BUZZ-Smithfield Foods reverses course on soft profitability warning

Reuters2025-03-25

Updates

** Shares of pork processor Smithfield Foods SFD.O give up premarket gains to trade down 3.2% at $18.97

** Warns of pressure on first-quarter profitability on higher raw material prices, Easter falling later than last year - CFO Mark Hall

** Expects strong hog and meat prices

** Overshadows annual sales and adjusted operating profit growth forecasts, helped by strong demand for packaged meats at grocery stores and cost-cuts

** Expects fiscal 2025 adjusted operating profit to be between $1.10 billion and $1.30 billion, largely above $1.12 billion reported for 2024

** Expects total annual net sales to rise in the low- to mid-single-digit percentage range, compared to a 3.4% fall last year

** Shares down about 5% since market debut on January 28

(Reporting by Juveria Tabassum in Bengaluru)

((Juveria.Tabassum@thomsonreuters.com;))

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