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The Motley Fool
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A Hot Stock at 7 Times Earnings Seaboard, a small agribusiness and transportation company, looks promising.   |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Smithfield Faces Leaner Times Without last year's favorable pricing, this pork purveyor may be stuck in the mud. While the stock looks pretty cheap here on a P/E basis, the free cash flow picture is not nearly so appealing. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Earnings Pig-Out Near-record hog prices benefit Smithfield results. Net income for the latest quarter rose 61% from year-ago levels on a 32% gain in sales. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2007
Markos Kaminis |
Smithfield Foods' Shanghai Surprise During their earnings conference call, Smithfield Foods officially announced a deal with an "undisclosed" trading company in China to deliver them sixty million pounds of pork. It's a modest deal, but it represents a foot in the doorway of the hugely important Chinese market. |
The Motley Fool
November 8, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Too Few Piggies Going to Market Even with a tough and disappointing quarter, hog producer and processor Premium Standard Farms still sports good margins relative to other meat mavens like Smithfield, Hormel, and Tyson. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Excel Maritime's Cut-Rate Move The shipping company sells its shares at a steep discount to the market price. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2011
Rex Moore |
Let's See if Seaboard Is Hiding Weakness Seaboard carries $60.3 million of goodwill and other intangibles on its balance sheet. Sometimes goodwill, especially when it's excessive, can foreshadow problems down the road. |
The Motley Fool
June 3, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
From Sows' Ears to Silk Purses Smithfield may not look great by the numbers, but the company has almost always delivered. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2011
Paul Chi |
7 Shipping Stocks I'm Watching Dry bulkers sure look cheap, but are they really? |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Smithfield's Makin' the Bacon The pork producer fattens up on higher hog prices. This stock is worth a look. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Smithfield Doesn't Go Whole Hog Profits for pork and beef producer, Smithfield Foods, more than double but were restrained by futures contracts. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Smithfield Going Hog Wild Will the world's largest pork processor continue to bring home the bacon? |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2011 |
Smithfield Foods Earnings Preview Smithfield Foods will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, June 16. |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2010
Sean Williams |
2 Stocks To Gobble Up This Thanksgiving Seaboard & Dole Foods make great food and better investments! |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2010
Rich Duprey |
Pork's Got No Beef With China and Russia Two big export markets reopen doors to pork processors. |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2008
Zoe Van Schyndel |
A Ship-Shape ETF? A new exchange-traded fund, the Claymore/Delta Global Shipping Index ETF, offers investors exposure to the shipping industry. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Smithfield: A Meaty Investment? Exports and value-added production hold promise, but this is still a commodity-focused business. While Smithfield doesn't seem overpriced, it's also not a top-notch idea for new money right now. |
The Motley Fool
March 1, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Where the Meat Meets the Street Valuation is starting to look much more reasonable at meat producer Smithfield Foods. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Say Ahoy to Big Profits Bulk shipping company Excel Maritime increases profits by 338% and rockets ahead on the AMEX. |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Smithfield Puts Pigs in Space The pork giant's move to phase out gestational crates is laudable. Such trends bear watching by investors who have a stake in what consumers put on their plates. |
Entrepreneur
June 2003
Melissa Campanelli |
Shipping Out If you can afford to join the fray, offering online customers free shipping may help you compete. |
The Motley Fool
January 30, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Tyson Gets Gored This could end up being good news for people who were watching these stocks with an eye toward buying in on bad news. Today's price action might push Tyson below a price-to-book ratio of 1, and that's not something that happens all too often. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2011
Rich Duprey |
Invest in AgFeed Industries? When Pigs Fly! A Chinese pork processor has its fat in the fryer from poor management decisions. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Meet the P/E Ratio You're about to get to know the most maligned metric in investing, the P/E. Why all the hate? Investors, read on. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
The Silence of the Hogs Pork producer Premium Standard gets barbecued on first-quarter earnings. Like most operating leverage stories, trouble at the top line just gets worse as you go on. So, investors -- what now? |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2005
Philip Durell |
How to Use the P/E The price-to-earnings ratio is a widely used -- and misused -- investing metric. Do you use it correctly? |
Food Processing
August 2013 |
Smithfield-Shuanghui Deal: Good or Bad for the U.S.? Should Smithfield Foods be acquired by Shuanghui International Holdings? We offer two different points of view on the topic. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2009
Nanette Byrnes |
Smithfield: Not Living So High on the Hog The meat packer is struggling to overcome the specter of swine flu and a U.S. glut of pigs. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Oh, the Inhumanity Whole Foods Market, Chipotle, Wendy's, and Safeway are among the major companies that are trying to take the pain out of the pork products they distribute. |
The Motley Fool
February 7, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Low Expectations Lift Premium Standard Wall Street expected little this quarter, and Premium Standard Farms delivered. This stock could be an interesting long-term idea. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2010
Rich Duprey |
Look Who's Bringing Home the Bacon Bans on U.S.-sourced pork and poultry are taking roost around the world. |
