This Week’s Savvy Profile – Smithfield Foods

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Company Name:                   Smithfield Foods

Ticker:                                  SFD

Last Trade:                           $22.15

52wk Range:                         21.79-22.24

Business Summary:

Smithfield Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and marketing of fresh meat and packaged meats products in the United States and internationally. The company involves in the production of hog; and produces various fresh pork, beef, poultry, and packaged meats products. It sells fresh pork to retail customers as unprocessed and trimmed cuts, such as butts, loins, picnics, and ribs; packaged meats products, including smoked and boiled hams, bacon, sausage, hot dogs, and deli and luncheon meats; specialty products, such as pepperoni and dry meat products; and ready-to-eat prepared foods comprising pre-cooked entrees, and pre-cooked bacon and sausages. The company offers its products to supermarket chains; wholesale distributors; the foodservice industry, including fast food, restaurant and hotel chains, hospitals, and other institutional customers; export markets; and other further processors. It sells its products through its salespersons and independent commission brokers. Smithfield Foods, Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Smithfield, Virginia.

Recent Headlines on Smithfield Foods:

• Zhongpin – Market Has Doubts About Proposed Dealat Seeking Alpha(Wed, Mar 28)
• Brasil Foods – An Emerging Titan With Hefty Expectationsat Seeking Alpha(Wed, Mar 28)
• TEXT-S&P raises Smithfield Foods to ‘BB”at Reuters(Tue, Mar 27)
• SMITHFIELD FOODS INC Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial ConditionEDGAR Online(Tue, Mar 27)
• SMITHFIELD FOODS INC Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial ConditionEDGAR Online(Mon, Mar 26)
• U.S. to appeal WTO ruling against meat labelsReuters(Fri, Mar 23)
• UPDATE 3-U.S. to appeal WTO ruling against meat labelsat Reuters(Fri, Mar 23)
• Primer on Gasoline (Part One): Watch Crude Oil Prices Instead, Be Wary of Retail Stocks, Ignore Politiciansat Forbes(Fri, Mar 23)
• U.S. to appeal WTO ruling against meat labelsReuters(Fri, Mar 23)
• UPDATE 1-US to appeal WTO meat ruling in Canada, Mexico caseat 

Recent Press on Smithfield Foods:

• Equity Research on Smithfield Foods Inc. and BRF – Brasil Foods S.A. — Meat Products Facing Climbing Input CostsMarketwire(Tue, Mar 20)
• AMI Foundation Honors Smithfield Foods, Facilities for Their Environmental and Workplace Safety EffortsGlobeNewswire(Mon, Mar 19)
• Smithfield Foods to Present at Barclays Capital High Yield Bond and Syndicated Loan ConferenceGlobeNewswire(Thu, Mar 15)

Company Overview:

Target Price:                            $11.60

Risk:                                       MEDIUM

Short Term Rating:                   -HOLD

Long Term Rating:                     HOLD

*analyst ratings are from wikiwealth.com

(http://www.wikiwealth.com/research:sfd)

To making money,

Lourdes Janzen

LJ Investment Research