Growth Metrics

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

Smithfield Foods posted quarterly Gross Margin of 13.45% for Q1 2026, down 8.0% year-on-year from 14.62% in Q1 2025, and down 5.58% on a QoQ basis from 14.24% in Q4 2025.

Smithfield Foods (SFD) has 12 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 13.45% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Gross Margin fell 8.0% year-over-year to 13.45%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 13.44% (down 70.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 13.45%, up 4.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 13.45%, down from 14.24% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 15.45% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 10.53% in Q4 2023.
  • The 4-year median for Gross Margin is 13.47% (2026), against an average of 11.04%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Gross Margin soared 2401 bps; it then tumbled 227 bps in 2025.
  • A 4-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 10.53% in 2023, then surged by 228 bps to 13.49% in 2024, then rose by 6 bps to 14.24% in 2025, then fell by 6 bps to 13.45% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 13.45% (Q1 2026), 14.24% (Q4 2025), and 12.78% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross 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 36.70%
3 Jbs 19.23 Bn 14.67 Bn 2.32 Bn 10.76%
4 General Mills 18.04 Bn 17.27 Bn 1.37 Bn 30.81%
5 Hormel Foods 12.87 Bn 11.99 Bn 518.51 Mn 17.44%
6 Mccormick 12.46 Bn 12.86 Bn 708.90 Mn 37.83%
7 Magnum Ice Cream 11.56 Bn 11.08 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 10.74 Bn 10.69 Bn 827.80 Mn 35.39%
9 Smithfield Foods 10.23 Bn 9.16 Bn 511.00 Mn 13.45%
10 Darling Ingredients 9.59 Bn 9.63 Bn 404.92 Mn 26.11%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 13.45%
Dec 28, 2025 14.24%
Sep 28, 2025 12.78%
Jun 29, 2025 13.18%
Mar 30, 2025 13.52%
Dec 29, 2024 13.49%
Sep 30, 2024 14.28%
Jun 30, 2024 15.45%
Mar 31, 2024 10.51%
Dec 31, 2023 -10.53%
Oct 2, 2016 13.35%
Jul 3, 2016 13.08%
Apr 3, 2016 12.47%
Jan 3, 2016 13.89%
Sep 27, 2015 11.30%
Jun 28, 2015 12.00%
Mar 29, 2015 11.23%
Dec 28, 2014 11.15%
Sep 28, 2014 12.26%
Jun 29, 2014 12.28%
Mar 30, 2014 11.59%
Dec 29, 2013 84.04%
Sep 26, 2013 8.65%
Jun 30, 2013 9.17%
Apr 28, 2013 8.47%
Jan 27, 2013 9.18%
Oct 28, 2012 11.70%
Jul 29, 2012 10.75%
Apr 29, 2012 10.68%
Jan 29, 2012 10.92%
Oct 30, 2011 12.67%
Jul 31, 2011 13.16%
May 1, 2011 14.65%
Jan 30, 2011 14.35%
Oct 31, 2010 14.43%
Aug 1, 2010 12.67%
May 2, 2010 6.15%
Jan 31, 2010 9.85%
Nov 1, 2009 6.25%
Aug 2, 2009 3.63%