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) Operating margin

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Pilgrim's Pride Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.40%, down 5.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.72%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.43% (fiscal 2021) to 12.1% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 2.53% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.70%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 8.72% 0.30
FY2024 8.42% 5.41
FY2023 3.01% (3.73)
FY2022 6.74% 5.31
FY2021 1.43% (0.60)
FY2020 2.03% (4.02)
FY2019 6.05% 1.52
FY2018 4.53% (5.43)
FY2017 9.96% 1.94
FY2016 8.02% (4.10)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 4.12% 2.69
Jun 2026 1.43% (2.16)
Mar 2026 3.59% (0.93)
Dec 2025 4.52% (5.83)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.43% High 12.1%
Ten-year median 6.74%
Current reading's percentile 28

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 17.9%
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 11.9%
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 8.74%
LW Lamb Weston compare 7.80%
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 7.59%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 3.47%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation 3.40%
CAG Conagra Brands compare −15.2%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 2.53%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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