Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation PPC
$27.50 +9.13% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $6.54B
Weak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.30, down 55.7% year over year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -33.3%, behind the S&P 500 by 48.4 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth11Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 36%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 19%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 12%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 44%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 22%
Quality49Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 38%
- Gross marginBottom 8%
- Operating marginBottom 46%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 32%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 46%
- Interest coverTop 50%
Value80Strong
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 8%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 41%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 10%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 17%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 31%
Momentum16Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 25%
- 6-month returnBottom 14%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 24%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 27%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Revisions14Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 16%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 15%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 36%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 39%
Stability61Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 33%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 46%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 7%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 46%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.3% | 1.4% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -26.4% | -55.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 13.8% | 9.6% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 5.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 6.1% | 1.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.4% | 3.3% | ↓ | Bottom 36% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -55.7% | -26.4% | ↓ | Bottom 19% |
| Gross margin | 9.6% | 13.8% | ↓ | Bottom 8% |
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 9.5% | ↓ | Bottom 46% |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 6.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.7% | 6.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.8% | — | Top 38% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.9% | — | Bottom 44% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.24×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -24.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.85×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 7.62%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 7.62%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -10.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $36.67
- Target vs current price
- +33.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 22
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 36%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | -9.0% | +0.5% | -9.6% | +8.8% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | -26.1% | -5.2% | -4.7% | -11.7% | -12.7% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | -12.8% | +1.0% | +2.3% | -12.6% | -28.9% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +7.8% | +0.4% | -1.9% | -1.5% | +11.9% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +8.3% | +1.7% | +4.3% | -4.9% | -18.7% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -2.2% | +1.1% | -13.6% | -10.2% | -11.4% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | +19.5% | -4.2% | +1.1% | -2.7% | -10.0% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +18.1% | -0.8% | +11.8% | +5.5% | -3.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.64 | $0.70 | -9.0% | $4.63B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.51 | $0.69 | -26.1% | $4.53B |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.68 | $0.78 | -12.8% | $4.52B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $1.52 | $1.41 | +7.8% | $4.76B |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $1.70 | $1.57 | +8.3% | $4.76B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $1.31 | $1.34 | -2.2% | $4.46B |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $1.35 | $1.13 | +19.5% | $4.37B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $1.63 | $1.38 | +18.1% | $4.58B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 12.0× | 11.4× | 58th | Top 8% |
| P/E (forward) | 11.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.4× | — | — | Top 10% |
| EV / Sales | 0.50× | — | — | Top 17% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.65% | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| Earnings yield | 8.36% | — | — | Top 8% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.0× – 200.0× since Dec 26, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -33.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -55.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +39.8%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -18.1%
- RSI (14)
- 43.5
- Relative volume
- 1.49×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 44.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 94th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.02
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.01
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -37.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -55.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2025 | Oct 1, 2026 | -55.2% | 377 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 2, 2022 | Jun 27, 2023 | -40.7% | 267 days | 189 days (Mar 27, 2024) |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Mar 7, 2022 | -28.7% | 109 days | 49 days (May 16, 2022) |
| May 17, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -19.5% | 43 days | 19 days (Aug 13, 2021) |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Jan 21, 2025 | -17.3% | 47 days | 18 days (Feb 14, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $6.54B
- P/E (TTM)
- 12.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.30
- Revenue (TTM)
- $18.44B
- 52-week range
- $25.00 – $44.84
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $14.78B | $17.47B | $17.36B | $17.88B | $18.50B |
| Gross profit | $1.37B | $1.81B | $1.12B | $2.31B | $2.36B |
| Operating income | $211.2M | $1.18B | $522.3M | $1.51B | $1.61B |
| Net income | $31.0M | $745.9M | $321.6M | $1.09B | $1.08B |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.13 | $3.10 | $1.36 | $4.57 | $4.54 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.58B | $4.37B | $4.46B | $4.76B | $4.76B | $4.52B | $4.53B | $4.63B |
| Net income | $349.9M | $235.9M | $296.0M | $355.5M | $342.8M | $88.0M | $101.4M | $13.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.47 | $0.99 | $1.24 | $1.49 | $1.44 | $0.37 | $0.43 | $0.06 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $326.5M | $669.9M | $677.9M | $1.99B | $1.37B |
| Capital expenditure | -$381.7M | -$487.1M | -$543.8M | -$476.2M | -$711.1M |
| Free cash flow | -$55.2M | $182.8M | $134.1M | $1.51B | $660.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$1.99B |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$199.6M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $398.3M
- Total assets
- $10.03B
- Total liabilities
- $6.27B
- Total debt
- $3.05B
- Net debt
- $2.65B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.75B
As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2025 | $2.10 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| Apr 3, 2025 | $6.30 | Apr 17, 2025 |
| May 6, 2016 | $2.75 | May 18, 2016 |
| Jan 28, 2015 | $5.77 | Feb 17, 2015 |
| Sep 10, 2008 | $0.02 | Sep 26, 2008 |
| Jun 11, 2008 | $0.02 | Jun 27, 2008 |
| Mar 12, 2008 | $0.02 | Mar 28, 2008 |
| Dec 12, 2007 | $0.02 | Dec 28, 2007 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,385,512
- Days to cover
- 5.00
- Change vs previous report
- -11.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 2, 1999
- 3-for-2