SMITHFIELD FOODS INC SFD
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 832248207
American meat processing company
- SectorConsumer staples
- IndustryMeat Packing Plants
- HeadquartersSmithfield, VA
- Founded1936
- Websitesmithfieldfoods.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($9.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 393.1m as of 2025-10-27, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $23.84. Options: 4 managers hold calls ($6.5m notional), 3 hold puts ($6.4m).
Trends to Q3 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | 123 |
| Q2 2025 | 152 |
| Q3 2025 | 204 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | 99 | 63 |
| Q3 2025 | 166 | 35 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $0 | $0 | — |
| Q1 2025 | $0 | $0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | $8.5m | $0 | 0.00 |
| Q3 2025 | $6.5m | $6.4m | 0.98 |
Biggest buyers
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.8m |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | +1.6m |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | +1.4m |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +1.3m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +1.3m |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | Added | +1.2m |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC | Added | +1.0m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +981.3k |
| Zimmer Partners, LP | Added | +901.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +899.2k |
Biggest sellers
| Park West Asset Management LLC | Sold out | -1.2m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -409.2k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | Sold out | -223.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -145.8k |
| Jain Global LLC | Sold out | -142.9k |
| Walnut Level Capital LLC | Sold out | -114.8k |
| Longaeva Partners L.P. | Reduced | -112.7k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | Reduced | -93.4k |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | Reduced | -87.1k |
| READYSTATE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP | Reduced | -77.6k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $6.2m264.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $270.0k11.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $42.3k1.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $4.0k200 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $6.0m254.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $380.4k16.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $51.0k2.2k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| WH Group Ltd/ADR 13G · exempt (held before listing) new · filed 2025-05-15 | 92.7% |
| WH Group Ltd 13G · exempt (held before listing) filed 2025-11-12 | 87.0% |
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 10 | $65.6m | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | $101.4k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 7 | $42.6m | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-08 | WH Group Ltd 10% owner · See footnote | Sold | $522.2m22.5m shares |
| 2025-09-08 | Wan Long Director | Bought | $41.9m1.8m shares |
| 2025-09-08 | Owens Donovan President, U.S. Fresh Pork | Bought | $279.0k12.0k shares |
| 2025-09-08 | He Hank Shenghua Director | Bought | $232.5k10.0k shares |
| 2025-09-08 | Sutton Doug Chief Manufacturing Officer | Bought | $91.1k3.9k shares |
| 2025-09-08 | Watts Keller D. Chief Business Officer | Bought | $89.1k3.8k shares |
| 2025-09-08 | France Steven President, Packaged Meats | Bought | $58.1k2.5k shares |
| 2025-09-08 | Hall Mark L. Chief Financial Officer | Bought | $46.5k2.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q3 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 3.6m $85.3m | Added +1.8m |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.7m $64.2m | Added +8.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $45.8m | Added +1.3m |
| Zimmer Partners, LP 1.05% of their portfolio | 1.8m $43.1m | Added +901.3k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.7m $40.6m | Added +1.2m |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.7m $39.1m | Added +1.4m |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 1.6m $38.6m | New |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $31.6m | Added +981.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $31.0m | Added +1.3m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $30.8m | Added +602.3k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.2m $28.5m | Added +1.0m |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.1m $24.9m | Added +899.2k |
| Fourth Sail Capital LP 5.57% of their portfolio | 981.6k $23.0m | Added +198.6k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 910.5k $21.4m | Added +893.8k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 823.9k $19.3m | Reduced -76.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 694.4k $16.3m | Added +452.1k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 682.4k $16.0m | Added +458.0k |
| SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.37% of their portfolio | 645.6k $15.2m | Reduced -8.1k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 0.03% of their portfolio | 639.7k $15.0m | Added +594.7k |
| COHEN & STEERS, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 615.3k $14.4m | Added +64.2k |
| Burkehill Global Management, LP 0.80% of their portfolio | 600.0k $14.1m | Added +400.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 566.5k $13.3m | Added +102.6k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 556.1k $13.1m | New |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 538.8k $12.7m | Reduced -409.2k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 526.8k $12.4m | Added +305.6k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 509.7k $12.0m | Added +154.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 506.5k $11.9m | Added +165.7k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 496.7k $11.7m | Added +401.8k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 478.0k $11.2m | Added +200.5k |
| BRIGHTLIGHT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 6.57% of their portfolio | 462.2k $10.9m | Unchanged |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 450.8k $10.6m | Added +43.8k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 450.0k $10.6m | Unchanged |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 433.2k $10.2m | Added +296.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 427.4k $10.0m | Added +238.3k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 375.7k $8.8m | Added +102.8k |
| SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 368.9k $8.7m | New |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 364.9k $8.6m | Added +328.5k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 357.6k $8.4m | New |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 357.5k $8.4m | New |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 354.0k $8.3m | Reduced -55.0k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 345.5k $8.1m | Added +54.7k |
| ING GROEP NV 0.04% of their portfolio | 329.5k $7.7m | Added +115.7k |
| SEVEN GRAND MANAGERS, LLC 0.62% of their portfolio | 325.0k $7.6m | Added +75.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 324.3k $7.6m | Added +566 |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 322.1k $7.6m | Reduced -31.3k |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 319.1k $7.2m | Added +307.3k |
| Cinctive Capital Management LP 0.37% of their portfolio | 319.0k $7.5m | Added +171.6k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 310.1k $7.3m | Added +222.7k |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.08% of their portfolio | 304.0k $7.1m | New |
| Ancora Advisors LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 279.6k $6.6m | Reduced -15.1k |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 242.9k $5.7m | Added +42.9k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 225.5k $5.3m | Added +214.0k |
| DARK FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.20% of their portfolio | 223.8k $5.3m | Added +194.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 213.8k $5.0m | Added +24.4k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 205.1k $4.8m | Added +27.8k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.03% of their portfolio | 201.7k $4.7m | New |
| Fortress Investment Group LLC 0.63% of their portfolio | 201.1k $4.7m | Added +105.5k |
| Longaeva Partners L.P. 1.00% of their portfolio | 200.7k $4.7m | Reduced -112.7k |
| Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 193.4k $4.5m | Added +91.0k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 188.3k $4.4m | Added +136.6k |
| MAVERICK CAPITAL LTD 0.06% of their portfolio | 187.8k $4.4m | New |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 182.9k $4.3m | Added +10.5k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 180.8k $4.2m | Added +115.6k |
| Monashee Investment Management LLC 2.11% of their portfolio | 180.0k $4.2m | New |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 165.2k $3.9m | Added +48.1k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 152.7k $3.6m | New |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 150.0k $3.5m | New |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 148.5k $3.5m | Added +19.1k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.03% of their portfolio | 140.0k $3.3m | New |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 138.6k $3.3m | Added +24.8k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 132.5k $3.1m | Added +90.6k |
| READYSTATE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 132.3k $3.1m | Reduced -77.6k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 114.5k $2.7m | Added +4.4k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.3k $2.7m | Added +44.5k |
| MUFG Securities EMEA plc 0.07% of their portfolio | 111.0k $2.6m | New |
| PDT Partners, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 106.5k $2.5m | Added +79.5k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 100.5k $2.4m | New |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 92.8k $2.2m | Added +2.2k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.5k $2.1m | Added +40.3k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.2k $2.0m | Added +35.0k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 84.4k $2.0m | New |
| MASO CAPITAL PARTNERS Ltd 3.09% of their portfolio | 80.2k $1.9m | New |
| HBK INVESTMENTS L P 0.03% of their portfolio | 80.0k $1.9m | Not comparable |
| Game Creek Capital, LP 0.79% of their portfolio | 78.8k $1.8m | New |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 75.7k $1.8m | First filing |
| Ghisallo Capital Management LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 75.0k $1.8m | Unchanged |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 74.7k $1.8m | Added +14.2k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 74.6k $1.8m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 74.5k $1.7m | New |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.8k $1.7m | Added +2.8k |
| SELDON CAPITAL LP 0.59% of their portfolio | 71.3k $1.7m | Added +5.0k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 68.8k $1.6m | Added +739 |
| NATIXIS 0.01% of their portfolio | 62.8k $1.5m | New |
| WORLDQUANT MILLENNIUM ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 59.8k $1.4m | New |
| AXQ CAPITAL, LP 0.53% of their portfolio | 59.5k $1.4m | New |
| Renaissance Capital LLC 0.76% of their portfolio | 57.4k $1.3m | Added +29.5k |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.16% of their portfolio | 56.3k $1.3m | New |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 47.7k $1.1m | New |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.06% of their portfolio | 47.7k $1.1m | Added +30.0k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.2k $1.1m | Added +38.7k |