Smithfield Foods (SFD) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026)

Smithfield Foods' Return on Invested Capital history runs 11 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.03% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 209.0% year-over-year to 0.03% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.03% (down 209.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 3.35%, up 279.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital was 0.03% for Q1 2026 at Smithfield Foods, down from 0.84% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 2.12% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 0.0% in Q1 2024.
• A 4-year average of 0.56% and a median of 0.29% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2025 — Return on Invested Capital jumped 212 bps — and 2026, when it plunged 209 bps.
• Smithfield Foods' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.0% in 2023, then surged by 197888 bps to 0.55% in 2024, then surged by 51 bps to 0.84% in 2025, then sank by 96 bps to 0.03% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows SFD's Return on Invested Capital at 0.03% in Q1 2026, 0.84% in Q4 2025, and 0.86% in Q3 2025.