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       Sector: Consumer/Non-Cyclical  >  Industry: Food Processing
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SFD: Bull or Bear?

Smithfield Foods Inc. Graphic_rating_buy SFD
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66%
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in 100 days
Smithfield Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the processing of pork and production of hog in the United States and internationally. It offers fresh pork to retail customers as unprocessed, trimmed cuts, such as butts, loins, picnics, and ribs; and packaged meat products, including smoked and boiled hams, bacon, sausage, hot dogs, deli and luncheon meats, pepperoni, and dry meat products, as well as ready-to-eat, prepared foods, such as pre-cooked entrees, and pre-cooked bacon and sausage. The company also engages in the production of hogs; and turkey production and hat...
By  Marian Filo   (-30.03%  risk: aggressive)  08/24/08 Comment


Smithfield Foods: Half-Off Sale Presents Buy Opportunity Graphic_rating_buy SFD
-61.88%
in 153 days

Smithfield Foods (SFD) has seen its shares trimmed nearly 50% in just the past four weeks. The main culprit: soaring feed corn costs trimmed Q4 earnings by 94%. A series of events then unfolded to systematically destroy the share price:

(1) S&P downgraded SFD's debt ratings
(2) D.A. Davidson cut its opinion from neutral to under-perform
(3) COFCO, China's largest pork producer announced its intention to purchase a 5% stake
(4) SFD announced a plan to raise $350 million through the sale of senior notes.
By  Mark Krieger   (-6.74%  risk: moderate)  07/02/08 Comment





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