Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC): Price and Financial Metrics
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PPC POWR Grades
- Growth is the dimension where PPC ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 84.56% of US stocks.
- PPC's strongest trending metric is Momentum; it's been moving down over the last 179 days.
- PPC's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 0.76% of US stocks).
PPC Stock Summary
- Pilgrims Pride Corp's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 93.6% of US listed stocks.
- PPC's current price/earnings ratio is 193.15, which is higher than 96.7% of US stocks with positive earnings.
- With a price/sales ratio of 0.41, Pilgrims Pride Corp has a higher such ratio than merely 8.59% of stocks in our set.
- If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Pilgrims Pride Corp, a group of peers worth examining would be CACI, FMX, JAKK, LL, and FIZZ.
- PPC's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Pilgrims Pride Corp's official web site, go to www.pilgrims.com.
PPC Valuation Summary
- PPC's EV/EBIT ratio is 53.4; this is 196.67% higher than that of the median Consumer Defensive stock.
- Over the past 233 months, PPC's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 39.2.
- PPC's price/earnings ratio has moved down 221.9 over the prior 233 months.
Below are key valuation metrics over time for PPC.
Stock | Date | P/S | P/B | P/E | EV/EBIT |
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PPC | 2021-09-03 | 0.5 | 2.6 | -207.0 | 53.4 |
PPC | 2021-09-02 | 0.5 | 2.7 | -207.9 | 53.5 |
PPC | 2021-09-01 | 0.5 | 2.6 | -206.9 | 53.3 |
PPC | 2021-08-31 | 0.5 | 2.6 | -205.9 | 53.1 |
PPC | 2021-08-30 | 0.5 | 2.6 | -205.1 | 53.0 |
PPC | 2021-08-27 | 0.5 | 2.6 | -207.1 | 53.4 |
PPC Growth Metrics
- Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -9.31%.
- Its 4 year revenue growth rate is now at 45.36%.
- Its 5 year price growth rate is now at -16.67%.

The table below shows PPC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).
Date | Revenue | Operating Cash Flow | Net Income to Common Stock |
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2021-12-31 | 14,777.46 | 326.459 | 31 |
2021-09-30 | 13,856.52 | 543.407 | -5.675 |
2021-06-30 | 13,104.07 | 698.473 | -32.954 |
2021-03-31 | 12,290.4 | 559.632 | 127.697 |
2020-12-31 | 12,091.9 | 724.247 | 94.757 |
2020-09-30 | 12,037.56 | 639.352 | 186.758 |
PPC's Quality Factors
The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.- PPC has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 72.59% of graded US stocks.
- PPC's asset turnover comes in at 1.757 -- ranking 10th of 59 Food Products stocks.
- ADM, RMCF, and DAR are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with PPC.
The table below shows PPC's key quality metrics over time.
Period | Asset Turnover | Gross Margin | ROIC |
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2021-09-26 | 1.757 | 0.090 | 0.032 |
2021-06-27 | 1.737 | 0.090 | 0.027 |
2021-03-28 | 1.662 | 0.075 | 0.050 |
2020-12-27 | 1.648 | 0.069 | 0.046 |
2020-09-27 | 1.661 | 0.067 | 0.061 |
2020-06-28 | 1.670 | 0.066 | 0.080 |
PPC Price Target
For more insight on analysts targets of PPC, see our PPC price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.
Average Price Target | $27.80 | Average Broker Recommendation | 1.5 (Moderate Buy) |
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PPC Price/Volume Stats
Current price | $33.59 | 52-week high | $33.81 |
Prev. close | $32.84 | 52-week low | $20.23 |
Day low | $32.90 | Volume | 1,098,100 |
Day high | $33.81 | Avg. volume | 1,108,632 |
50-day MA | $27.47 | Dividend yield | N/A |
200-day MA | $27.59 | Market Cap | 8.07B |
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC) Company Bio
Pilgrim's Pride engages in the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products to retailers, distributors, and foodservice operators in the United States, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1946 and is based in Greeley, Colorado.
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PPC Price Returns
1-mo | 14.72% |
3-mo | 36.82% |
6-mo | 18.78% |
1-year | 39.73% |
3-year | 32.56% |
5-year | 42.75% |
YTD | 19.11% |
2021 | 43.80% |
2020 | -40.06% |
2019 | 110.93% |
2018 | -50.06% |
2017 | 63.56% |
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