SFD Stock — Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD)

Updated October 16, 2026.

SFD is a Stock. its distribution rate is 6.72%, its trailing-12-month yield is 6.38%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 2.5% over the past 1.7 years, 26.2 points behind SPY at 28.7%.

SFD performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 2.5% over the past 1.7 years, 26.2 points behind SPY at 28.7%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -9.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 36.8%.

SFD key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

01/28/2025

Distribution rate

6.72%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

6.38%

Last close

$18.64 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$7,339,824,914

Average volume

1323740.0

Dividend

$0.313

Ex-dividend date

08/13/2026

Payment date

08/27/2026

Payout ratio

44.5%

P/E ratio

6.93

Forward P/E

10.4932

EPS

$2.69

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (6.72%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (6.38%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

SFD risks and drawbacks

Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 36.8%.

Who may consider SFD — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (SFD pays quarterly); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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