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Post Holdings, Inc. (POST) vs Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC)

Post Holdings, 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 $3.7B — 1.8× the size. Post Holdings, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.2× against 21.3×. Post Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.20% against −0.12%. Post Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.48% vs 1.75%) and the lower return on invested capital (4.83% vs 6.14%). Across the 22 metrics below, Post Holdings, Inc. leads on 14 and Pilgrim's Pride Corporation on 8.

Valuation

Metric POST PPC Packaged Foods median
P/E 14.24 21.26 12.84
P/S 0.45 0.37 0.67
P/B 1.23 1.76 1.58
Price to free cash flow 6.50 187.04 8.97
EV/EBITDA 7.93 8.32 8.34
EV/Sales 1.33 0.51 0.97
Earnings yield 7.02% 4.70% 2.16%
Free cash flow yield 15.38% 0.53% 5.54%

Profitability

Metric POST PPC Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 28.82% 7.90% 28.37%
Operating margin 9.60% 3.40% 2.53%
Net margin 3.48% 1.75% 0.53%
Free cash flow margin 6.96% 0.20% 2.31%
Return on equity 8.26% 8.61% 0.00%
Return on assets 2.24% 3.07% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 4.83% 6.14% 0.00%

Growth

Metric POST PPC Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.20% (0.12%) 3.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2.30%) (0.66%) 4.57%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.61% 8.87% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 234.64% 62.76% 0.00%

Health

Metric POST PPC Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 2.47 0.88 0.18
Current ratio 1.85 1.55 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 5.35 1.18 0.73

Dividend

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

Size

Metric POST PPC Packaged Foods median
Market cap 3.72b 6.81b 268.23m

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