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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

SMITHFIELD FOODS INC

SFD · Nasdaq · CIK 0000091388 · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

INSIDER SIGNAL

No active buy signal

0 qualifying P purchase groups
in the current 180-day scoring window

8 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
3 sales · 5 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines

Last qualifying purchase2025-09-08 · France Steven · $58.1K

WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?

Purchase activityNone
Recent buyingNone
Recent salesLow
Buy signal statusInactive
Score anatomy

No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.

ClusterNot calculated
Purchase sizeNot calculated
RoleNot calculated
RecencyNot calculated
ConvictionNot calculated

Why is there no score?

  • No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
  • Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.

Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
France StevenPresident, Packaged Meats
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Starling Raymond ADirector
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Hall Mark L.Chief Financial Officer
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QUELCH JOHNDirector
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Gallagher Marie T.Director
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

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Purchase breadth, concentration & cluster buying

These modules activate when qualifying purchases enter the 180-day research window.

SIGNAL HISTORY

No recorded active-signal snapshot

Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2025-09-08 · France Steven.

Recent Form 4 activity

0Purchases
3Sales
15Other Form 4 lines
16SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING0 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING3 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER5 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot assessed

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context has not been captured for this ticker yet. The daily market-context job processes the US universe in rotating batches.

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
5,171,534
Previous report
5,613,748
Avg daily volume
2,273,789
Days to cover
2.3

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2025-09-08Watts Keller D.Purchase (P)Common Stock, no par value3,833USD 23.25USD 89,117SEC filing ↗
2025-09-08Wan LongPurchase (P)Common Stock, no par value1,800,000USD 23.25USD 41,850,000SEC filing ↗
2025-09-08Sutton DougPurchase (P)Common Stock, no par value3,920USD 23.25USD 91,140SEC filing ↗
2025-09-08Owens DonovanPurchase (P)Common Stock, no par value12,000USD 23.25USD 279,000SEC filing ↗
2025-09-08He Hank ShenghuaPurchase (P)Common Stock, no par value10,000USD 23.25USD 232,500SEC filing ↗
2025-09-08Hall Mark L.Purchase (P)Common Stock, no par value2,000USD 23.25USD 46,500SEC filing ↗
2025-09-08France StevenPurchase (P)Common Stock, no par value2,500USD 23.25USD 58,125SEC filing ↗
2025-06-12Watts Keller D.Purchase (P)Common Stock4,291USD 23.62USD 101,353SEC filing ↗
2025-01-29Westerbeek Kraig A.Purchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 20.00USD 20,000SEC filing ↗
2025-01-29Watts Keller D.Purchase (P)Common Stock6,733USD 20.00USD 134,660SEC filing ↗
2025-01-29Wan LongPurchase (P)Common Stock, no par value3,200,000USD 20.00USD 64,000,000SEC filing ↗
2025-01-29Sutton DougPurchase (P)Common Stock5,000USD 20.00USD 100,000SEC filing ↗
2025-01-29Smith Charles ShanePurchase (P)Common Stock30,000USD 20.00USD 600,000SEC filing ↗
2025-01-29Owens DonovanPurchase (P)Common Stock5,000USD 20.00USD 100,000SEC filing ↗
2025-01-29He Hank ShenghuaPurchase (P)Common Stock17,000USD 20.00USD 340,000SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

18 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 58 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-06-16France StevenSale (S)Common Stock82,825USD 26.82USD 2,221,366SEC filing ↗
2026-06-12Starling Raymond ASale (S)Common Stock3,960USD 26.78USD 106,049SEC filing ↗
2026-06-12France StevenOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock82,825USD 23.76USD 1,967,922SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (18 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-06-16France StevenSale (S)Common Stock82,825USD 26.82USD 2,221,366SEC filing ↗
2026-06-12Starling Raymond ASale (S)Common Stock3,960USD 26.78USD 106,049SEC filing ↗
2026-06-12France StevenOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock82,825USD 23.76USD 1,967,922SEC filing ↗
2026-06-09Hall Mark L.Sale (S)Common Stock78,579USD 26.36USD 2,071,342SEC filing ↗
2026-06-09Hall Mark L.Option exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock78,579USD 20.00USD 1,571,580SEC filing ↗
2026-06-02Starling Raymond AAward / grant (A)Common Stock6,915USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-02QUELCH JOHNAward / grant (A)Common Stock6,915USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-02Gallagher Marie T.Award / grant (A)Common Stock6,915USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10Westerbeek Kraig A.Award / grant (A)Common Stock34,319USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10Watts Keller D.Award / grant (A)Common Stock81,446USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10Sutton DougAward / grant (A)Common Stock81,446USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10Smith Charles ShaneAward / grant (A)Common Stock146,190USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10Owens DonovanAward / grant (A)Common Stock78,637USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10He Hank ShenghuaAward / grant (A)Common Stock78,353USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10Hall Mark L.Award / grant (A)Common Stock78,353USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10France StevenAward / grant (A)Common Stock93,305USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10Checkovich Tennille J.Award / grant (A)Common Stock10,676USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10Bennett Isham JayAward / grant (A)Common Stock14,672USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerSFD
CIK0000091388
SectorConsumer Defensive
IndustryPackaged Foods Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC2011 Meat Packing Plants
ExchangeNasdaq

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history58 transaction lines from 2025-01-29 to 2026-06-16
18 P purchase lines · 6 S sale lines · 34 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.