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Smithfield Foods (SFD) Competitors

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$25.94 +0.23 (+0.89%)
As of 08/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

SFD vs. HSY, K, GIS, TSN, MKC, HRL, SJM, PPC, CPB, and CAG

Should you be buying Smithfield Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smithfield Foods include Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), General Mills (GIS), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Campbell's (CPB), and Conagra Brands (CAG). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

Smithfield Foods vs. Its Competitors

Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Smithfield Foods (NASDAQ:SFD) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

Hershey has a net margin of 13.54% compared to Smithfield Foods' net margin of 0.00%. Hershey's return on equity of 37.36% beat Smithfield Foods' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hershey13.54% 37.36% 12.73%
Smithfield Foods N/A N/A N/A

Hershey currently has a consensus target price of $170.83, indicating a potential downside of 5.86%. Smithfield Foods has a consensus target price of $28.44, indicating a potential upside of 9.63%. Given Smithfield Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Smithfield Foods is more favorable than Hershey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hershey
4 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.78
Smithfield Foods
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.10

In the previous week, Hershey had 40 more articles in the media than Smithfield Foods. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Hershey and 5 mentions for Smithfield Foods. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Smithfield Foods' score of 0.69 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hershey
23 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Smithfield Foods
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Smithfield Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Hershey pays out 72.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smithfield Foods pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Hershey has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Smithfield Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Hershey has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Smithfield Foods. Smithfield Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hershey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hershey$11.20B3.28$2.22B$7.5324.10
Smithfield Foods$14.84B0.69$892.37M$2.2711.43

58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Smithfield Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Hershey beats Smithfield Foods on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SFD vs. The Competition

MetricSmithfield FoodsFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.20B$7.39B$16.38B$9.62B
Dividend Yield3.91%6.47%3.10%4.10%
P/E Ratio11.438.3818.7226.05
Price / Sales0.6913.4746.66193.75
Price / CashN/A7.4514.8858.48
Price / BookN/A1.405.816.61
Net Income$892.37M$614.40M$687.69M$265.65M
7 Day Performance2.53%-4.23%0.61%2.02%
1 Month Performance8.40%-7.54%-2.37%-0.31%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-27.88%5.22%19.06%

Smithfield Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFD
Smithfield Foods
1.057 of 5 stars
$25.94
+0.9%
$28.44
+9.6%
N/A$10.20B$14.84B11.4336,500
HSY
Hershey
3.9051 of 5 stars
$176.66
+0.7%
$168.83
-4.4%
-7.2%$35.79B$11.20B23.4520,030Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
K
Kellanova
3.265 of 5 stars
$80.17
+0.1%
$83.38
+4.0%
-0.7%$27.87B$12.75B21.0424,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
GIS
General Mills
4.5236 of 5 stars
$49.02
-0.7%
$59.73
+21.8%
-29.0%$26.59B$19.49B11.9533,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.7743 of 5 stars
$56.09
-1.0%
$61.33
+9.4%
-8.6%$19.95B$53.31B25.49138,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
3.974 of 5 stars
$68.49
-1.7%
$83.00
+21.2%
-8.2%$18.38B$6.72B23.7814,100News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.6077 of 5 stars
$28.65
+0.2%
$32.86
+14.7%
-8.5%$15.75B$11.92B21.0620,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.095 of 5 stars
$111.20
+0.2%
$117.67
+5.8%
-6.5%$11.84B$8.73B-9.628,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.1649 of 5 stars
$49.47
-1.9%
$48.67
-1.6%
+5.0%$11.75B$17.88B9.5361,600Positive News
CPB
Campbell's
3.5517 of 5 stars
$31.98
-0.4%
$39.06
+22.1%
-34.5%$9.53B$9.64B21.1714,400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.8579 of 5 stars
$19.44
+0.9%
$22.58
+16.1%
-35.5%$9.30B$11.61B8.1318,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:SFD) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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