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Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) Competitors

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$37.61 -0.53 (-1.39%)
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PPC vs. MED, K, GIS, TSN, MKC, HRL, SJM, CPB, CAG, 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), Kellanova (K), General Mills (GIS), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Campbell's (CPB), Conagra Brands (CAG), and Smithfield Foods (SFD).

Pilgrim's Pride vs. Its Competitors

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

MEDIFAST has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Pilgrim's Pride had 10 more articles in the media than MEDIFAST. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride and 1 mentions for MEDIFAST. Pilgrim's Pride's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat MEDIFAST's score of 0.00 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

MEDIFAST presently has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.50%. Pilgrim's Pride has a consensus target price of $47.67, indicating a potential upside of 26.74%. Given MEDIFAST's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MEDIFAST is more favorable than Pilgrim's Pride.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MEDIFAST
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Pilgrim's Pride
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MEDIFAST$602.46M0.23$2.09M$0.3238.92
Pilgrim's Pride$17.88B0.50$1.09B$5.197.25

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
MEDIFAST0.76% 2.00% 1.50%
Pilgrim's Pride 6.81%37.15%13.46%

Summary

Pilgrim's Pride beats MEDIFAST on 11 of the 15 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$9.06B$7.10B$16.11B$10.60B
Dividend YieldN/A4.39%3.26%4.86%
P/E Ratio7.256.4117.4228.46
Price / Sales0.5029.6847.48128.87
Price / Cash5.236.9814.6360.64
Price / Book2.101.187.166.53
Net Income$1.09B$614.40M$678.00M$276.75M
7 Day Performance0.89%54.46%1.28%0.20%
1 Month Performance-7.46%-7.19%-0.72%1.67%
1 Year Performance-17.95%-30.92%-0.41%32.73%

Pilgrim's Pride Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
3.087 of 5 stars
$37.61
-1.4%
$47.67
+26.7%
-14.8%$9.06B$17.88B7.2561,600News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MED
Medifast
3.7177 of 5 stars
$12.83
-2.6%
$16.50
+28.6%
-27.2%$141.00M$602.46M40.10870
K
Kellanova
3.089 of 5 stars
$82.88
+0.1%
$83.38
+0.6%
+2.6%$28.81B$12.75B21.7524,000Upcoming Earnings
GIS
General Mills
4.6428 of 5 stars
$47.70
-0.1%
$55.82
+17.0%
-28.8%$25.44B$19.49B9.0233,000Positive News
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.9168 of 5 stars
$52.15
-1.2%
$60.92
+16.8%
-10.5%$18.55B$54.15B23.70138,000Positive News
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
4.6626 of 5 stars
$66.59
+2.0%
$78.22
+17.5%
-13.1%$17.87B$6.72B23.0414,100Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.8406 of 5 stars
$23.74
+0.4%
$30.88
+30.1%
-22.4%$13.06B$12.06B17.3320,000Positive News
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.1991 of 5 stars
$103.90
+0.4%
$118.00
+13.6%
-11.0%$11.08B$8.71B-7.588,000Positive News
CPB
Campbell's
3.1765 of 5 stars
$30.71
+1.9%
$34.82
+13.4%
-33.7%$9.14B$10.25B15.3613,700Positive News
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.8391 of 5 stars
$18.25
-0.5%
$21.92
+20.1%
-36.3%$8.73B$11.61B10.3718,300Positive News
SFD
Smithfield Foods
3.7567 of 5 stars
$21.72
+0.8%
$28.31
+30.4%
N/A$8.54B$14.14B9.5736,500

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This page (NASDAQ:PPC) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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