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

27.76 0.86 −3.00%
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) Return on equity

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Pilgrim's Pride Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.61%, down 18.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (27.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.20% (fiscal 2021) to 37.4% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.42%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 27.2% (1.36)
FY2024 28.6% 18.22
FY2023 10.4% (17.03)
FY2022 27.4% 26.21
FY2021 1.20% (2.51)
FY2020 3.71% (16.31)
FY2019 20.0% 7.22
FY2018 12.8% (22.44)
FY2017 35.2% 8.92
FY2016 26.3% (11.03)

Against its own ten years

Low 1.20% High 37.4%
Ten-year median 26.3%
Current reading's percentile 64

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
LW Lamb Weston compare 14.2%
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 13.5%
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 13.4%
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 10.4%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation 8.61%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 4.30%
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 0.00%
CAG Conagra Brands compare −24.9%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.42%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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