Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) Competitors

Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) and MEDIFAST (NYSE:MED) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer PPC or MED?

Pilgrim's Pride currently has a consensus target price of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.87%. MEDIFAST has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.03%. Given MEDIFAST's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MEDIFAST is more favorable than Pilgrim's Pride.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pilgrim's Pride	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
MEDIFAST	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, PPC or MED?

Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MEDIFAST has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PPC or MED more profitable?

Pilgrim's Pride has a net margin of 6.81% compared to MEDIFAST's net margin of 0.76%. Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity of 37.15% beat MEDIFAST's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pilgrim's Pride	6.81%	37.15%	13.46%
MEDIFAST	0.76%	2.00%	1.50%

Does the media refer more to PPC or MED?

In the previous week, Pilgrim's Pride had 10 more articles in the media than MEDIFAST. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride and 2 mentions for MEDIFAST. MEDIFAST's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Pilgrim's Pride's score of 1.63 indicating that MEDIFAST is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pilgrim's Pride	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
MEDIFAST	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PPC or MED?

Pilgrim's Pride has higher revenue and earnings than MEDIFAST. Pilgrim's Pride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MEDIFAST, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pilgrim's Pride	$17.88B	0.58	$1.09B	$5.19	8.41
MEDIFAST	$602.46M	0.26	$2.09M	$0.32	43.68

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PPC or MED?

16.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of MEDIFAST shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of MEDIFAST shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Pilgrim's Pride beats MEDIFAST on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.