Smithfield Foods

American meat processing company
Organization business Q1477575
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 4 annual filings
Revenue
$15.53B
▲ 9.8% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$987.00M
▲ 3.6% YoY FY2025
Assets
$12.18B
▲ 10.2% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$2.51
▲ 0.0% YoY FY2025
$0.00$4.45B$8.91B$13.36B$17.82B FY2023: $16.20B · NI $17.00M (0.1% margin)FY2023: $14.64B · NI $17.00M (0.1% margin)FY2024: $14.14B · NI $953.00M (6.7% margin)FY2025: $15.53B · NI $987.00M (6.4% margin) '23'23'24'25
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-28 · accession 0000091388-26-000014

Smithfield Foods

Summary

Smithfield Foods is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,914 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Smithfield Foods is in the country of United States[3].
  • Smithfield Foods is in the country of GB[4].
  • Smithfield Foods is in the country of US[5].
  • Smithfield Foods's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Smithfield Foods's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • Smithfield Foods's instance of is recorded as public company[8].
  • Smithfield Foods is owned by WH Group[9].
  • Smithfield Foods followed Farmland Industries[10].
  • Smithfield Foods's headquarters location is recorded as Smithfield[11].
  • Smithfield Foods's Commons category is recorded as Smithfield Foods[12].
  • Smithfield Foods's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[13].
  • Smithfield Foods's industry is recorded as meatpacking industry[14].
  • Smithfield Foods's industry is recorded as agriculture[15].
  • January 1, 1936 marks the founding of Smithfield Foods[16].
  • 1997-07-25 marks the founding of Smithfield Foods[17].
  • Smithfield Foods's location of formation is recorded as Smithfield[18].
  • Smithfield Foods's parent organization or unit is recorded as WH Group[19].
  • Smithfield Foods's official website is recorded as http://www.smithfieldfoods.com/[20].
  • Smithfield Foods's official website is recorded as https://www.smithfieldfoods.com/[21].
  • Smithfield Foods's legal form is recorded as Q130264748[22].
  • Smithfield Foods's legal form is recorded as H0PO[23].
  • Smithfield Foods's legal form is recorded as HOV4[24].
  • Smithfield Foods's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+14380'}[25].
  • Smithfield Foods's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+13270'}[26].
  • Smithfield Foods's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+15112'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): CVTIPZRZJC0JQEZLL598[28]

  • Registered legal name: Smithfield Foods, Inc.[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-VA[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): HOV4[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 1997-07-25[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2012-06-06[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-08-26[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-09-25[38]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000639[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 04884193[41]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 1936[16] and 1997-07-25[17]. Smithfield Foods's location of formation is recorded as Smithfield[18].

Identity

Smithfield Foods followed Farmland Industries[10].

Operations

Smithfield Foods's headquarters location is recorded as Smithfield[11]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as WH Group[19].

Industry

Industries include meatpacking industry[14] and agriculture[15].

Ownership

Smithfield Foods is owned by WH Group[9]. Its stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[13].

Why It Matters

Smithfield Foods ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,914 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · ArthurPSmith · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ror id → 05fsmwf85
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  2. 24d ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → 6222602
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  3. 5w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 967B-7A0B-2884-1D4B-D80D
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  4. 17w ago · M2k~dewiki · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent org → —
    Industry → meatpacking industry, agriculture
    Stock exchange → New York Stock Exchange
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