Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $26.07, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Thin upside margin: 4.6%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.8).
Smithfield Foods produces packaged meats and fresh pork in the U.S. under brands including Smithfield, Eckrich, and Nathan's Famous, employing approximately 32,000 people with 38 processing plants in 18 states. Packaged Meats generated 56% of 2025 sales and 85% of operating... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $26.07, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Thin upside margin: 4.6%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.8). Chart setup: RSI 50 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Mixed signals. Hold existing position. Score 5.5/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 69d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Latest news
- Smithfield Foods (SFD) Stock Partial Fill (Quiet) 2026-04-22 - Open Stock Picks - Cổng thông tin điện tử tỉnh Lào Cai — Cổng thông tin điện tử tỉnh Lào Cai neutral
- Smithfield Foods (NASDAQ:SFD) Shares Down 7.9% - Should You Sell? - MarketBeat — MarketBeat negative
- Smithfield Foods warns of cost pressures amid Mideast war, shares fall - marketscreener.com — marketscreener.com negative
- Smithfield Foods (NASDAQ:SFD) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- Smithfield Foods stock falls despite beating estimates By Investing.com - Investing.com Australia — Investing.com Australia negative
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMCustomerWalmart15%10-K Item 1: 'Walmart Inc...accounted for approximately 15%, 16% and 15% of our consolidated sales in fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively'
- MEDIUMCustomertop ten customers42%10-K Item 1: 'Cumulatively, our top ten customers accounted for 42%, 39% and 39% of our consolidated sales in fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023.'
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $26.07, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Thin upside margin: 4.6%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.8). Chart setup: RSI 50 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Mixed signals. Hold existing position. Target $27.28 (+4.6%), stop $24.91 (−4.7%), A.R:R 0.7:1. Score 5.5/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $27.28 (+4.6% upside). Target $27.28 (+4.6%), stop $24.91 (−4.7%), A.R:R 0.7:1. Stop-loss: $24.91.
Thin upside margin: 4.6%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.8); Weak growth.
Smithfield Foods, Inc. trades at a P/E of 10.1 (forward 10.0). TrendMatrix value score: 7.7/10. Verdict: Hold.
11 analysts cover SFD with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $31.
What does Smithfield Foods, Inc. do?Smithfield Foods produces packaged meats and fresh pork in the U.S. under brands including Smithfield, Eckrich, and...
Smithfield Foods produces packaged meats and fresh pork in the U.S. under brands including Smithfield, Eckrich, and Nathan's Famous, employing approximately 32,000 people with 38 processing plants in 18 states. Packaged Meats generated 56% of 2025 sales and 85% of operating profit; WH Group (Hong Kong) controls approximately 87% of shares outstanding.