Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

PPC Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $18.5 billion, up 3.46% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−2.23%
EPS
−66.0%
Free cash flow
−101.2%
Total debt
+10.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

28.70 0.31 −1.07%
Market cap
$6.8B
P/E
21.3×
Fwd P/E
20.3×
Dividend yield
0.00%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.60
Beneish M
−2.40
Dividend safety
16/100

Revenue by segment Fiscal 2025

  • U.S.
  • Europe
  • Mexico

Every year since 2010 →

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Sold, $m 0.30
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — 1 — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 82.17%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 6,810.00
Revenue ttm 18,329.91
Net income ttm 318.92
Free cash flow ttm 36.54
Net debt Q 2,468.66
Valuation
P/E 21.26
Forward P/E 20.30
Price / sales 0.37
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 187.04
Price / book 1.76
Financial health
Current ratio Q 1.55 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 0.88
Interest coverage Q 6.03
Growth
Revenue growth Q −2.23% (below 0%: shrinking)
Operating income growth Q −61.12% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year −57.72% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, next year A +16.33% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A −0.61% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, past 5 yrs +63.38% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next 5 yrs A −15.28% (below 0%: weak)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 75.41%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 19.29%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 5.87%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 12.50%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 99.72%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
0.00%
Annual rate
0.00
Payout ratio
0.00%

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 731 2,053 640 937
Receivables 1,292 1,079 1,282 1,127
Inventory 1,985 1,783 2,031 2,075
Other — 3 11 —
4,204 5,120 4,237 4,466
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,452 1,427 1,632 1,702
ST’ Debt 1 1 1 1
Other 85 49 38 29
2,496 2,552 2,890 2,889

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 7.77% 8.87% 1.93%
Cash Flow 3.00% 13.62% 26.99%
Earnings 5.30% 62.76% 13.21%
Book Value 11.34% 7.48% 8.99%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.43 0.06 0.49 — —
’25 1.24 1.49 1.44 0.37 4.54
’24 0.73 1.37 1.47 0.99 4.57
’23 0.02 0.25 0.51 0.57 1.36
’22 1.15 1.50 1.08 (0.66) 3.11
’21 0.41 (0.68) 0.25 0.15 0.13
’20 0.27 (0.02) 0.14 0.00 0.39
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 4,533 4,626 4,653 — —
’25 4,463 4,757 4,759 4,518 18,498
’24 4,362 4,559 4,585 4,372 17,878
’23 4,166 4,308 4,360 4,528 17,362
’22 4,240 4,632 4,469 4,127 17,468
’21 3,273 3,638 3,828 4,039 14,777
’20 3,075 2,824 3,075 3,118 12,092
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 141 331 212 — —
’25 127 495 458 291 1,372
’24 271 719 651 349 1,990
’23 (162) 251 310 278 678
’22 227 194 369 (121) 670
’21 (144) 259 213 (1) 326
’20 21 120 368 216 724
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (92) 109 (3) — —
’25 30 336 278 23 666
’24 165 616 553 196 1,529
’23 (281) 98 167 169 154
’22 146 81 235 (244) 218
’21 (233) 185 117 (100) (30)
’20 (55) 58 285 114 401
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Valuation

The price implies free cash flow after share-based pay growing 11.9% a year for ten years.

Implied
11.9%
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Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.6
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Sep ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 9,879 10,768 10,938 11,409 12,092 14,777 17,468 17,362 17,878 18,498 18,330 +7.2% 18,385 18,895 19,437 +1.7%
Gross margin, % 11.18 13.67 7.71 9.38 6.93 9.24 10.37 6.44 12.94 12.75 7.90 +1.6 pt
EBT 724 982 332 618 162 92 1,025 365 1,412 1,502 489 +8.4%
EBT margin, % 7.33 9.12 3.04 5.41 1.34 0.63 5.87 2.10 7.90 8.12 2.67 +0.8 pt
Net income 480 718 247 457 95 31 747 322 1,087 1,083 319 +9.5%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 38.94 43.29 43.94 45.75 49.17 60.65 72.86 73.34 75.43 77.91 76.98 +8.0%
Earnings 1.74 2.79 1.00 1.83 0.39 0.13 3.11 1.36 4.58 4.56 1.35 +11.3%
Cash flow 3.14 3.22 1.97 2.67 2.94 1.34 2.79 2.86 8.40 5.78 4.10 +7.0%
Capex (1.29) (1.35) (1.36) (1.33) (1.31) (1.46) (1.88) (2.21) (1.94) (2.97) (3.94) +9.7%
Free cash flow 1.84 1.87 0.61 1.34 1.63 (0.13) 0.91 0.65 6.45 2.81 0.15 +4.8%
Book value 8.22 7.46 8.11 10.17 10.47 10.63 11.90 14.13 17.95 15.56 16.33 +7.3%
Shares, m 254 249 249 249 246 244 240 237 237 237 238 (0.7%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 11.21 10.78 15.51 17.88 50.28 216.92 7.73 20.88 9.89 8.55 21.26 37.0
P/S 0.50 0.70 0.35 0.72 0.40 0.47 0.33 0.39 0.60 0.50 0.37 0.5
P/B 2.36 4.05 1.91 3.22 1.87 2.65 2.00 2.01 2.53 2.51 1.76 2.5
EV/Sales 0.61 0.89 0.53 0.89 0.54 0.65 0.48 0.54 0.67 0.63 0.51 0.6
EV/FCF 12.90 20.61 38.13 30.47 16.33 (316.13) 38.78 60.67 7.79 17.58 254.61 (7.3)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 795 801 492 667 724 326 670 678 1,990 1,372 975 +6.2%
Capex (328) (335) (339) (332) (323) (357) (452) (524) (461) (706) (939) +8.9%
Free cash flow 468 466 153 334 401 (30) 218 154 1,529 666 37 +4.0%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 625 1,064 938 950 965 915 1,321 1,709 2,568 1,347 1,577 +8.9%
Net debt 1,114 2,094 1,964 2,022 1,733 2,767 2,758 2,610 1,154 2,454 2,469 +9.2%
Shareholders’ equity 2,086 1,856 2,020 2,536 2,575 2,589 2,853 3,345 4,253 3,694 3,888 +6.6%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 10.56 12.33 4.07 7.00 1.30 0.38 8.21 3.37 10.62 10.31 3.07 (0.3) pt
ROIC 15.47 16.97 7.78 9.47 3.56 2.46 13.11 5.48 17.41 16.40 6.14 +0.9 pt
ROE 26.32 35.24 12.80 20.02 3.71 1.20 27.41 10.38 28.60 27.24 8.61 +0.9 pt
People
People Employees 39,600 51,300 52,100 31,900 30,900 59,400 61,500 61,200 61,600 63,000 — +5.3%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.25 0.21 0.21 0.36 0.39 0.25 0.28 0.28 0.29 0.29 — +1.8%
Negative figures in brackets.
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 5 Nov 2026

Business profile

Updated

Pilgrim’s Pride produces, processes, markets and distributes chicken and pork products. It sells fresh, frozen and prepared foods to grocery retailers, restaurant chains, distributors and food processors. Its products range from whole chickens and packaged cuts to nuggets, sausages, bacon and ready-to-cook meats.

The company operates in the United States, Europe and Mexico. Its European operations also sell pork and lamb products, while its Mexican business includes sales of live chickens. Products reach customers through retail, foodservice and export channels. Retail customers sell food to households; foodservice customers include restaurants and distributors serving institutions.

Where the money comes from and where it goes Fiscal 2025

Fiscal 2025: revenue by segment, and margins
U.S. 10,999 59.46%
Europe 5,379 29.08%
Mexico 2,120 11.46%
Gross margin 12.75%
Operating margin 8.72%
Pre-tax margin 8.12%

Revenue by segment since 2010

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation vs peers in Packaged Foods (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation $12.4B 35.8× 16.8× −2.36% (below 0%: shrinking) −66.67% (below 0%: shrinking) +107.16% (above 0%: growing) 15.92% 2.49% Compare
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. $12.3B — — — — — — — Compare
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. $8.0B 9.5× 8.2× +14.52% (above 0%: growing) +1,323.67% (above 0%: growing) +428.22% (above 0%: growing) 26.66% 18.61% Compare
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. $7.7B 8.5× 10.5× −8.27% (below 0%: shrinking) −63.32% (below 0%: shrinking) +160.00% (above 0%: growing) 9.11% 3.70% Compare
LW Lamb Weston $7.6B 29.9× 20.3× +0.66% (above 0%: growing) −54.35% (below 0%: shrinking) −47.29% (below 0%: shrinking) 15.96% 4.92% Compare
CAG Conagra Brands $7.4B — (loss-making) 10.2× −1.39% (below 0%: shrinking) +5.88% (above 0%: growing) −464.50% (below 0%: shrinking) 23.83% 10.34% Compare
CPB The Campbell's Company $7.0B 17.5× 12.5× −7.93% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +5.43% (above 0%: growing) 27.28% 0.19% Compare
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation $6.8B 21.3× 20.3× −2.23% (below 0%: shrinking) −65.97% (below 0%: shrinking) −101.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 7.17% 4.12%
INGR Ingredion Incorporated $6.1B 10.4× 10.3× +0.93% (above 0%: growing) −40.79% (below 0%: shrinking) +34.38% (above 0%: growing) 23.03% 10.16% Compare
Median of peers $7.7B 14.0× 10.5× −1.39% −47.57% +34.38% 23.03% 4.92%

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From the latest earnings call

Updated

  • CEO Fabio Sandri said chicken supply rose faster than demand, while prepared foods volume grew over 15% from a year earlier.
  • CFO Matt Galvanoni said lower chicken prices and higher grain costs weighed on U.S. fresh results, despite improvements in yields and live operations.

Largest institutional holders 13F, quarter to 30 June 2026

Held by institutions 20.63%
Held by the ten largest 12.68%
Holder Shares Stake Change
Vanguard 5.43m 2.28% −446.80k
BlackRock 4.94m 2.08% +335.49k
Dimensional Fund Advisors 4.80m 2.02% +968.86k
D. E. Shaw 4.70m 1.97% +1.12m
AQR Capital Management 2.16m 0.91% −523.95k
Goldman Sachs 1.91m 0.80% +373.80k
Carrhae Capital LLP 1.86m 0.78% +1.86m
Morgan Stanley 1.54m 0.65% +256.58k
State Street 1.48m 0.62% −228.77k
VanEck 1.37m 0.57% +1.20m
13F filings for the quarter to 30 June 2026: long positions in US-listed shares reported by managers with $100m or more, ~45 days after the quarter.

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