BSFC vs HRL vs SFD Stock Comparison

Blue Star Foods, Hormel Foods and Smithfield Foods Prices as of Oct 14, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BSFC Blue Star Foods Corp.
$1.00 +9,900.0% 1M +9,900.0% 1Y
Market cap
$18.09M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Meat and Poultry Consumer Staples
1 win
HRL Hormel Foods Corp /De/
$20.88 +6.0% 1M -12.0% 1Y
Market cap
$11.49B
P/E
33.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.15B
Div. yield
5.57%
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
3 wins
SFD Smithfield Foods Inc
$18.33 -3.7% 1M -15.0% 1Y
Market cap
$7.22B
P/E
8.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.16B
Div. yield
6.44%
Meat and Poultry Consumer Staples
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Smithfield Foods leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Smithfield Foods 5, Hormel Foods 3, Blue Star Foods 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBSFCHRLSFDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $18.09M $11.49B $7.22B HRL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 33.6x 8.0x SFD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 14.9x 8.8x SFD
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +0.7% -0.6% HRL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 2.8% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 3.5% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.8x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 5.57% 6.44% SFD
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +9,900.0% -12.0% -15.0% BSFC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -83.3%/yr -13.4%/yr — HRL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 1,167.2% 30.0% 26.0% SFD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 49/100 74/100 SFD

Percentile Scorecard

BSFCHRLSFD

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBSFCHRLSFD
Valuation – 67 #15 of 44 64 #13 of 34
Growth – 26 #30 of 40 47 #17 of 31
Profitability – 46 #21 of 38 89 #4 of 29
Financial Health 3 #35 of 36 73 #13 of 46 –
Shareholder Returns – 31 #21 of 30 96 #2 of 25
Overall – 49 74
  • BSFC ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • HRL ranked among 47 companies in Branded Foods
  • SFD ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBSFCHRLSFDSPY
1 month +9,900.0%+6.0%-3.7% -0.2%
3 months +9,900.0%-18.3%-32.4% +3.9%
6 months +9,900.0%-2.0%-31.8% +8.2%
Year to date +9,900.0%-11.9%-17.9% +12.9%
1 year +9,900.0%-12.0%-15.0% +12.3%
3 years -90.0%-33.5%— +87.4%
3 years, per year -53.6%-12.7%— +23.3%
5 years -100.0%-51.3%— +67.9%
5 years, per year -83.3%-13.4%— +10.9%
10 years —-44.9%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —-5.8%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBSFCHRLSFDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 1,167.2%30.0%26.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y —29.7%27.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.19-0.18-0.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 8.48-0.40-0.58 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -100.0%-65.0%-38.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-21.2%-38.1% -1.2%
52-week high $1.00$26.51$29.59 $779.14
52-week low $0.01$19.20$18.22 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBSFCHRLSFD
P/E now vs peer median —median 14.8x 33.6xmedian 22.3x 8.0xmedian 14.8x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.5x 0.9xmedian 0.7x 0.5xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.1x 12.5xmedian 12.3x —median 9.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.0x 14.7xmedian 13.8x 9.3xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median -7.7xmedian 1.1x 1.5xmedian 1.5x 1.0xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.28 -1.24median 0.57 —median 1.28

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBSFCHRLSFD
Revenue – $12.15B $15.16B
Gross profit – $1.90B $1.90B
Operating income – $573.89M $1.15B
Net income – $342.71M –
Free cash flow – $780.87M –
EPS (diluted) – $0.62 $2.27
Cash & equivalents $14.44K $839.64M $1.18B
Total debt $9.49M $2.86B –
Shares (diluted) 18.09M 551.07M 395.77M
Enterprise value $17.92M $8.17B $7.22B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBSFCHRLSFD
P/E – 33.6x 8.0x
P/FCF – 14.7x 9.3x
P/Operating cash flow – 10.5x –
P/S – 0.9x 0.5x
P/B -7.7x 1.5x 1.0x
P/Tangible book -7.7x 1.8x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA – 12.5x –
EV/EBIT – 23.5x –
EV/Revenue – 1.1x 0.5x
EV/FCF – 17.3x –
EV/Operating cash flow – 12.3x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -1.24 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBSFCHRLSFD
Revenue growth (1Y) – 0.7% -0.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -0.1% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -3.2% -5.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -2.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – -43.2% -6.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -21.1% –
Net income growth (1Y) – -54.6% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -26.9% –
EPS growth (1Y) – -54.6% 3.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -27.0% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 17.3% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -0.3% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 24.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -2.5% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBSFCHRLSFD
Gross margin – 15.7% –
EBITDA margin – 8.9% –
Operating margin – 4.7% –
Pretax margin – 4.3% –
Net margin – 2.8% –
FCF margin – 6.4% –
Operating cash flow margin – 9.0% –
Return on equity – 4.3% 13.0%
Return on assets – 2.6% 7.5%
Return on invested capital – 3.5% –
Return on capital employed – 5.0% –
Asset turnover – 0.9x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 3.2x –
Stock comp / revenue – 0.2% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBSFCHRLSFD
Debt / assets 33.4% 21.5% –
Debt / equity -0.2x 0.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.8x –
Debt / FCF – 3.7x –
Liabilities / assets 270.0% 40.9% –
Equity / assets -170.0% 59.1% 57.7%
Interest coverage – 7.3x –
Current ratio 0.3x 1.9x 2.4x
Quick ratio 0.0x 0.9x –
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.5x –
Altman Z-score – 3.26 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBSFCHRLSFD
Dividend yield – 5.6% 6.4%
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – 5.6% 6.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 187.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 82.1% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 3.1% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBSFCHRLSFD
Forward P/E – 14.9xFY2026 8.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-19.05FY2023 $1.40FY2026 $2.08FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +2.2%FY2026 -18.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +17.9% +6.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.26MFY2023 $11.68BFY2026 $14.87BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – -3.5%FY2026 -4.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +52.8% +2.2% +8.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBSFCHRLSFD
Held by institutions – 43.8% 13.6%
Institutions holding – 622 281
Change in shares held, QoQ – -4.0% +14.1%
Institutions buying – 323 188
Institutions selling – 230 70
Buyers to sellers – 1.40 2.69

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BSFCHRLSFD
BSFC – – –
HRL – 1.00 0.31
SFD – 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BSFC, HRL and SFD?

Hormel Foods (HRL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Blue Star Foods (BSFC) $18.09M, Hormel Foods (HRL) $11.49B, Smithfield Foods (SFD) $7.22B.

Which stock is cheaper, BSFC, HRL and SFD?

Smithfield Foods (SFD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Hormel Foods (HRL) 33.6x, Smithfield Foods (SFD) 8.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Smithfield Foods (SFD) is cheapest (Hormel Foods (HRL) 14.9x, Smithfield Foods (SFD) 8.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Hormel Foods (HRL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hormel Foods (HRL) +0.7%, Smithfield Foods (SFD) -0.6%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Blue Star Foods (BSFC) returned the most: Blue Star Foods (BSFC) +9,900.0%, Hormel Foods (HRL) -12.0%, Smithfield Foods (SFD) -15.0%. Over five years, Hormel Foods (HRL) compounded fastest (Blue Star Foods (BSFC) -83.3%/yr, Hormel Foods (HRL) -13.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Smithfield Foods (SFD) has the highest dividend yield: Hormel Foods (HRL) 5.57%, Smithfield Foods (SFD) 6.44%. Blue Star Foods (BSFC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Smithfield Foods (SFD) has been the steadiest (Blue Star Foods (BSFC) 1,167.2%, Hormel Foods (HRL) 30.0%, Smithfield Foods (SFD) 26.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BSFC, HRL and SFD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Smithfield Foods (SFD) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.