SFD - Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Smithfield Foods, Inc. manufactures and markets packaged meats and fresh pork in the United States and internationally. Its Packaged Meats segment processes fresh meat into various packaged meats products, including bacon, sausage, hot dogs, deli and lunch meats, dry sausage products, ham products, ready-to-eat products, and prepared foods, such as pre-cooked entrees, bacon, and sausage to retail and foodservice customers in the United States.
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Agricultural Farm Products
- Market Cap
- $10.35B
- P/E Ratio
- 10.28
- Beta
- -0.54
- 52-Week Range
- 21.08-29.805
- Dividend Yield
- $1.25
- CEO
- Charles Shane Smith
- Employees
- 36,500
- IPO Date
- Jan 28, 2025
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
SFD Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for SFD is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The SFD overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked SFD overview questions
- What is SFD?
- SFD is the ticker symbol for Smithfield Foods, Inc., a listed security. Smithfield Foods, Inc. manufactures and markets packaged meats and fresh pork in the United States and internationally. Listed on NASDAQ. SFD is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What are SFD's key statistics?
- Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) carries a market capitalization of $10.35B, trailing P/E ratio of 10.28, beta of -0.54 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 21.08-29.805. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does SFD belong to?
- Smithfield Foods, Inc. operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, in the Agricultural Farm Products industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare SFD's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the SFD data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for SFD, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).