Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD)

Nasdaq: SFD · Meat Packing Plants · Smithfield, VA · filing with the SEC since 1994

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Grade5.9

◀ Past 4.8● Present 6.3▶ Future 6.6

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The grade of Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

5.9/10

◀ Past4.830% of the headline

● Present6.340% of the headline

▶ Future6.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

7.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Smithfield Foods, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

3.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-1.4% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 4 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Smithfield Foods, Inc.'s 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $16 billion in fiscal 2023 to $16 billion in fiscal 2025, down 1.4% a year; it rose in 1 of 3 years; the deepest fall was 13% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 4 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span-1.4%bottom 11% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 5% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 24% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak12.7%bottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

3.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.1% a year. 38% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 38th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-28, Smithfield Foods, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 38% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearsbottom 26% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.3/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

5.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 15%: 15¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 44%: owes 44¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-28, Smithfield Foods, Inc. earned about 15 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 17 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 44 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 37% of its family
return on equitytop 23% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 35% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

6.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 39% of 42 in its family; net margin 6.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Smithfield Foods, Inc.'s standing among 42 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $16 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 22% by size; a net margin of 6.4% ranks in the top 25%; revenue growth of -1.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 30% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$15.53Btop 22% of its family
net margin6.4%top 25% of its family
three-year revenue growth-1.4%bottom 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

9.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 9.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 92nd percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 8% of 33 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2025-01-27 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.8 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read: The record of its people begins on 2025-01-27 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.8 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 33 in its family.
Confidence: 35 of 100
What would change it: A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Smithfield Foods, Inc.'s leadership is put at 9.2 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 8% of 33 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2025-01-27 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.8 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

5.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 49% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Smithfield Foods, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.5 billion against debt of $2.0 billion leaves -3.7% of its assets as net cash, top 44% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.6% of revenue (bottom 46%); a gross margin of 13.5% (bottom 27%); research spending of 1.4% of revenue (top 26%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets-3.7%top 44% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue4.6%bottom 46% of its family
gross margin13.5%bottom 27% of its family
research spending against revenue1.4%top 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

7.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 27% of 42 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Smithfield Foods, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -1.4% a year over the last three filed years against -1.4% over all 4, speeding up (top 18% of its family); the newest year grew 9.9% (top 23%); research spending grew 10.9% a year (top 31%); capital spending grew 0.3% a year (top 37%) (its annual reports). Smithfield Foods, Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Packaged Meats at $8.8 billion (56%), Fresh Pork at $5.0 billion (32%), Hog Production at $1.2 billion (8%), and 1 more; 4 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 18% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth9.9%top 23% of its family
three-year growth of research spending10.9%top 31% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending0.3%top 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

8.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 13% of 39 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 87th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Smithfield Foods, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $16 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 17.6% above the $13 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 12% of its family); net income of $987 million against a prior three-year average of $613 million (top 14%); a net margin of 6.4% against 4.1% before (top 14%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace17.6%top 12% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+61%top 14% of its family
net margin against its prior average+2.3 pointstop 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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