Consumer & Retail

Smithfield Foods Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Smithfield Foods (SFD) executive compensation
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SFD · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2024 to 2025

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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C. Shane Smith

Latest say-on-pay support

June 2, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

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Data as of October 19, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 3, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Smithfield Foods' chief executive and what were they paid?

Total compensation for C. Shane Smith, Chief Executive Officer, came to $19,337,548 in fiscal 2025. Smith's total was 29.8% higher than the $14,902,423 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was Smithfield Foods' say-on-pay result?

Shareholders recorded 98.9% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held June 2, 2026 for fiscal 2025.

Which companies are in Smithfield Foods' peer group?

The disclosed peer group names Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Bunge Global SA, Campbell Soup Company, Conagra Brands, Inc. and General Mills, Inc., among others.

What is Smithfield Foods' chief executive pay ratio?

The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 321:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $60,240.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
C. Shane Smith Chief Executive Officer	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
Steven France President, Packaged Meats	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
Keller Watts Chief Business Officer	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇	◇	— not reconciled
Mark Hall Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
C. Shane Smith Chief Executive Officer	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇
Steven France President, Packaged Meats	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇
Keller Watts Chief Business Officer	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇
Doug Sutton Chief Manufacturing Officer	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	— not reconciled
Mark Hall Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
C. Shane Smith	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
C. Shane Smith	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
C. Shane Smith	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
C. Shane Smith	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Doug Sutton	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Doug Sutton	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Doug Sutton	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Doug Sutton	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Keller D. Watts	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Keller D. Watts	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Keller D. Watts	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Keller D. Watts	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Mark L. Hall	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Mark L. Hall	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Mark L. Hall	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Mark L. Hall	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Steven J. France	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Steven J. France	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Steven J. France	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Steven J. France	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.

As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
C. Shane Smith	Option	◇	—	◇	1/27/35
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Doug Sutton	Option	◇	—	◇	1/27/35
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Keller Watts	Option	◇	—	◇	1/27/35
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Steven France	Option	◇	—	◇	1/27/35
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Mark Hall	Option	◇	—	◇	1/27/35
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2025

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Marie T. Gallagher	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
John A. Quelch	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Raymond A. Starling	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Long Wan, C. Shane Smith and Hank Shenghua He served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.

Board cash retainer	◇
Board equity retainer	◇
Total board retainer	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Audit committee member	◇
Compensation committee member	◇

Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2025

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company ADM
Bunge Global SA BG
Campbell Soup Company CPB
Conagra Brands, Inc. CAG
General Mills, Inc. GIS
Hormel Foods Corporation HRL
Ingredion Incorporated INGR
Kellanova, Inc. K
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. LW
McCormick & Company, Incorporated MKC
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation PPC
Post Holdings, Inc. POST
Seaboard Corporation SEB
The Hershey Company HSY
The J. M. Smucker Company SJM
The Kraft Heinz Company KHC
Tyson Foods, Inc. TSN

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	June 2, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	June 3, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.

Ratio

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Median employee compensation

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Chief executive total compensation

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- C. Shane Smith (Chief Executive Officer), FY2025 total compensation $19,337,548 (base salary $1,500,000) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0000091388-26-000022, filed 2026-04-20]

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What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.

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181 figures on this page: 179 cited to the filing that reported them, 2 calculated from figures it prints.

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Documents cited

8-K, filed June 3, 2026
0000091388-26-000038
Proposal 3 - Advisory Vote on Approval of the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers.
DEF 14A, filed April 20, 2026
0000091388-26-000022
Director Compensation
8-K, filed June 5, 2025
0000091388-25-000046
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Peers Smithfield Foods discloses

The companies named in SFD's own disclosed peer group.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company Bunge Global SA Campbell Soup Company Conagra Brands, Inc.General Mills, Inc.Hormel Foods Corporation Ingredion Incorporated Kellanova, Inc.Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.McCormick & Company, Incorporated Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Post Holdings, Inc.Seaboard Corporation The Hershey Company The J. M. Smucker Company The Kraft Heinz Company Tyson Foods, Inc.

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854

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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}

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Say-on-pay history

Chief executive pay ratio

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