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Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) Competitors

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PPC vs. MED, HSY, K, GIS, MKC, TSN, HRL, SJM, SFD, and CPB

Should you be buying Pilgrim's Pride stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pilgrim's Pride include Medifast (MED), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), General Mills (GIS), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Smithfield Foods (SFD), and Campbell's (CPB).

Pilgrim's Pride vs. Its Competitors

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

Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medifast has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Pilgrim's Pride currently has a consensus target price of $48.67, suggesting a potential upside of 3.70%. Medifast has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.33%. 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)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Medifast
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Pilgrim's Pride has a net margin of 6.72% compared to Medifast's net margin of -1.29%. Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity of 36.95% beat Medifast's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pilgrim's Pride6.72% 36.95% 13.39%
Medifast -1.29%6.63%4.81%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pilgrim's Pride$17.98B0.62$1.09B$5.079.26
Medifast$602.46M0.27$2.09M-$0.65-23.01

In the previous week, Pilgrim's Pride had 16 more articles in the media than Medifast. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride and 1 mentions for Medifast. Pilgrim's Pride's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Medifast's score of 0.00 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PPC vs. The Competition

MetricPilgrim's PrideFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.13B$7.21B$16.21B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A6.55%3.09%3.99%
P/E Ratio9.267.8220.1119.97
Price / Sales0.6215.3346.48101.58
Price / Cash6.607.3415.1458.97
Price / Book2.621.366.135.89
Net Income$1.09B$614.40M$691.82M$258.50M
7 Day Performance4.43%-1.64%1.19%2.07%
1 Month Performance4.50%-1.78%4.56%12.39%
1 Year Performance14.30%-16.76%1.40%19.25%

Pilgrim's Pride Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.2449 of 5 stars
$46.93
-0.8%
$48.67
+3.7%
+17.9%$11.13B$17.98B9.2661,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MED
Medifast
2.3975 of 5 stars
$13.38
-1.4%
$16.50
+23.3%
-19.7%$147.72M$543.45M-20.68870
HSY
Hershey
3.8413 of 5 stars
$170.60
+3.9%
$158.84
-6.9%
-4.2%$34.60B$10.75B21.0620,030Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
K
Kellanova
3.5052 of 5 stars
$79.98
+0.3%
$79.75
-0.3%
+39.6%$27.74B$12.63B20.1924,000Upcoming Earnings
GIS
General Mills
4.6715 of 5 stars
$50.38
+0.6%
$59.73
+18.6%
-22.1%$27.34B$19.49B12.2933,000Positive News
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
4.1923 of 5 stars
$71.83
+0.6%
$84.13
+17.1%
-3.6%$19.29B$6.74B24.9614,100Positive News
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.7197 of 5 stars
$53.93
+0.6%
$63.11
+17.0%
-9.0%$19.22B$53.31B20.99138,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.4418 of 5 stars
$29.74
-0.6%
$32.86
+10.5%
-6.9%$16.36B$11.92B21.8820,000
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.4054 of 5 stars
$108.78
+1.1%
$117.33
+7.9%
-6.9%$11.60B$8.73B-9.428,000Positive News
SFD
Smithfield Foods
2.3922 of 5 stars
$24.00
+0.2%
$27.86
+16.1%
N/A$9.43B$14.47B10.5736,500Positive News
Lockup Expiration
CPB
Campbell's
2.9946 of 5 stars
$31.23
+0.9%
$39.33
+25.9%
-29.5%$9.33B$9.64B20.7314,400

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This page (NASDAQ:PPC) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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