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How Smithfield Foods, Inc. stacks up
SFD · against 820 other Consumer Defensive companies
Profitability
71/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #235 of 821 · scores higher than 71% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score82 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 · 761 reported | 13.8% | 7.7% | 70% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 817 reported | 8.6% | 7.6% | 56% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 784 reported | 8.8% | 4.0% | 85% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 770 reported | 15.5% | 8.3% | 75% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 824 reported | 13.5% | 32.0% | 14% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SFD| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 235.8B INR (≈$2.8B) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 229.1B INR (≈$2.7B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 3 | 398.9B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 3 | 4.0B MYR (≈$881M) | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 162.4B CNY (≈$22.7B) | 99 | 81 | |
| 235 | 2.6B EUR (≈$2.8B) | 71 | 58 | |
| 235 | 6.1B USD | 71 | 58 | |
| 235 | 12.9B USD | 71 | 62 | |
| 235 | 2.7B CAD (≈$2.0B) | 71 | 54 | |
| 235 | 7.2B USD | 71 | 72 | |
| 235 | 397M USD | 71 | 72 | |
| 243 | 239.7B KRW (≈$173M) | 70 | 67 | |
| 243 | 159.9B JPY (≈$1.1B) | 70 | 74 | |
| 243 | 1.77T JPY (≈$12.0B) | 70 | 57 |
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