profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Smithfield Foods
$19.14-0.57% today
-10.9% in 1 year
1-year low $18.221-year high $29.59
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $7.64 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Smithfield Foods sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $16.2 billion in 2022 to $15.5 billion in 2025, with $987 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Smithfield Foods handed back 55% of the cash it generated last year.
$396M
Free cash flow 2025$718M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$396M
Cash vs. debt$1.5B vs. $2.4B
Smithfield Foods vs. similar companies
Smithfield Foods grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield Foods | 7.6× · Cheap | ||
 Tyson Foods | 44.4× · Expensive | ||
 Bunge Global | 23.6× · Fair price | ||
 Cal-Maine Foods | 2.6× · Cheap | ||
 Fresh Del Monte Produce | 15.3× · Fair price |
Compare Smithfield Foods with Hormel Foods
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Smithfield Foods's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2014 | 2015 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15,031 | 14,438 | 16,199 | 14,640 | 14,142 | 15,531 | |
| 1,776 | 1,755 | 1,495 | 889 | 1,897 | 2,089 | |
| 932 | 794 | 694 | -56 | 1,117 | 1,292 | |
| – | – | 1,574 | 374 | 1,466 | 1,643 | |
| 556 | 452 | 870 | 17 | 953 | 987 | |
| – | – | 2.21 | 0.04 | 2.42 | 2.51 | |
| 11.8% | 12.2% | 9.2% | 6.1% | 13.4% | 13.5% | |
| 6.2% | 5.5% | 4.3% | -0.4% | 7.9% | 8.3% | |
| 3.7% | 3.1% | 5.4% | 0.1% | 6.7% | 6.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2014 | 2015 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 10,132 | 9,894 | 13,847 | 13,317 | 11,054 | 12,177 |
| Cash | 434 | 705 | 547 | 687 | 943 | 1,539 |
| Total debt | 2,702 | 2,264 | 2,469 | 2,463 | 2,344 | 2,396 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 6,276 | 5,830 | 4,995 | 5,112 |
| 4,540 | 4,821 | 7,374 | 7,241 | 5,834 | 6,801 | |
| – | – | 393 | 393 | 393 | 393 | |
| 10.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% | -0.4% | 10.9% | 11.3% | |
| 12.3% | 9.4% | 11.8% | 0.2% | 16.3% | 14.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2014 | 2015 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | 517 | 1,034 | 1,137 | 1,059 | |
| 301 | – | 338 | 353 | 350 | 341 | |
| – | – | 179 | 681 | 787 | 718 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | 496 | 323 | 288 | 396 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Valuation
- 7.6×
- 7.2×
- 1.78
- 1.4×
- 0.5×
- 10.5×
- 5.1×
- 9.5%
- 13.1%
- 4.5%
Profitability
- 13.5%
- 8.3%
- 6.4%
- 10.1%
- 9.9%
- 7.6%
- 15.3%
- 8.4%
- 13.5%
- –
Growth
- −1.4%
- +4.3%
- −8.8%
- –
- −0.1%
Financial health
- 0.6×
- 0.35
- 19.9%
- 35.3×
- 2.41
- 1.29
- 1.30
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 48%of 670
Bottom 41%of 674
Top 8%of 624
Bottom 14%of 673
Top 22%of 668
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $32.00
- Range
- $32.00 – $32.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 0.64 | 0.58 | +10.3% |
| Mar 24, 2026 | 0.83 | 0.68 | +22.8% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 0.58 | 0.53 | +9.6% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | 0.48 | 0.55 | −13.2% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 0.58 | 0.48 | +21.0% |
| Mar 25, 2025 | 0.52 | 0.54 | −3.0% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.74 | – | – |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.77 | – | – |
4.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$45a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
40.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 55.2%
News
Why Smithfield Foods Stock Sank This WeekYahoo Finance · Aug 16, 2026The newest story we have is from Aug 16, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
57No pass
Benjamin Graham
85Pass
Philip Fisher
41No pass
Peter Lynch
35No pass
Joel Greenblatt
60Pass
Charlie Munger
37No pass
Terry Smith
28No pass
Questions about Smithfield Foods
Is Smithfield Foods a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Smithfield Foods AI analysis
What does Smithfield Foods do?
Smithfield Foods, Inc. manufactures and markets packaged meats and fresh pork in the United States and internationally. It is in Agricultural Farm Products, based in Smithfield, VA, United States, with 34,500 employees.
Does Smithfield Foods pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.5% a year, about 40% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $396 million in dividends.
Is Smithfield Foods stock halal?
No. Smithfield Foods does not pass our halal screen: it produces or processes pork. How we check
How has Smithfield Foods stock done over the past year?
Down 10.9% over the past twelve months, to $19.14. It traded between $18.22 and $29.59 and is 35.3% below its high.
Who are Smithfield Foods's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Tyson Foods, Bunge Global, Cal-Maine Foods and Fresh Del Monte Produce. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Smithfield Foods's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.