After Hours
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Stocks Info
This NASDAQ-listed company operates within the Farm Products industry segment, falling under the Consumer Defensive sector. The current market capitalization of Smithfield Foods, Inc is $7.95B. A total of 0.55 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.13M shares.
In the most recent transaction, WH Group Ltd/ADR sold 2,506,936 shares of SFD for 20.00 per share on Feb 20 ’25. After the transaction, the 10% Owner now owns 364,518,817 company shares. In a previous transaction on Jan 29 ’25, He Hank Shenghua bought 17,000 shares at 20.00 per share. SFD shares that Director owns now total 77,000.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Checkovich Tennille J. acquired of 2,000 shares on Jan 29 ’25 at a per-share price of $20.00. This resulted in the Chief Legal Officer holding 12,000 shares of SFD after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Sutton Doug bought 5,000 shares at $20.00 per share on Jan 29 ’25. Company shares held by the Chief Manufacturing Officer now total 65,000.
Dividend
The income generated by dividends is an indication that a company is improving its financial position, which is why investors prefer companies paying dividends. SFD’s most recent ex-dividend date was when it declared a $0.25 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 4/10/2025.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, SFD has a high of $22.03 and a low of $18.43.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for SFD is Buy with a score of 4.57.
