SFD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$21.67 +1.76 (+8.84%)
As of 04/29/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

About Smithfield Foods Stock (NASDAQ:SFD)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$19.31
$21.73
50-Day Range
$18.61
$21.67
52-Week Range
$18.43
$22.03
Volume
2.02 million shs
Average Volume
842,036 shs
Market Capitalization
$8.52 billion
P/E Ratio
9.55
Dividend Yield
4.61%
Price Target
$27.86
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

Smithfield Foods, Inc. produces and markets a variety of fresh meat and packaged meats products both domestically and internationally. The Company operates in four segments: Pork, Hog Production, International and Corporate, each of which consists of a number of subsidiaries, joint ventures and other investments. The Pork segment consists mainly of its three wholly owned United States fresh pork and packaged meats subsidiaries: The Smithfield Packing Company, Inc. (Smithfield Packing), Farmland Foods, Inc. (Farmland Foods) and John Morrell Food Group (John Morrell). The Hog Production segment consists of the Company's hog production operations located in the United States. On September 2012 (fiscal 2013), the Company acquired a 70% controlling interest in American Skin Food Group, LLC. Effective September 26, 2013, Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd merged with Smithfield Foods Inc, a producer and wholesaler of pork meat products.

Smithfield Foods Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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78th Percentile Overall Score

SFD MarketRank™: 

Smithfield Foods scored higher than 78% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 49th out of 153 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Smithfield Foods has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 7 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Smithfield Foods has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Smithfield Foods' stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Smithfield Foods is 9.55, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.90.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Smithfield Foods is 9.55, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 15.43.

  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for SFD.
  • Dividend Leadership

    Smithfield Foods is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.84%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

    Smithfield Foods does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Smithfield Foods is 44.05%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Read more about Smithfield Foods' dividend.
  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for SFD.
  • News Sentiment

    Smithfield Foods has a news sentiment score of 0.66. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.83 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Smithfield Foods this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    8 people have searched for SFD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 1 people have added Smithfield Foods to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -80% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Smithfield Foods insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $50,138,720.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.79% of the stock of Smithfield Foods is held by insiders.

  • Read more about Smithfield Foods' insider trading history.
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SFD Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Smithfield Foods' stock was trading at $21.50 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, SFD shares have increased by 0.8% and is now trading at $21.67.
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Smithfield Foods, Inc (NASDAQ:SFD) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 29th. The company reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.11. The business's quarterly revenue was up 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Smithfield Foods (SFD) raised $522 million in an IPO on Tuesday, January 28th 2025. The company issued 26,086,958 shares at a price of $20.00 per share.

Smithfield Foods' quiet period expired on Monday, March 10th. Smithfield Foods had issued 26,086,958 shares in its public offering on January 28th. The total size of the offering was $521,739,160 based on an initial share price of $20.00. During Smithfield Foods' quiet period, insiders and any underwriters that worked on the IPO were restricted from issuing any research reports for the company because of regulations issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Now that the company's quiet period has ended, brokerages that served as underwriters are now able to initiate research on the company.

Smithfield Foods' top institutional shareholders include Teacher Retirement System of Texas (0.10%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.03%), Renaissance Capital LLC (0.01%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Group Ltd/Adr Wh, Charles Shane Smith, Hank Shenghua He, Mark L Hall and Tennille J Checkovich.
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Shares of SFD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Company Calendar

Record date for 4/22 Dividend
4/10/2025
Ex-Dividend for 4/22 Dividend
4/10/2025
Dividend Payable
4/22/2025
Last Earnings
4/29/2025
Today
4/30/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Meat packing plants
Sub-Industry
Packaged Foods & Meats
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:SFD
Previous Symbol
NASDAQ:SFD
Fax
N/A
Employees
36,389
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$27.86
High Stock Price Target
$32.00
Low Stock Price Target
$23.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+28.6%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
9 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
9.55
Forward P/E Ratio
N/A
P/E Growth
N/A
Pretax Margin
N/A

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$14.14 billion
Price / Cash Flow
N/A
Price / Book
N/A

Miscellaneous

Free Float
386,076,000
Market Cap
$8.52 billion
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
N/A

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This page (NASDAQ:SFD) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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