Growth Metrics

Smithfield Foods (SFD) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Smithfield Foods posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $180.0 million for Q1 2026, down 8.63% year-on-year from $197.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 12.62% on a QoQ basis from $206.0 million in Q4 2025.

Smithfield Foods (SFD) has 12 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $180.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 8.63% year-over-year to $180.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $832.0 million (down 0.6% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $849.0 million, up 1.07% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $180.0 million, down from $206.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $380.3 million in Q4 2023 and bottomed at $178.0 million in Q3 2025.
  • The 4-year median for Operating Expenses is $199.5 million (2024), against an average of $224.8 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Operating Expenses slumped 35.31%; it then surged 38.14% in 2025.
  • A 4-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $380.3 million in 2023, then plunged by 35.31% to $246.0 million in 2024, then dropped by 16.26% to $206.0 million in 2025, then retreated by 12.62% to $180.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $180.0 million (Q1 2026), $206.0 million (Q4 2025), and $178.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (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 1.07 Bn
3 Jbs 19.23 Bn 14.67 Bn 2.32 Bn -1.84 Bn
4 General Mills 18.04 Bn 17.27 Bn 1.37 Bn 837.30 Mn
5 Hormel Foods 12.87 Bn 11.99 Bn 518.51 Mn 318.62 Mn
6 Mccormick 12.46 Bn 12.86 Bn 708.90 Mn 456.30 Mn
7 Magnum Ice Cream 11.56 Bn 11.08 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 10.74 Bn 10.69 Bn 827.80 Mn 368.20 Mn
9 Smithfield Foods 10.23 Bn 9.16 Bn 511.00 Mn 180.00 Mn
10 Darling Ingredients 9.59 Bn 9.63 Bn 404.92 Mn 1.43 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 180.00 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 206.00 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 178.00 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 268.00 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 197.00 Mn
Dec 29, 2024 246.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 200.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 194.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 199.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 380.30 Mn
Oct 2, 2016 233.80 Mn
Jul 3, 2016 227.80 Mn
Apr 3, 2016 208.10 Mn
Jan 3, 2016 280.40 Mn
Sep 27, 2015 238.40 Mn
Jun 28, 2015 232.60 Mn
Mar 29, 2015 221.90 Mn
Dec 28, 2014 249.20 Mn
Sep 28, 2014 218.40 Mn
Jun 29, 2014 219.20 Mn
Mar 30, 2014 215.40 Mn
Dec 29, 2013 237.30 Mn
Sep 26, 2013 212.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 213.90 Mn
Jan 27, 2013 198.90 Mn
Oct 28, 2012 205.70 Mn
Jul 29, 2012 201.10 Mn
Apr 29, 2012 190.10 Mn
Jan 29, 2012 187.30 Mn
Oct 30, 2011 200.80 Mn
Jul 31, 2011 238.70 Mn
May 1, 2011 195.70 Mn
Jan 30, 2011 220.30 Mn
Oct 31, 2010 172.80 Mn
Aug 1, 2010 201.00 Mn
May 2, 2010 147.60 Mn
Jan 31, 2010 207.60 Mn
Nov 1, 2009 180.00 Mn
Aug 2, 2009 183.80 Mn