Smithfield Foods (SFD): FY25 Q4 earnings call, Mar 24, 2026

On its Mar 24, 2026 earnings call (FY25 Q4), Smithfield Foods said 11 of the 13 words Kalshi listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 13 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.

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13 words · 11 settled yes · our count agreed on 13 of 13

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Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityMarket
Sioux Falls Yes810✓18%transcripts from the transcript model–
Automation Yes78✓84%transcripts from the transcript model–
Tailwind Yes46✓40%transcripts from the transcript model–
Nathan’s Famous Yes44✓30%transcripts from the transcript model–
Tariff Yes33✓91%transcripts from the transcript model–
Headwind Yes34✓53%transcripts from the transcript model–
Hot Dog Yes34✓18%transcripts from the transcript model–
Holiday Yes22✓84%transcripts from the transcript model–
Inflation Yes23✓81%transcripts from the transcript model–
Export Yes11✓82%transcripts from the transcript model–
Eckrich Yes11✓48%transcripts from the transcript model–
China No00✓68%transcripts from the transcript model–
Hot Honey No00✓44%transcripts from the transcript model–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 15:46 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

8 matches for “Automation”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Shane Smithcompanyprepared

…We streamlined our Packaged Meats portfolio, exited non-core and high-cost operations, accelerated automation and built an accountable culture focused on profitable growth. This hard work…

Shane Smithcompanyprepared

…expanding adjacent channel opportunities such as pet food and pharmaceuticals, increasing automation, plant efficiency, yield optimization and supply chain savings and optimizing harvest…

Shane Smithcompanyprepared

…provider that will provide the benefits of artificial intelligence and robotic process automation for administrative and transactional work in our finance operations. This partnership gives…

Mark Hallcompanyprepared

…both top and bottom line growth. This consists primarily of various plant automation and improvement projects, as we continue to lower our manufacturing cost structure…

Mark Hallcompanyprepared

…strategies Shane just reviewed. This includes continued innovation, improved asset utilization, accelerated automation initiatives and cost savings that will help us achieve another record-setting…

Where the listed words were said

Shane Smithcompany“Sioux Falls” · prepared

…build a new state-of-the-art packaged meats and fresh pork processing facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Building this innovative new plant from the ground up…

Shane Smithcompany“Automation” · qa

…of that facility makes it very difficult to implement some of the automation and technology that we as a company are really rolling out across…

Shane Smithcompany“Tailwind” · prepared

…Z and Millennials. We believe all these factors serve as a long-term tailwind for pork, and we expect 2026 to be another year of increased…

Shane Smithcompany“Nathan’s Famous” · prepared

…in 2026. In January, we entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nathan's Famous for $102 per share. Successfully closing this acquisition will be immediately…

Shane Smithcompany“Tariff” · prepared

…execution amid a compressed industry market spread and trade disruptions due to tariffs. And Hog Production achieved its highest profit year since 2014, reflecting improved…

Mark Hallcompany“Headwind” · prepared

…First, I'd like to share our thoughts on potential market tailwinds and headwinds that could impact our 2026 results. First, tailwinds. We expect protein to…

Steven Francecompany“Hot Dog” · qa

No, it's a good question. So, as far as the total hot dog category, so this is for the total industry, obviously, we're seeing some…

Mark Hallcompany“Holiday” · qa

…the extra week. So the extra week is falling after the Christmas holiday this year. So it's -- seasonally, it's a softer week in the…

Shane Smithcompany“Inflation” · prepared

…offers, which gave consumers reasons to keep coming back. Despite food away-from-home inflation nearly double that of food at home, we successfully grew foodservice volume…

Mark Hallcompany“Export” · prepared

…savings, which largely mitigated the impact of the compressed market spread and export market disruption on segment profitability. Fresh Pork sales of $8.3 billion increased…

Shane Smithcompany“Eckrich” · prepared

…for 2026 in the retail channel for our 3 national brands: Smithfield, Eckrich and Nathan's. So in summary, we expect to grow Packaged Meats profitability…

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