Smithfield Foods News

Smithfield Foods today had its estimates reduced by Morgan Stanley due to a weak pork outlook.

The firm currently has an "equal weight" rating on the company's shares. SFD has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports.

These aren't easy times for food companies, as rising input prices push up costs and shoppers rebel against price increases.

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Below are the top meat products stocks on the NYSE, the NASDAQ and the AMEX in terms of earnings per share.

They are as different as chalk and cheese and operate two lines of business that have nothing in common.

Smithfield Foods won't quite match the record profits it posted in 2011, but is still poised to record the second-best annual profits in the company's history, top executives told investors at a conference in New York on Wednesday.

The stocks of a number of meat sellers perk up as the group starts to draw notice from analysts after the latest round of earnings reports came in strong, with improved margins powered by higher retail chicken and been prices .

Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced today that the company will release its fiscal 2012 fourth quarter financial results before the markets open on Thursday, June 14, 2012.

It's not especially fun to watch a one-time blue chip lose its luster, but there's no point in denying that that's what's happening with Sysco right now.

Word that Smithfield Foods is investing more time and money into its Clinton plant, along with offering up a total 160 additional jobs, is welcome news and a tremendous economic boost to both the city and county.

For all of the excitement about Tyson Foods ' first quarter , the reality is that the stock looked a little expensive coming out of fourth quarter earnings and the stock was weak through March and April.

A second shift has been added to the cutting operation at Smithfield Foods' Clinton plant, which has effectively tacked on another 160 jobs at the facility.

With total revenue of $12.2 billion, Smithfield placed 218 among FORTUNE'S top 500 U.S. companies.