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) Return on invested capital

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Pilgrim's Pride Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.14%, down 10.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (16.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.46% (fiscal 2021) to 36.7% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 16.4% (1.01)
FY2024 17.4% 11.93
FY2023 5.48% (7.63)
FY2022 13.1% 10.65
FY2021 2.46% (1.10)
FY2020 3.56% (5.91)
FY2019 9.47% 1.69
FY2018 7.78% (9.19)
FY2017 17.0% 1.50
FY2016 15.5% (21.22)

Against its own ten years

Low 2.46% High 36.7%
Ten-year median 13.1%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 10.0%
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 9.17%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation 6.14%
LW Lamb Weston compare 5.80%
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 5.54%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 3.64%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare 0.00%
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 0.00%
CAG Conagra Brands compare −7.75%
Packaged Foods industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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