PPC vs. MED, HSY, K, GIS, TSN, MKC, HRL, SJM, CPB, and SFD
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), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Campbell's (CPB), and Smithfield Foods (SFD).
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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Pilgrim's Pride currently has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.95%. Medifast has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.92%. Given Pilgrim's Pride's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pilgrim's Pride is more favorable than Medifast.
Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medifast has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Medifast shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Pilgrim's Pride had 4 more articles in the media than Medifast. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride and 1 mentions for Medifast. Pilgrim's Pride's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Medifast's score of 0.04 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Pilgrim's Pride beats Medifast on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:PPC) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
