Smithfield Foods Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 4 analysts that cover Smithfield Foods stock have a consensus rating of "Strong Buy" and an average price target of $29.38, which forecasts a -0.71% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $28 and the highest is $31.

Price Target: $29.38 (-0.71%)

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$28	$29.38	$30	$31
Change	-5.37%	-0.71%	+1.39%	+4.77%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Smithfield Foods stock is "Strong Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform very well in the near future and significantly outperform the market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26
Strong Buy	4	4	4	4	2	2
Buy	2	2	2	2	2	2
Hold	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	6	6	6	4	4

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Dara Mohsenian Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Buy Maintains $29 → $31	Buy	Maintains	$29 → $31	+4.77%	Mar 25, 2026
Peter Galbo B of A Securities	B of A Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $30 → $28	Strong Buy	Maintains	$30 → $28	-5.37%	Oct 8, 2025
Dara Mohsenian Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Buy Maintains $29 → $30	Buy	Maintains	$29 → $30	+1.39%	Aug 13, 2025
Benjamin Theurer Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $28 → $30	Buy	Maintains	$28 → $30	+1.39%	Aug 13, 2025
Manav Gupta UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $25 → $29	Strong Buy	Maintains	$25 → $29	-3.68%	Aug 13, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

15.87B

from 15.53B

2.18%

from 15.53B

Revenue Next Year

15.99B

from 15.87B

0.73%

from 15.87B

EPS This Year

2.70

from 2.51

7.50%

from 2.51

EPS Next Year

2.64

from 2.70

-2.05%

from 2.70

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Jan 2, 2022	Jan 1, 2023	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 29, 2024	Dec 28, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	15.01B	16.20B	14.64B	14.14B	15.53B	15.87B	15.99B
Revenue Growth	3.95%	7.93%	-9.62%	-3.40%	9.82%	2.18%	0.73%
EPS	-	2.28	0.04	2.51	2.51	2.70	2.64
EPS Growth	-	-	-98.04%	5,505.97%	0.10%	7.50%	-2.05%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	10.97	11.20
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	8	8

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	16.7B	17.2B
Avg	15.9B	16.0B
Low	15.1B	15.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	7.4%	8.2%
Avg	2.2%	0.7%
Low	-2.6%	-5.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	2.93	2.93
Avg	2.70	2.64
Low	2.51	2.40

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	16.7%	8.6%
Avg	7.5%	-2.1%
Low	-0.0%	-11.0%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.