Smithfield Foods (NASDAQ:SFD) reported quarterly earnings of $0.64 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.59 by 8.47 percent. This is a 10.34 percent increase over earnings of $0.58 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $3.800 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $3.703 billion by 2.63 percent. This is a 0.77 percent increase over sales of $3.771 billion the same period last year.