---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091388-25-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFD"
cik: "0000091388"
company_name: "SMITHFIELD FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T06:15:49.955996+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smithfield Foods FY2024 operating profit $1.1B; dividend $0.25/sh

## Summary
- FY2024 net sales $14.1B; operating profit $1.1B; adjusted EPS $1.88.
- Q4 net sales $4.0B; adjusted operating profit $315M, up from $230M YoY.
- Packaged Meats segment record operating profit $1.2B; margin 14.0%.
- Dividend of $0.25/sh declared, payable Apr 22, 2025; annual rate $1.00.
- FY2025 outlook: total adj. operating profit $1.1B-$1.3B; capex $400-$500M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091388-25-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFD
- cik: 0000091388
- company_name: SMITHFIELD FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91388/000009138825000018/0000091388-25-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91388/000009138825000018/sfd-20250325.htm

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