Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Information
On January 28, 2025, our common stock began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “SFD.” Prior to that, there was no public market for our common stock. Smithfield is a majority-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-based WH Group. WH Group is listed on the Hong Kong Exchange.
Holders
As of March 4, 2026, there was one record holder of the Company’s common stock and approximately 23,346 holders whose shares were held in street name by brokerage firms and financial institutions.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
None.
Dividends
In fiscal year 2025, we paid dividends of $1.00 per share. On March 23, 2026, our Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3125 per share of common stock, which is payable on April 21, 2026, to shareholders of record on April 7, 2026. We anticipate the remaining quarterly dividends in fiscal year 2026 will be $0.3125 per share, resulting in an annual dividend rate in fiscal year 2026 of $1.25 per share. The declaration of dividends is subject to the discretion of our Board and depends on various factors, including our net income, financial condition, cash requirements, business prospects, and other factors that our Board deems relevant to its analysis and decision making.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
For information relating to securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans, see Part III, Item 12 of this Form 10-K.
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Shareholder Return Performance Graph
The following graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return on Smithfield’s common stock from our initial trading date through the end of fiscal year 2025 to the cumulative total returns on the Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 index and the S&P Composite 1500 Food Products index. The comparison assumes $100 was invested on January 28, 2025 in shares of our common stock and in each of the indices shown and assumes that all of the dividends were reinvested.
January 28, 2025 March 30, 2025 June 29, 2025 September 28, 2025 December 28, 2025
Smithfield Foods, Inc. $ 100 $ 102 $ 120 $ 122 $ 119
S&P 500 100 92 102 110 116
S&P Composite 1500 Food Products 100 106 101 100 96
The information in this section shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C, or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
ITEM 6. RESERVED
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