Growth Metrics

Smithfield Foods (SFD) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Smithfield Foods filings provide 12 years of Free Cash Flow readings, the most recent being -$153.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow rose 37.55% to -$153.0 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $811.0 million, a 28.12% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $718.0 million, up 26.86% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow hit -$153.0 million in Q1 2026 for Smithfield Foods, down from $843.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $843.0 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$311.0 million in Q1 2024.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 4 years was $138.5 million (2024), compared with a mean of $153.5 million.
  • The widest YoY moves for Free Cash Flow: up 50.77% in 2025, down 151.02% in 2025.
  • Smithfield Foods' Free Cash Flow stood at $401.6 million in 2023, then surged by 49.65% to $601.0 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 40.27% to $843.0 million in 2025, then crashed by 118.15% to -$153.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were -$153.0 million (Q1 2026), $843.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$75.0 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.