Growth Metrics

Smithfield Foods (SFD) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Smithfield Foods filings provide 12 years of Operating Margin readings, the most recent being 8.76% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 25.0% to 8.76% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 8.37%, a 44.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 8.32%, up 41.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 8.76% in Q1 2026 for Smithfield Foods, down from 9.46% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 9.79% in Q2 2024 to a low of 17.42% in Q4 2023.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 4 years was 8.49% (2024), compared with a mean of 5.6%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: skyrocketed 2590bps in 2024 and later crashed -292bps in 2025.
  • Smithfield Foods' Operating Margin stood at 17.42% in 2023, then surged by 149bps to 8.48% in 2024, then rose by 12bps to 9.46% in 2025, then dropped by -7bps to 8.76% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 8.76% (Q1 2026), 9.46% (Q4 2025), and 8.27% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.