Smithfield Foods Fiscal Q3 Adjusted Earnings, Sales Fall; Shares Down Pre-Bell

05:09 AM EDT, 10/27/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Smithfield Foods (SFD) reported fiscal Q3 adjusted earnings Tuesday of $0.26 per diluted share, down from $0.58 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.26. Sales for the quarter ended Sept. 27 were $3.44 billion, down from $3.75 billion a year earlier. Four analysts expected $3.65 billion. For the full year, the company expects sales to be down low-single-digits, compared with fiscal 2025. Smithfield Foods shares were down 3.9% in premarket activity.