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How Smithfield Foods, Inc. stacks up
SFD · against 119 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
71/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #45 of 120 · scores higher than 61% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score13 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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 116 reported | 13.8% | 11.8% | 61% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 120 reported | 8.6% | 9.2% | 45% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 112 reported | 8.8% | 5.2% | 77% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 112 reported | 15.5% | 12.5% | 63% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 120 reported | 13.5% | 36.8% | 8% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SFD| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 443.8B INR (≈$5.3B) | 99 | 54 | |
| 1 | 114.2B MXN (≈$6.2B) | 99 | 57 | |
| 3 | 18.6B MYR (≈$4.1B) | 98 | 76 | |
| 4 | 1.19T INR (≈$14.2B) | 97 | 60 | |
| 5 | 41.5B CNY (≈$5.8B) | 96 | 54 | |
| 43 | 13.8B USD | 72 | 59 | |
| 43 | 13.9B NZD (≈$8.4B) | 72 | 75 | |
| 45 | 6.1B USD | 71 | 58 | |
| 45 | 12.9B USD | 71 | 62 | |
| 45 | 7.2B USD | 71 | 72 | |
| 48 | 1.77T JPY (≈$12.0B) | 70 | 57 | |
| 49 | 1.68T JPY (≈$11.4B) | 69 | 64 | |
| 49 | 613.1B JPY (≈$4.2B) | 69 | 71 | |
| 51 | 154.7B ZAR (≈$8.5B) | 68 | 60 |
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