---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091388-26-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFD"
cik: "0000091388"
company_name: "SMITHFIELD FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:35:10.815070+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smithfield Foods Q1 FY2026: diluted EPS $0.62, revenue $3.8B, operating profit up 3.4%

## Summary
- Net sales $3.8B (+0.8% YoY); operating profit $333M (+3.4%); adjusted operating profit $339M (+4.0%).
- Diluted EPS $0.62; adjusted diluted EPS $0.64 vs $0.57 and $0.58 in prior year.
- Packaged Meats operating profit $275M (+3.6%); margin 12.8% (down 32bps YoY).
- Hog Production operating profit $4M vs $1M YoY; Fresh Pork $78M (-4.3%); net debt to adjusted EBITDA 0.4x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091388-26-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFD
- cik: 0000091388
- company_name: SMITHFIELD FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91388/000009138826000034/0000091388-26-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91388/000009138826000034/sfd-20260428.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091388-26-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SMITHFIELD FOODS INC reported first quarter ended March 29, 2026 results: revenue $3.8 billion, EPS $0.62.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 29, 2026
  - Revenue: $3.8 billion
  - EPS: $0.62
  - Result: reported results
  source text: First Quarter Fiscal 2026 Financial Highlights • Net sales of $3.8 billion, up 0.8% from the first quarter of 2025 • Operating profit of $333 million, up 3.4% from the first quarter of 2025; Adjusted operating profit of $339 million, up 4.0% from the first quarter of 2025 • Operating margin of 8.7%, up from 8.5% in the first quarter of 2025; Adjusted operating margin of 8.9%, up from 8.6% in the first quarter of 2025 • Packaged Meats operating profit of $275 million, up 3.6% from the first quarter of 2025; Packaged Meats operating profit margin of 12.8%, compared to 13.1% in the first quarter of 2025 • Diluted and adjusted diluted earnings of $0.62 and $0.64 per share, respectively; compared to $0.57 and $0.58 per share, respectively, in the first quarter of 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91388/000009138826000034/0000091388-26-000034-index.htm

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