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Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) Competitors

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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

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

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

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
Medifast-1.29% 6.63% 4.81%
Pilgrim's Pride 6.72%36.95%13.39%

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

In the previous week, Pilgrim's Pride had 3 more articles in the media than Medifast. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride and 2 mentions for Medifast. Medifast's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Pilgrim's Pride's score of 1.22 indicating that Medifast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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
Medifast$602.46M0.27$2.09M-$0.65-22.43
Pilgrim's Pride$17.88B0.61$1.09B$5.079.03

Medifast presently has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.17%. Pilgrim's Pride has a consensus target price of $48.67, suggesting a potential upside of 6.33%. Given Medifast's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Medifast is more favorable than Pilgrim's Pride.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Medifast
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Pilgrim's Pride
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

Summary

Pilgrim's Pride beats Medifast on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PPC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$10.85B$7.40B$16.27B$9.01B
Dividend YieldN/A6.45%3.11%4.09%
P/E Ratio9.037.2719.9720.06
Price / Sales0.6124.2460.14108.31
Price / Cash6.247.5314.7356.90
Price / Book2.551.396.195.67
Net Income$1.09B$614.40M$680.27M$248.47M
7 Day Performance2.74%5.23%2.45%2.90%
1 Month Performance-6.93%-2.58%0.70%5.75%
1 Year Performance18.36%-15.17%7.57%21.36%

Pilgrim's Pride Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.1165 of 5 stars
$45.77
+0.1%
$48.67
+6.3%
+18.0%$10.85B$17.88B9.0361,600Positive News
MED
Medifast
3.9955 of 5 stars
$13.32
+1.5%
$16.50
+23.9%
-28.7%$147.39M$543.45M-20.63870News Coverage
HSY
Hershey
4.0555 of 5 stars
$167.23
-0.2%
$158.84
-5.0%
-4.0%$33.89B$10.75B20.6320,030Trending News
GIS
General Mills
4.6599 of 5 stars
$50.48
-0.4%
$60.50
+19.8%
-14.8%$27.82B$19.64B11.0934,000
K
Kellanova
3.966 of 5 stars
$78.82
+1.2%
$79.75
+1.2%
+41.0%$27.34B$12.75B19.9024,000Insider Trade
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
4.258 of 5 stars
$77.59
+5.4%
$84.13
+8.4%
+9.1%$20.78B$6.73B26.6314,100Earnings Report
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.5915 of 5 stars
$54.89
+0.5%
$63.11
+15.0%
+0.3%$19.56B$53.31B21.36138,000
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.2563 of 5 stars
$30.18
+1.1%
$32.86
+8.9%
+0.9%$16.60B$11.92B22.2020,000
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.6492 of 5 stars
$95.95
+0.2%
$115.80
+20.7%
-5.3%$10.22B$8.73B-8.308,000
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.5057 of 5 stars
$20.55
+0.5%
$25.36
+23.5%
-25.4%$9.80B$11.74B30.2018,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CPB
Campbell's
3.7457 of 5 stars
$31.04
-0.5%
$40.11
+29.2%
-29.8%$9.25B$9.64B20.5514,400

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This page (NASDAQ:PPC) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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