Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (NASDAQ:PPC) is a food company that produces, processes, markets and distributes a broad range of poultry and prepared food products. Its offerings include fresh and frozen chicken, ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat products, deli items, snacks, and other value-added foods sold to retailers, foodservice operators and industrial customers.

The company markets products under brands that include Pilgrim’s, Just Bare, Gold’n Plump, Moy Park and Pilgrim’s Food Masters, along with private-label products. Its business serves grocery stores, restaurants, foodservice distributors and other commercial customers across the United States, Mexico and Europe.

Pilgrim’s Pride traces its history to 1946, when Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim and his brother founded the company in Pittsburg, Texas. The company expanded through organic growth and acquisitions, including the acquisition of Moy Park in 2017, which strengthened its operations in the United Kingdom and continental Europe. Pilgrim’s Pride is majority-owned by JBS S.A., one of the world’s largest food companies, and is led by Chief Executive Officer Fabio Sandri.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $28.58 to $28.97
• 50-Day Range: $25.20 to $32.43
• 52-Week Range: $25.00 to $44.84
• Volume: 802,788 shs
• Average Volume: 1.51 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.85 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.51
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $36.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Pilgrim's Pride Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Pilgrim's Pride scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 54th out of 169 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Pilgrim's Pride has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.13, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Pilgrim's Pride has a consensus price target of $36.50, representing about 26.8% upside from its current price of $28.78.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Pilgrim's Pride has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.07%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Pilgrim's Pride are expected to grow by 8.07% in the coming year, from $2.23 to $2.41 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Pilgrim's Pride is 12.51, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.91.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Pilgrim's Pride is 12.51, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 13.76.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Pilgrim's Pride has a P/B Ratio of 1.85. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

14.39% of the float of Pilgrim's Pride has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Pilgrim's Pride has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.17.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Pilgrim's Pride has recently decreased by 4.66%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Pilgrim's Pride does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Pilgrim's Pride does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.89

News Sentiment

Pilgrim's Pride has a news sentiment score of 0.89. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Pilgrim's Pride this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for PPC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Pilgrim's Pride to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Pilgrim's Pride insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

82.23% of the stock of Pilgrim's Pride is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

16.64% of the stock of Pilgrim's Pride is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Today: 10/12/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Products
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PPC
• CIK: 802481
• Web: www.pilgrims.com
• Phone: (970) 506-8000
• Fax: 302-655-5049
• Employees: 63,000
• Year Founded: 1946

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Pilgrim's Pride: $36.50
• High Price Target: $42.00
• Low Price Target: $28.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +26.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.13
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.30
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.51
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.91
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $1.08 billion
• Net Margins: 2.96%
• Pretax Margin: 4.28%
• Return on Equity: 21.70%
• Return on Assets: 7.90%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.76
• Current Ratio: 1.36
• Quick Ratio: 0.62

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $18.50 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.37
• Cash Flow: $7.18 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.01
• Book Value: $15.55 per share
• Price / Book: 1.85

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 238,110,000
• Free Float: 42,312,000
• Market Cap: $6.85 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.31