NASDAQ:PPC - Pilgrim's Pride Stock Price, Price Target & More

Pilgrim's Pride trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PPC."

Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 10th. The company reported $0.53 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53. The company had revenue of $2.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.65 billion. Pilgrim's Pride had a net margin of 6.84% and a return on equity of 44.25%. Pilgrim's Pride's quarterly revenue was up 10.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.38 earnings per share. View Pilgrim's Pride's Earnings History.

Pilgrim's Pride is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Pilgrim's Pride.

7 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Pilgrim's Pride's shares. Their predictions range from $25.00 to $32.00. On average, they anticipate Pilgrim's Pride's stock price to reach $29.00 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Pilgrim's Pride.

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News headlines about PPC stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Pilgrim's Pride earned a news sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company an impact score of 46.05 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Pilgrim's Pride's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include LSV Asset Management (4.24%), BlackRock Inc. (1.07%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.00%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.39%), Prudential Financial Inc. (0.37%) and Personal Capital Advisors Corp (0.30%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Pilgrim's Pride.

PPC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Prudential Financial Inc., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Victory Capital Management Inc., Origin Asset Management LLP, KBC Group NV and UBS Group AG. View Insider Buying and Selling for Pilgrim's Pride.

PPC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Point72 Asset Management L.P., Mackay Shields LLC, Old Mutual Global Investors UK Ltd., Guggenheim Capital LLC, LSV Asset Management, Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group and A.R.T. Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Pilgrim's Pride.

Shares of PPC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.66.

Pilgrim's Pride has a market capitalization of $5.15 billion and generates $10.77 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $694.57 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.89 on an earnings per share basis. Pilgrim's Pride employs 51,300 workers across the globe.

Pilgrim's Pride's mailing address is 1770 PROMONTORY CIRCLE, GREELEY CO, 80634. The company can be reached via phone at 970-506-8000 or via email at [email protected]