How Smithfield Foods, Inc. stacks up

SFD · against 151 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

71/ 100

Above the middle of the pack.

Ranked #50 of 152 · scores higher than 66% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

18 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including SFD · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 71?

Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.

Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.

Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 8.6% vs peer median 7.6%
a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 70% of peers. Return on invested capital: 13.8% vs peer median 7.7%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 85% of peers. Return on assets: 8.8% vs peer median 4.0%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = SFD, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	SFD	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 147 reported	13.8%	8.4%	67%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 153 reported	8.6%	5.9%	61%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 152 reported	8.8%	4.3%	77%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 144 reported	15.5%	10.2%	66%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 154 reported	13.5%	35.5%	13%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around SFD

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Altria Group, Inc.MO · US-listed	128.5B USD	99	46
1	Philip Morris International Inc.PM · US-listed	324.2B USD	99	54
1	Phoenix Education Partners, Inc.PXED · US-listed	843M USD	99	88
4	The Vita Coco Company, Inc.COCO · US-listed	3.5B USD	98	73
5	National Beverage Corp.FIZZ · US-listed	3.4B USD	97	54
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48	BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.BJ · US-listed	13.8B USD	72	59
48	Freshpet, Inc.FRPT · US-listed	3.3B USD	72	71
50	Ingredion IncorporatedINGR · US-listed	6.1B USD	71	58
50	McCormick & Company, IncorporatedMKC · US-listed	12.9B USD	71	62
50	Smithfield Foods, Inc.SFD · US-listed	7.2B USD	71	72
50	G. Willi-Food International LtdWILC · US-listed	397M USD	71	72
54	Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLCCCEP · US-listed	49.0B USD	70	49
54	Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.NGVC · US-listed	644M USD	70	54
56	Lifeway Foods, Inc.LWAY · US-listed	336M USD	69	63

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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