Pilgrims Pride Corp Stock Today

PPC Stock  USD 39.87  0.88  2.26%   

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Pilgrims Pride is trading at 39.87 as of the 4th of January 2026, a 2.26% increase since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's open price was 38.99. Pilgrims Pride has under 5 % chance of experiencing financial distress over the next 2 years but had a somewhat soft performance during the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 6th of October 2025 and ending today, the 4th of January 2026. Click here to learn more.
Business Domain
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
IPO Date
1st of January 1987
Category
Consumer Defensive
Classification
Consumer Staples
Pilgrims Pride Corporation engages in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of fresh, frozen and value-added chicken, and pork products to retailers, distributors, and foodservice operators in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, the Middle East, Asia, Continental Europe, and internationally. The company has 237.55 M outstanding shares of which 6.18 M shares are at this time shorted by investors with about 5.76 days to cover. More on Pilgrims Pride Corp

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Pilgrims Stock Highlights

ESG Sustainability
Environmental
Governance
Social
President MexicoCharles Heyde
Business ConcentrationPackaged Foods & Meats, Food, Beverage & Tobacco, Consumer Defensive, VN Index, Australia All Ordinaries, NASDAQ Composite, Nasdaq Industrial, SP Midcap 400, NASDAQ Composite Total, VN All Shares, VN100, Consumer Staples, Food Products, Packaged Foods, Consumer Defensive (View all Sectors)
Average Analyst Recommendation
Financial Strength
Current ValueLast YearChange From Last Year 10 Year Trend
Return On Assets0.0330.0295
Moderately Up
Slightly volatile
Asset Turnover2.32.04
Moderately Up
Pretty Stable
Gross Profit Margin0.110.0741
Way Up
Slightly volatile
Total Current Liabilities3.1 B2.9 B
Sufficiently Up
Slightly volatile
Non Current Liabilities Total4.6 B4.4 B
Sufficiently Up
Slightly volatile
Total Assets12.9 B12.2 B
Sufficiently Up
Slightly volatile
Total Current Assets6.2 B5.9 B
Sufficiently Up
Slightly volatile
Debt Levels
Pilgrims Pride can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Pilgrims Pride's financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Pilgrims Pride's total assets is financed by creditors.
Liquidity
Pilgrims Pride Corp has 3.47 B in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 1.28, which is OK given its current industry classification. Pilgrims Pride Corp has a current ratio of 1.52, which is typical for the industry and considered as normal. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for Pilgrims to invest in growth at high rates of return.

Change In Cash

1.58 Billion
Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC) is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in USA and employs 62,900 people. Pilgrims Pride is listed under Packaged Foods & Meats category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a total capitalization of 9.47 B. Pilgrims Pride Corp runs under Food Products sector within Consumer Staples industry. The entity has 237.55 M outstanding shares of which 6.18 M shares are at this time shorted by investors with about 5.76 days to cover. Pilgrims Pride Corp has about 654.21 M in cash with 1.99 B of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 2.77.
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Ownership Allocation
Pilgrims Pride owns a total of 237.55 Million outstanding shares. Pilgrims Pride holds majority of its outstanding shares owned by insiders. An insider is usually defined as a corporate executive, director, member of the board or institutional investor who own at least 10% of the company's outstanding shares. 82.49 pct. of Pilgrims Pride Corp outstanding shares that are owned by insiders implies they have been buying or selling the stock in recent months in anticipation of some upcoming event. Also note that almost thirteen million eighty-eight thousand eight hundred sixty-four invesors are currently shorting Pilgrims Pride expressing very little confidence in its future performance.
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Pilgrims Stock Institutional Holders

InstituionRecorded OnShares
Renaissance Technologies Corp2025-06-30
1.1 M
Geode Capital Management, Llc2025-06-30
942.2 K
Citadel Advisors Llc2025-06-30
921.6 K
Acadian Asset Management Llc2025-06-30
670.3 K
Barclays Plc2025-06-30
486.7 K
Ameriprise Financial Inc2025-06-30
473.1 K
Gotham Asset Management, Llc2025-06-30
472.5 K
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2025-06-30
457.4 K
Spx Gestao De Recursos Ltda2025-06-30
455.5 K
Vanguard Group Inc2025-06-30
5.2 M
Blackrock Inc2025-06-30
5.1 M
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Pilgrims Pride Historical Income Statement

At present, Pilgrims Pride's Interest Expense is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Total Revenue is expected to grow to about 21.6 B, whereas Total Other Income Expense Net is forecasted to decline to (88.6 M). View More Fundamentals

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Pilgrims Pride Corporate Management

Nick RobinsonChief MastersProfile
Lisa BurdickHead ResourcesProfile
Eduardo NoronhaHead ManagementProfile
Joe WaldbusserHead PurchasingProfile
Laston CharriezHead MarketingProfile
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Is Packaged Foods & Meats space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Pilgrims Pride. If investors know Pilgrims will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Pilgrims Pride listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.02)
Earnings Share
5.16
Revenue Per Share
77.325
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.038
Return On Assets
0.1155
The market value of Pilgrims Pride Corp is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Pilgrims that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Pilgrims Pride's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Pilgrims Pride's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Pilgrims Pride's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Pilgrims Pride's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Pilgrims Pride's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Pilgrims Pride is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Pilgrims Pride's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.