Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) is a publicly traded company in the Consumer Defensive — Packaged Foods industry listed on NASDAQ. This overview shows the latest price, key valuation ratios, profitability metrics and financial-health indicators used by fundamental investors.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces various packaged meats and fresh pork products in the United States and internationally. It operates through Packaged Meats, Fresh Pork, Hog Production, and Other segments.
Is Smithfield Foods, Inc. stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) trades at 6.8× earnings (P/E), below the median of the 95 consumer staples companies over $2bn in Kaplio's universe. At its sector median (22.4×) $60 (+228 %).
Kaplio overview: Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Market cap $7B · 52 weeks $18 – $30 (36 % below the high) · P/E 6.8× · 2027 expected P/E 9.3× · Dividend 6.5 % · Next earnings March 23, 2027 · expected EPS $0.32 · Closing price, Oct 30 · accounts published Oct 27.
- Valuation: P/E 6.8× (cheap).
- Business: ROIC 8 % (fair).
- Balance sheet: Net debt/EBITDA 0.5× (solid).
- Earnings: 6 of 8 (on track).
What would it be worth at its usual multiples?
At its sector median (22.4×) $60 (+228 %). Implied price from applying the reference multiples to today's earnings (or book value, or FFO) per share. Not a fair value: it is where the stock would trade at its usual multiples.
What matters in consumer staples: 4 of 7 pass
- Gross margin (stable 5y) 13.5 %, fails.
- Stable ROE / ROIC 13.0 %, fails.
- FCF / Net Income 72.7 %, fails.
- 10y dividend growth 66.5 %, passes.
- Payout Ratio 40.1 %, passes.
- Net debt / EBITDA 0.5×, passes.
- P/E vs own 10y history 6.8×, passes.
Against its peers (reference peers) — Smithfield Foods, Inc.: P/E 6.8×; EV/EBITDA 6.0×; ROIC 8.4 %; $7.2B. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (P/E 12.5×; EV/EBITDA 6.2×; ROIC 8.8 %; $6.8B), Darling Ingredients Inc. (P/E 15.5×; EV/EBITDA 5.1×; ROIC 34.1 %; $8.8B), Hormel Foods Corporation (P/E 33.8×; EV/EBITDA 15.3×; ROIC 3.2 %; $11.7B).
Expensive or cheap against its last 2 years?
P/E at each close: today 6.8× · median 9.3× · minimum 6.8× · maximum 10.9× · cheap below 8.7× · expensive above 9.8×. It has been cheaper than today only 0% of the time over its last 2 years.
Dividend
tight (only raised recently) · Yield 6.5 % ($1.01 per share in 2025) · Years raising it 1 · paying since 2015 · 5-year growth +29 % a year · Free cash flow coverage 2.1× · With $1,000 invested today you'd collect $64.70 a year ($5.39 a month).
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 12.99% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 8.44% |
| Return on Assets | 7.40% |
| Gross Margin | 12.37% |
| Operating Margin | 7.62% |
| Net Margin | 5.95% |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 0.37 |
| Current Ratio | 2.39 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 7 |
| Altman Z-Score | 3.44 |
Price Performance
| 1 month | -0.16% |
| 3 months | -28.76% |
| Year-to-date | -16.93% |
| 1 year | -16.29% |
Dividend History
Paid in the last 12 months: $1.1875 per share in 4 payments.
| Date | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | $0.3125 |
| 2026-05-14 | $0.3125 |
| 2026-04-07 | $0.3125 |
| 2025-11-13 | $0.2500 |
| 2025-08-14 | $0.2500 |
| 2025-05-15 | $0.2500 |
| 2025-04-10 | $0.2500 |
Amounts adjusted for stock splits.
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Explore sector: Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
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