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

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC) Gross margin

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Pilgrim's Pride Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.90%, down 4.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (12.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.44% (fiscal 2023) to 14.8% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is below the Packaged Foods industry median of 28.4% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 34.6%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 12.8% (0.19)
FY2024 12.9% 6.50
FY2023 6.44% (3.93)
FY2022 10.4% 1.13
FY2021 9.24% 2.31
FY2020 6.93% (2.45)
FY2019 9.38% 1.67
FY2018 7.71% (5.96)
FY2017 13.7% 2.49
FY2016 11.2% (3.66)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 7.17% (0.17)
Jun 2026 7.34% (0.28)
Mar 2026 7.62% (1.87)
Dec 2025 9.49% (4.36)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 6.44% High 14.8%
Ten-year median 10.4%
Current reading's percentile 26

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 28.1%
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 26.8%
CAG Conagra Brands compare 23.8%
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 23.7%
LW Lamb Weston compare 19.4%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 15.7%
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 12.6%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation 7.90%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 28.4%
Consumer Defensive sector median 34.6%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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