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Freshpet, Inc. (FRPT) vs Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC)

Freshpet, Inc. and Pilgrim's Pride Corporation are both Packaged Foods companies. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $6.8B against $3.1B — 2.2× the size. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 21.3× against 24.3×. Freshpet, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.8% against −0.12%. Freshpet, Inc. has the higher net margin (10.9% vs 1.75%) and the lower return on invested capital (5.04% vs 6.14%). Across the 22 metrics below, Freshpet, Inc. leads on 14 and Pilgrim's Pride Corporation on 8.

Valuation

Metric FRPT PPC Packaged Foods median
P/E 24.29 21.26 12.84
P/S 2.63 0.37 0.67
P/B 2.57 1.76 1.58
Price to free cash flow 47.06 187.04 8.97
EV/EBITDA 17.04 8.32 8.34
EV/Sales 2.75 0.51 0.97
Earnings yield 4.12% 4.70% 2.16%
Free cash flow yield 2.12% 0.53% 5.54%

Profitability

Metric FRPT PPC Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 42.62% 7.90% 28.37%
Operating margin 8.76% 3.40% 2.53%
Net margin 10.90% 1.75% 0.53%
Free cash flow margin 5.58% 0.20% 2.31%
Return on equity 10.92% 8.61% 0.00%
Return on assets 7.39% 3.07% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 5.04% 6.14% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FRPT PPC Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.75% (0.12%) 3.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 183.87% (0.66%) 4.57%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 28.16% 8.87% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 62.76% 0.00%

Health

Metric FRPT PPC Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 0.35 0.88 0.18
Current ratio 5.68 1.55 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 0.88 1.18 0.73

Dividend

Metric FRPT PPC Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield — 0.00% 3.68%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.62

Size

Metric FRPT PPC Packaged Foods median
Market cap 3.11b 6.81b 268.23m

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