Pilgrim's Pride Stock Forecast, Price & News

Pilgrim's Pride's stock was trading at $18.40 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PPC stock has decreased by 11.4% and is now trading at $16.30.
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6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pilgrim's Pride in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Pilgrim's Pride is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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Pilgrim's Pride Co. (NASDAQ:PPC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 29th. The company reported ($0.02) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $2.82 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.93 billion. Pilgrim's Pride had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 2.24%. The company's revenue was down .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.69 earnings per share.
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Pilgrim's Pride declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, October 31st 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 4.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

6 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Pilgrim's Pride's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect Pilgrim's Pride's share price to reach $25.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 53.4% from the stock's current price.
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Pilgrim's Pride trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PPC."

Pilgrim's Pride's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (2.11%), LSV Asset Management (1.91%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.15%), Prudential Financial Inc. (1.04%), Personal Capital Advisors Corp (0.49%) and Pinnacle Wealth Planning Services Inc. (0.27%). Company insiders that own Pilgrim's Pride stock include Fabio Sandri, Jayson Penn and William W Lovette.
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PPC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., UBS Group AG, AJO LP, Mackay Shields LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Vanguard Group Inc., and Bank of America Corp DE.
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PPC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pinnacle Wealth Planning Services Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Bank of Nova Scotia, Personal Capital Advisors Corp, Bank of Montreal Can, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and Ensign Peak Advisors Inc.
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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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of PPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.30.

Pilgrim's Pride has a market capitalization of $3.98 billion and generates $11.41 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $455.92 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.62 on an earnings per share basis. Pilgrim's Pride employs 31,900 workers across the globe.

The official website for Pilgrim's Pride is www.pilgrims.com.

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]