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Smithfield Foods free cash flow SFD

Cash from operations less capital spending, by quarter and over the last twelve months, from 2009.

Last 12 months, to Jun 28, 2026
$807M
Latest quarter, Q2 FY26
$192M
−2% on a year earlier
Fiscal year 2025
$718M
+27% on the year before

Smithfield Foods' free cash flow was $807M over the twelve months to Jun 28, 2026, up 16% on a year earlier.

In its latest quarter, Q2 FY26, it was $192M, down 2% on the same quarter a year before.

Over the five fiscal years to FY2025 it grew 54% a year on average.

Free cash flow over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFree cash flowChange
FY2025$718M+27%
FY2024$566Mn/a
FY2013−$105.3M−138%
FY2012$279.4M−36%
FY2011$439.6M+426%
FY2010$83.5Mn/a

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedFree cash flowOn a year earlierLast 12 months
Q2 FY26$192M−2%$807M
Q1 FY26−$153Mn/a$810M
Q4 FY25$843M+40%$718M
Q3 FY25−$75M−151%$476M
Q2 FY25$195M+51%$698M
Q1 FY25−$245Mn/a$632M
Q4 FY24$601Mn/a$566M
Q3 FY24$147Mn/an/a
Q2 FY24$129Mn/an/a
Q1 FY24−$311Mn/an/a
Q3 FY16$203.5Mn/an/a
Q2 FY16$125.9Mn/an/a

Against its peers

Companies in Packaged Foods nearest Smithfield Foods' size, closest first, today.

CompanyFree cash flow yield
SFDSmithfield Foods11.0%
LWLamb Weston5.6%
CPBCAMPBELL'S11.0%
INGRIngredion5.9%
HRLHormel Foods6.7%
MKCMccormick7.2%
SJMJ M SMUCKER11.4%
POSTPost15.6%
FRPTFreshpet2.0%
MZTIMarzetti6.9%
KHCKraft Heinz13.0%
Peer median7.0%

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What the free cash flow tells you

Cash from operations minus capital spending. The cash the company could hand back or reinvest.

Seasonal and lumpy quarter to quarter. The TTM view is the one to trust.

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