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- Oct 16, 2026Material event · 8-KFiled by the company itself.Open the filing ↗
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In numbers
What this profile holds, counted.
Closes · 1 year250
SEC filings on record1,3266 flagged findings
Reported transactions (Form 4)67since Jan 29, 2025 · and 1 other holding
Corporate events (8-K)30since Jun 4, 2013
What the record says
Description, identity and filings, each with its source.
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What the company does
Smithfield Foods, Inc., is an American pork producer and food-processing company based in Smithfield, Virginia, and majority owned by Hong Kong based WH Group. Founded in 1936 as the Smithfield Packing Company by Joseph W. Luter and his son, the company is the largest pig and pork producer in the world. In addition to owning over 500 farms in the US, Smithfield contracts with another 2,000 independent farms around the country to raise Smithfield's pigs. Outside the US, the company has facilities in Mexico, Poland, Romania, Germany, Slovakia and the United Kingdom. Globally the company employed 50,200 in 2016 and reported an annual revenue of $14 billion. Its 973,000-square-foot meat-processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina, was said in 2000 to be the world's largest, slaughtering 32,000 pigs a day.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · copied on Sep 3, 2026 · may not reflect recent changes.
Regulatory history
Topics detected in its SEC reports, with the original excerpt.
Each topic is assigned by a classifier over the full filing; the excerpts show where it was detected and are not always enough to verify it. Open the filing to read it in full.
- 2026-08-11regulatory investigationfreshOpen filing ↗“…these cases. Currently, 14 of these cases are pending against the Company. The Attorneys General for the states of New Mexico and…”
- 2026-08-11merger or acquisition eventfreshOpen filing ↗“…manufacture, distribute, market and sell “Nathan’s Famous” branded hot dogs, sausages, corned beef and certain other ancillary…”
- 2026-04-28regulatory investigationrecentOpen filing ↗“…these cases. Currently, 14 of these cases are pending against the Company. The Attorneys General for the states of New Mexico and…”
- 2026-04-28merger or acquisition eventrecentOpen filing ↗“…director or officer of the Company adopted , modified, or terminated a "Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" or "non-Rule 10b5-1 trading…”
+1 more passage from the same document
- “…manufacture, distribute, market and sell “Nathan’s Famous” branded hot dogs, sausages, corned beef and certain other ancillary…”
Original excerpts from SEC filings, untranslated. Not advice and not a prediction.
The 25 most recent filings (of 1,326)
Every SEC filing, newest first, with what it is. Below, each type with its own explanation.
- Oct 16, 268-K ↗Current report · Took on a new financial obligation new
- Sep 8, 268-K ↗Current report · Communication to the market
- Aug 11, 268-K ↗Current report · Results
- Aug 11, 2610-Q ↗Quarterly report
Notice of proposed sale · 2 Form 144 filingsshow all 2hide
- Jun 12, 26Form 144 ↗Notice of proposed sale
- Jun 12, 26Form 144 ↗Notice of proposed sale
- Jun 9, 26Form 4/A ↗Insider transaction · amendment
- Jun 9, 26Form 4 ↗Insider transaction
- Jun 9, 26Form 4/A ↗Insider transaction · amendment
- Jun 9, 26Form 4 ↗Insider transaction
- Jun 9, 26Form 4/A ↗Insider transaction · amendment
- Jun 9, 26Form 4 ↗Insider transaction
- Jun 9, 26Form 4/A ↗Insider transaction · amendment
- Jun 9, 26Form 4 ↗Insider transaction
- Jun 9, 26Form 4/A ↗Insider transaction · amendment
- Jun 9, 26Form 4 ↗Insider transaction
Insider transaction · 2 Form 4/A filingsshow all 2hide
- Jun 9, 26Form 4/A ↗Insider transaction · amendment
- Jun 9, 26Form 4/A ↗Insider transaction · amendment
- Jun 9, 26Form 4 ↗Insider transaction
- Jun 9, 26Form 4/A ↗Insider transaction · amendment
- Jun 9, 26Form 4 ↗Insider transaction
1,326 filings on record, the oldest from Mar 8, 94.
Listing the 25 most recent filings of the 1,326 on record.
36632
- Oct 16, 26Took on a new financial obligation+2 more in the same filing8-K 2.03 ↗
- Jan 21, 26Entered a material agreement+2 more in the same filing8-K 1.01 ↗
- Jul 24, 25Entered a material agreement+1 more in the same filing8-K 1.01 ↗
- Apr 18, 25A senior executive left or was appointed8-K/A 5.02 ↗
- Mar 7, 25A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Feb 12, 25Took on a new financial obligation+4 more in the same filing8-K 2.03 ↗
- Dec 8, 16Entered a material agreement+2 more in the same filing8-K 1.01 ↗
- Nov 3, 16Auditor change filing (8-K Item 4.01)8-K 4.01 ↗
3 senior executive changes2015 – 2016show all 3hide
- Jan 7, 16A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Nov 20, 15A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Oct 1, 15A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Jun 9, 15Entered a material agreement+2 more in the same filing8-K 1.01 ↗
- Apr 7, 15Entered a material agreement+2 more in the same filing8-K 1.01 ↗
- Feb 5, 15A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
5 older filings not shown · The record reaches back to Sep 8, 04.
Stress disclosures older than the timeline above. They are individual events from the record, not a complete timeline: there may be more between them.
- Sep 26, 13Listing notice (8-K 3.01)+8 more in the same filing8-K 3.01 ↗
- Feb 17, 09Write-down of assets+2 more in the same filing8-K 2.06 ↗
The full record holds 3 stress filings.
Corporate events are tracked from 2004-08-23, when the SEC renumbered 8-K items. Earlier filings use an incompatible numbering and are not classified here.
Schedule 13G: short-form filing
The short form, for holders who meet specific requirements: institutional investors, passive investors without a control purpose, or exempt investors. Asset managers and index funds usually file it.
- WH Group Limited87.0%Sep 30, 25SCHEDULE 13G/A ↗1 earlier filing
Structured 13D/G data starts 2023-12, when the SEC moved these filings to a machine-readable format. Earlier filings exist but are not parsed here.
Stock compensation, tax and giftsshow the 35 other transactionshide
Stock compensation, tax withholding, option exercises and gifts. They are listed separately and are not included in the purchase and sale totals. The type describes the transaction, not the filer's intent.
- Jun 12, 26Compensation$2.0MSteven FrancePresident, Packaged Meats↗
- Jun 9, 26Compensation$1.6MMark L. HallChief Financial Officer↗
- Jun 2, 26Compensationamount n/aJOHN QUELCH↗
- Jun 2, 26Compensationamount n/aMarie T. Gallagher↗
- Jun 2, 26Compensationamount n/aRaymond A Starling↗
- Mar 10, 26Compensationamount n/aDoug SuttonChief Manufacturing Officer↗
- Mar 10, 26Compensationamount n/aTennille J. CheckovichChief Legal Officer↗
- Mar 10, 26Compensationamount n/aHank Shenghua He↗
- Mar 10, 26Compensationamount n/aKeller D. WattsChief Business Officer↗
- Mar 10, 26Compensationamount n/aKraig A. WesterbeekPresident, Hog Production↗
- Mar 10, 26Compensationamount n/aMark L. HallChief Financial Officer↗
- Mar 10, 26Compensationamount n/aSteven FrancePresident, Packaged Meats↗
- Mar 10, 26Compensationamount n/aIsham Jay BennettChief Human Resources Officer↗
- Mar 10, 26Compensationamount n/aDonovan OwensPresident, North America Pork↗
- Mar 10, 26Compensationamount n/aCharles Shane SmithPresident & CEO↗
- Mar 10, 26Tax$280KMark L. HallChief Financial Officer↗
- Mar 10, 26Tax$254KDoug SuttonChief Manufacturing Officer↗
- Mar 10, 26Tax$25KTennille J. CheckovichChief Legal Officer↗
- Mar 10, 26Tax$280KHank Shenghua He↗
- Mar 10, 26Tax$254KKeller D. WattsChief Business Officer↗
- Mar 10, 26Tax$119KKraig A. WesterbeekPresident, Hog Production↗
- Mar 10, 26Tax$333KSteven FrancePresident, Packaged Meats↗
- Mar 10, 26Tax$39KIsham Jay BennettChief Human Resources Officer↗
- Mar 10, 26Tax$245KDonovan OwensPresident, North America Pork↗
- Mar 10, 26Tax$522KCharles Shane SmithPresident & CEO↗
- Jan 28, 26Tax$75KDoug SuttonChief Manufacturing Officer↗
- Jan 28, 26Tax$17KTennille J. CheckovichChief Legal Officer↗
- Jan 28, 26Tax$91KHank Shenghua He↗
- Jan 28, 26Tax$29KKraig A. WesterbeekPresident, Hog Production↗
- Jan 28, 26Tax$91KSteven FrancePresident, Packaged Meats↗
- Jan 28, 26Tax$23KIsham Jay BennettChief Human Resources Officer↗
- Jan 28, 26Tax$75KDonovan OwensPresident, North America Pork↗
- Jan 28, 26Tax$132KCharles Shane SmithPresident & CEO↗
- Jan 28, 26Tax$19KRobert Allen Brobst JRChief Accounting Officer↗
- Jan 28, 26Tax$91KMark L. HallChief Financial Officer↗
The full record holds 78 transactions and goes back to Jan 27, 25.
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