Shares of SFD remained unchanged at $20.88. Smithfield Foods, Inc. is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.07. This indicates that the shares are relatively cheap compared to book value which means the market is pricing in going concern value. The PEG is 0.82 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.29. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 2518660 shares of SFD exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 577133. These factors combined make this company a prime takeover candidate. Lookout for any takeover chatter or takeover news regarding this stock as one of the bigger players may have an eye on this one.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces and markets a range of fresh meat and packaged meat products both domestically and internationally.
