SFD insider trading
NasdaqGS Consumer DefensiveSMITHFIELD FOODS INC — scored insider trade history from SEC Form 4 filings, parsed and contextualised by FilingIQ.
About SMITHFIELD FOODS INC
Smithfield Foods, Inc. produces 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 to retail and foodservice customers. This segment markets its packaged meat products under the Smithfield, Eckrich, Nathan's Famous, Farmland, Armour, Farmer John, Kretschmar, Krakus, John Morrell, Cook's, Gwaltney, Carando, Margherita, Curly's and Smithfield Culinary, as well as under private labels. The company's Fresh Pork segment process live hogs into a variety of primal, sub-primal, and offal products, such as bellies, butts, hams, loins, picnics, and ribs. This segment sells its fresh pork products to retail, foodservice and industrial customers, as well as to export markets, including China, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, and Canada. Its Hog Production segment produces and raises its hogs on various company-owned farms and farms that are owned and operated by third-party contract farmers in the United States and Mexico. The Hog Production segment also sells grains to external customers. The company's bioscience operations use raw materials from hogs that process to manufacture heparin products, including an active pharmaceutical ingredient that mitigates the risk of blood clots. The company was founded in 1936 and is based in Smithfield, Virginia. Smithfield Foods, Inc. is a subsidiary of SFDS UK Holdings Limited.
Company website: www.smithfieldfoods.com
SFD insider activity at a glance
FilingIQ has scored 60 insider transactions for SFD since Jan 29, 2025. The most recent filing in our index is dated Mar 10, 2026.
Across the full history, 18 open-market purchases
and 3 open-market sales
were filed under transaction codes P and S respectively. Compensatory share awards
(code A) and option exercises (code M) are tracked separately and not counted here.
The average FilingIQ composite score on SFD insider trades is 56.4/100, produced by FilingIQ's multi-factor Form 4 model. Model framework documented at methodology.
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Frequently asked
- How many insider trades does FilingIQ track for SFD?
- FilingIQ tracks 60 Form 4 insider transactions for SFD (SMITHFIELD FOODS INC), covering filings from Jan 29, 2025 onwards. 20 of those were filed in the last 90 days.
- Are SFD insiders net buyers or net sellers?
- Across the full Form 4 history for SFD, 18 transactions (30%) were open-market purchases and 3 (5%) were open-market sales. Compensatory awards and option exercises are filtered out of these counts.
- Where does SFD insider data come from?
- Every transaction shown on this page is sourced directly from SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings. FilingIQ parses the raw XML, normalises insider identity across reporting variations, and scores each trade on its multi-factor composite model.
- What sector is SFD in?
- SMITHFIELD FOODS INC (SFD) is classified in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically Packaged Foods, with a current market capitalisation of $9.19B.
Methodology & sources
Every SFD insider transaction shown on FilingIQ is parsed directly from a public SEC Form 4 XML filing. Insider identity is normalised across reporting variants (CIK changes, name spellings, related-party indirect holdings). The FilingIQ composite score is documented in full on the team page and algo disclosure. Not investment advice; see disclaimer.