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Smithfield Foods, Inc.
1W: +0.2% 1M: -3.8% 3M: -32.4% YTD: -17.3% 1Y: -14.4%
$18.33
+0.02 (+0.11%)
After Hours: $18.38 (+0.05, +0.30%)
Weekly Expected Move ±3.2%
$17 $18 $19 $19 $20
NASDAQ · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods · Tech Score Sell · Power 41 · $7.2B mcap · 25M float · 6.70% daily turnover · Short 65% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 75% of companies Debt: 24.9% of company value Bonds: $61.8M held by 104 funds, 96 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.36 (down 98%), Smithfield Foods, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $2.40B against a stock market value of $7.21B.
Distance to default 8.62 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-28, debt counted $1.30B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 25.7%; Altman Z 3.34. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
73.0%
Short Ratio
of total volume
63.3%
20-Day Avg
61.6%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
0.9M
Short Volume
1.2M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 846,657 1,168,576 72.5%
NYSE 26,613 33,750 78.9%
BATS 18,438 18,860 97.8%

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