Growth Metrics

Smithfield Foods (SFD) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Smithfield Foods posted quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio of 41.62 for Q1 2026, up 42.64% year-on-year from 29.18 in Q1 2025, and down 16.75% on a QoQ basis from 50.0 in Q4 2025.

Smithfield Foods (SFD) has 12 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 41.62 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Interest Coverage Ratio rose 42.64% year-over-year to 41.62; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 34.29 (up 64.05% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 31.51, up 86.03% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 41.62, down from 50.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 50.0 in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 10.19 in Q1 2024.
  • The 4-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 26.06 (2024), against an average of 27.71.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Interest Coverage Ratio plunged 33.59%; it then surged 186.45% in 2025.
  • A 4-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 36.03 in 2023, then tumbled by 33.59% to 23.93 in 2024, then surged by 108.96% to 50.0 in 2025, then slipped by 16.75% to 41.62 in 2026.
  • The last three Interest Coverage Ratio figures came in at 41.62 (Q1 2026), 50.0 (Q4 2025), and 28.18 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (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 4.85
3 Jbs 19.23 Bn 14.67 Bn 2.32 Bn -1.00
4 General Mills 18.04 Bn 17.27 Bn 1.37 Bn 4.09
5 Hormel Foods 12.87 Bn 11.99 Bn 518.51 Mn 10.95
6 Mccormick 12.46 Bn 12.86 Bn 708.90 Mn 4.81
7 Magnum Ice Cream 11.56 Bn 11.08 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 10.74 Bn 10.69 Bn 827.80 Mn -
9 Smithfield Foods 10.23 Bn 9.16 Bn 511.00 Mn 41.63
10 Darling Ingredients 9.59 Bn 9.63 Bn 404.92 Mn 4.19

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 41.63
Dec 28, 2025 50.00
Sep 28, 2025 28.18
Jun 29, 2025 23.64
Mar 30, 2025 29.18
Dec 29, 2024 23.93
Sep 30, 2024 16.76
Jun 30, 2024 17.58
Mar 31, 2024 10.19
Dec 31, 2023 36.03
Oct 2, 2016 7.70
Jul 3, 2016 7.23
Apr 3, 2016 6.57
Jan 3, 2016 7.53
Sep 27, 2015 4.76
Jun 28, 2015 5.91
Mar 29, 2015 5.42
Dec 28, 2014 5.78
Sep 28, 2014 6.36
Jun 29, 2014 6.44
Mar 30, 2014 4.81
Dec 29, 2013 1.38
Sep 26, 2013 -0.68
Jun 30, 2013 2.00
Jan 27, 2013 3.36
Oct 28, 2012 -0.79
Jul 29, 2012 3.10
Apr 29, 2012 3.66
Jan 29, 2012 4.03
Oct 30, 2011 5.08
Jul 31, 2011 3.60
May 1, 2011 5.23
Jan 30, 2011 6.18
Oct 31, 2010 4.25
Aug 1, 2010 2.59
May 2, 2010 0.58
Jan 31, 2010 1.44
Nov 1, 2009 0.03
Aug 2, 2009 -1.24