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Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) Competitors

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$45.37 -0.12 (-0.26%)
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PPC vs. MED, HSY, GIS, K, MKC, TSN, HRL, SJM, CAG, 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), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Conagra Brands (CAG), 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

In the previous week, Pilgrim's Pride had 5 more articles in the media than Medifast. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride and 0 mentions for Medifast. Pilgrim's Pride's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Medifast's score of 0.00 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Pilgrim's Pride Positive
Medifast Neutral

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

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Pilgrim's Pride presently has a consensus price target of $48.67, indicating a potential upside of 7.26%. Medifast has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.55%. 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
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 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$17.88B0.60$1.09B$5.078.95
Medifast$602.46M0.27$2.09M-$0.65-22.76

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%

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$10.76B$7.37B$16.20B$8.92B
Dividend YieldN/A6.52%3.17%4.12%
P/E Ratio8.957.2519.8019.83
Price / Sales0.6024.1667.09113.43
Price / Cash6.177.5014.5457.06
Price / Book2.531.396.165.35
Net Income$1.09B$614.40M$680.27M$248.34M
7 Day Performance1.03%4.30%2.24%2.40%
1 Month Performance-8.40%-4.38%0.36%5.39%
1 Year Performance17.06%-16.43%6.93%19.53%

Pilgrim's Pride Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.0634 of 5 stars
$45.37
-0.3%
$48.67
+7.3%
+19.0%$10.76B$17.88B8.9561,600Positive News
MED
Medifast
3.4373 of 5 stars
$13.32
+1.5%
$16.50
+23.9%
-30.3%$147.39M$543.45M-20.63870
HSY
Hershey
4.0214 of 5 stars
$167.23
-0.2%
$158.84
-5.0%
-3.6%$33.89B$10.75B20.6320,030Trending News
GIS
General Mills
4.6476 of 5 stars
$50.48
-0.4%
$60.50
+19.8%
-16.0%$27.82B$19.64B11.0934,000Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
K
Kellanova
3.9056 of 5 stars
$78.82
+1.2%
$79.75
+1.2%
+40.8%$27.34B$12.75B19.9024,000Insider Trade
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
4.0112 of 5 stars
$77.59
+5.4%
$84.13
+8.4%
+10.4%$20.78B$6.73B26.6314,100Earnings Report
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.1822 of 5 stars
$54.89
+0.5%
$63.11
+15.0%
+0.0%$19.56B$53.31B21.36138,000
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.1084 of 5 stars
$30.18
+1.1%
$32.86
+8.9%
+0.8%$16.60B$11.92B22.2020,000
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.5547 of 5 stars
$95.95
+0.2%
$115.80
+20.7%
-6.9%$10.22B$8.73B-8.308,000
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.4957 of 5 stars
$20.55
+0.5%
$25.36
+23.5%
-25.7%$9.80B$11.74B30.2018,500Analyst Forecast
CPB
Campbell's
3.9304 of 5 stars
$31.04
-0.5%
$40.11
+29.2%
-30.0%$9.25B$9.64B20.5514,400

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This page (NASDAQ:PPC) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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