Smithfield Foods Inc
SFD Nasdaq· Meat Packing Plants
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$18.33
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Smithfield Foods Inc had $15.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 9.8% on the year before.
- Its operating margin was 8.3%, up 0.4 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 8 is left after running the business.
- Smithfield Foods Inc made $987M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $718M in fiscal 2025, 4.6% of revenue.
- Smithfield Foods Inc returned $396M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 55% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 3.3%.
- Smithfield Foods Inc owes $464M more than it holds in cash, about 0.3 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$7.3B
P/E
6.8x
Revenue
$15.5B
Net income
$987M
Free cash flow
$718M
Operating margin
8.3%
Smithfield Foods Inc in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+9.8%
Yes. Sales grew 9.8% last year.
Does it make a profit?
6.4%
A little. It keeps 6.4% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
4.6%
Partly. 4.6% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
0.3x
Yes. It could repay its debt with 0.3 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 9
Mixed. It passes 6 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
6.8x
One share costs 6.8 times its yearly profit per share.
What Smithfield Foods Inc does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 28, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 24, 2026
- Legal name
- SMITHFIELD FOODS INC
- CIK
- 0000091388
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY15 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $14.4B | — | $14.6B | $14.1B | $15.5B |
| Revenue growth | −3.9% | — | — | −3.4% | 9.8% |
| Gross margin | 12.2% | — | 6.1% | 13.4% | 13.5% |
| Operating margin | 5.5% | — | −0.4% | 7.9% | 8.3% |
| Net income | $452M | — | $17.0M | $953M | $987M |
| Net margin | 3.1% | — | 0.1% | 6.7% | 6.4% |
| Diluted EPS | — | — | $0.05 | $2.51 | $2.51 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | — | — | $688M | $916M | $1.1B |
| Capital expenditure | — | — | $353M | $350M | $341M |
| Free cash flow | — | — | $335M | $566M | $718M |
| FCF margin | — | — | 2.3% | 4.0% | 4.6% |
| Dividends paid | — | — | $323M | $288M | $396M |
| Share count change | — | — | — | 0.0% | 3.3% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $705M | $547M | $687M | $943M | $1.5B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $2.3B | — | $2.0B | $2.0B | $2.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | $4.8B | $7.4B | $7.2B | $5.8B | $6.8B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | — | 3.5x | 0.7x | 0.3x |
| Current ratio | 2.4x | — | 2.0x | 2.5x | 3.0x |
| Interest coverage | — | — | −0.7x | 16.9x | 31.5x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 9.8% | — | −0.5% | 12.1% | 13.9% |
| Return on equity | 9.7% | — | 0.2% | 14.6% | 15.6% |
| Return on tangible equity | 24.6% | — | 0.4% | 32.3% | 25.2% |
| Piotroski F-score | — | — | — | 7 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 3.3 | — | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$4.4M
3 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
KIRA
At $18.33 a share, the company is worth $7.3B: 6.8 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000091388). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.