Growth Metrics

Smithfield Foods (SFD) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Smithfield Foods posted quarterly EBIT Margin of 8.76% for Q1 2026, up 25.0% year-on-year from 7.01% in Q1 2025, and down 7.4% on a QoQ basis from 9.46% in Q4 2025.

Smithfield Foods (SFD) has 12 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 8.76% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBIT Margin rose 25.0% year-over-year to 8.76%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.37% (down 44.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.32%, up 41.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 8.76%, down from 9.46% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBIT Margin topped out at 9.79% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 17.42% in Q4 2023.
  • The 4-year median for EBIT Margin is 8.49% (2024), against an average of 5.6%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when EBIT Margin surged 2590 bps; it then plunged 292 bps in 2025.
  • A 4-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 17.42% in 2023, then jumped by 149 bps to 8.48% in 2024, then increased by 12 bps to 9.46% in 2025, then slipped by 7 bps to 8.76% in 2026.
  • The last three EBIT Margin figures came in at 8.76% (Q1 2026), 9.46% (Q4 2025), and 8.27% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Paranovus Entertainment Technology 94,654.50 Bn 94,654.50 Bn - -
2 Kraft Heinz 28.03 Bn 23.95 Bn 2.22 Bn 18.94%
3 Jbs 19.23 Bn 14.67 Bn 2.32 Bn 2.24%
4 General Mills 18.04 Bn 17.27 Bn 1.37 Bn 11.82%
5 Hormel Foods 12.87 Bn 11.99 Bn 518.51 Mn 7.30%
6 Mccormick 12.46 Bn 12.86 Bn 708.90 Mn 12.14%
7 Magnum Ice Cream 11.56 Bn 11.08 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 10.74 Bn 10.69 Bn 827.80 Mn -23.44%
9 Smithfield Foods 10.23 Bn 9.16 Bn 511.00 Mn 8.76%
10 Darling Ingredients 9.59 Bn 9.63 Bn 404.92 Mn 14.62%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 8.76%
Dec 28, 2025 9.46%
Sep 28, 2025 8.27%
Jun 29, 2025 6.87%
Mar 30, 2025 8.51%
Dec 29, 2024 8.48%
Sep 30, 2024 8.55%
Jun 30, 2024 9.79%
Mar 31, 2024 4.73%
Dec 31, 2023 -17.42%
Oct 2, 2016 6.96%
Jul 3, 2016 6.79%
Apr 3, 2016 6.35%
Jan 3, 2016 6.76%
Sep 27, 2015 4.51%
Jun 28, 2015 5.34%
Mar 29, 2015 5.20%
Dec 28, 2014 5.49%
Sep 28, 2014 6.76%
Jun 29, 2014 6.82%
Mar 30, 2014 5.74%
Dec 29, 2013 19.55%
Sep 26, 2013 -0.69%
Jun 30, 2013 2.69%
Apr 28, 2013 2.20%
Jan 27, 2013 3.80%
Oct 28, 2012 -1.01%
Jul 29, 2012 4.26%
Apr 29, 2012 4.80%
Jan 29, 2012 4.90%
Oct 30, 2011 6.78%
Jul 31, 2011 5.60%
May 1, 2011 8.55%
Jan 30, 2011 11.70%
Oct 31, 2010 9.27%
Aug 1, 2010 6.12%
May 2, 2010 1.35%
Jan 31, 2010 3.35%
Nov 1, 2009 0.07%
Aug 2, 2009 -2.75%