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BRF (BRFS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$4.57
+0.10 (+2.24%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

About BRF Stock (NYSE:BRFS)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$4.56
$4.66
50-Day Range
$4.08
$4.68
52-Week Range
$1.95
$4.76
Volume
4.87 million shs
Average Volume
2.95 million shs
Market Capitalization
$4.95 billion
P/E Ratio
16.93
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$10.70
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

BRF S.A. raises, produces, and slaughters poultry and pork for processing, production, and sale of fresh meat, processed products, pasta, margarine, pet food, and other products. The company provides frozen whole and cut chicken, frozen pork, and turkey, and halal products for Islamic markets; processed foods, such as marinated, frozen, seasoned whole, and cut chicken, roosters, sausages, ham products, bologna, frankfurters, salamis, bacons, cold meats, and other smoked products; and hamburgers, steaks, breaded meat products, kibbeh, and meatballs, as well as chicken sausages, hot dogs, and chicken bologna. It produces and sells lasagna, macaroni and cheese, pies, ready-to-eat meals, pizzas, and other frozen foods; plant-based products, such as nuggets, pies, vegetables, and burgers; frozen desserts and cheese bread; margarine, butter, cream cheese, sweet specialties, sandwiches, and pate, as well as soy meal, refined soy flour, animal feed, pet food and hatcheries. The company sells its products under the Sadia, Perdigão, Qualy, Sadia Halal, Chester, BRF Ingredients, Kidelli, Perdix, Borella, Hilal, Balance, Onefoods, Banvit, Deline, Sadia Bio, Sadia Salamitos, Sadia Veg&Tal, Sadia Livre&Lev, Sadia Hot Pocket, Perdigão Ouro, Chester Perdigão, Perdigão NaBrasa, Claybom, Biofresh, Three Dogs, Three Cats, and Gran Plus brands. It serves supermarkets, wholesalers, retail and wholesale stores, restaurants, and other institutional buyers. The company provides consultancy, administrative, marketing, and logistics services; generates and commercializes electric energy; distributes nutrients for animals; veterinary activities; road freight; and imports, exports, industrializes, and commercializes of products, as well as real estate. The company was formerly known as BRF-Brasil Foods S.A. and changed its name to BRF S.A. in April 2013. BRF S.A. was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. BRF S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Marfrig Global Foods S.A.

BRF Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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77th Percentile Overall Score

BRFS MarketRank™: 

BRF scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 51st out of 143 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    BRF has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    BRF has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about BRF's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for BRF are expected to decrease by -10.64% in the coming year, from $0.47 to $0.42 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of BRF is 16.93, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 133.70.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of BRF is 16.93, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 21.91.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    BRF has a PEG Ratio of 0.25. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    BRF has a P/B Ratio of 1.58. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about BRF's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.41% of the outstanding shares of BRF have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    BRF has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in BRF has recently increased by 66.54%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    BRF does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    BRF does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of BRF is 61.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, BRF will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.29% next year. This indicates that BRF will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about BRF's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.41% of the outstanding shares of BRF have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    BRF has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in BRF has recently increased by 66.54%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    BRF has a news sentiment score of 0.85. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.62 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for BRF this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    2 people have searched for BRFS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    6 people have added BRF to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, BRF insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.00% of the stock of BRF is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    Only 4.76% of the stock of BRF is held by institutions.

  • Read more about BRF's insider trading history.
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BRFS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

BRF's stock was trading at $2.78 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, BRFS shares have increased by 64.4% and is now trading at $4.57.
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Brf S.A. (NYSE:BRFS) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 15th. The company reported $0.11 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.07 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $2.86 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.55 billion. BRF had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.51% and a net margin of 3.61%.

BRF's top institutional investors include Polunin Capital Partners Ltd (1.61%), Creative Planning (0.01%), Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC (0.01%) and Inspire Advisors LLC.

Shares of BRFS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that BRF investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Arista Networks (ANET), General Electric (GE), Adobe (ADBE), Meta Platforms (META) and e.l.f. Beauty (ELF).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
8/15/2024
Today
10/31/2024
Next Earnings (Estimated)
11/11/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Meat packing plants
Sub-Industry
Food Products
Employees
96,667
Year Founded
1934

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$10.70
High Stock Price Target
$24.00
Low Stock Price Target
$3.10
Potential Upside/Downside
+139.4%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.50
Research Coverage
4 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$-406,320,000.00
Pretax Margin
4.89%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$56.54 billion
Cash Flow
$0.23 per share
Book Value
$2.89 per share

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
1,082,473,000
Free Float
1,071,648,000
Market Cap
$4.84 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.94

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This page (NYSE:BRFS) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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