PPC

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Common Stock (PPC)

Stock · NASDAQ · Consumer Staples

$29.45as of 10/16/2026

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October 8, 2026

Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) Stock Trends Amidst Market Outperformance. Pilgrim's Pride has recently outperformed the broader market, drawing attention to its current valuation and market position. The stock is trading near a key support level, with analysts maintaining a higher average price target than the current share price. This combination of recent relative strength and technical support has contributed to the stock's recent trending status.

Active signals

Support level
$27.91
Industry
Meat/Poultry/Fish

What PPC's price did in the 20 trading sessions after each past signal, compared with any 20-session window over the same period.

SignalTimesMedian 20-session returnHigher after 20 sessions
Volume Spike28+0.9%54%
Bollinger Band Breakout27+0.7%56%
Bollinger Band Breakdown25+0.8%52%
200-Day Moving Average TouchActive now10+1.1%50%
Any 20-session window (baseline)+0.1%50%

Computed by MarketWall from daily closing prices since May 18, 2022. Returns are close-to-close and don't include dividends. Past results describe what happened before; they are not a forecast and not investment advice.

About PPC

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation produces, processes, markets, and distributes fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken and pork products to retailers, distributors, and foodservice operators in the United States, Europe, and Mexico. The company offers fresh products, including refrigerated whole or cut-up chicken, selected chicken parts that are either marinated or non-marinated, primary pork cuts, added value pork, pork r…

Sector
Consumer Staples
Industry
Meat/Poultry/Fish
Employees
63,000

Fundamentals

1-day range
$28.88$29.53
Market cap
$6.56B
P/E (trailing)
13.03
P/E (forward)
10.88
EPS (trailing)
$2.29
Dividend yield
—
Beta
0.38
Avg. volume
1.50M
Ex-dividend date
August 20, 2025
Dividend pay date
September 3, 2025
52-week range
$25$44.84
Next earnings: October 28, 2026 · EPS estimate $0.59confirmed

How Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Common Stock Makes Money

Where the revenue actually goes — FY2025 annual results

market-wall.comTotalRevenue$18.50BNet Income$1.08B (6%)Cost of Revenue$16.14B (87%)SG&A$713.25M (4%)Tax$418.79M (2%)Other$143.74M (1%)PPC

Source: 10-K filed Feb 12, 2026 · via SEC EDGAR / Finnhub

Gross Profit$2.36B(13%)
Operating Income$1.61B(9%)

Forecasts

7 analyst ratings

Buy 36%
Hold 64%
Sell 0%
1-year price forecast
High
$42
+42.6%
Median
$32
+8.7%
Low
$28
-4.9%

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Common Stock Competitors

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    $29.43
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    $25$44.84
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P/E shows — for peers not currently carrying a live signal of their own.

Latest news

Insider Activity

Insider Actions →
Acquired
17.3K
Disposed
0

Institutional Ownership

March 31, 2026

Total shares held
40.62M
Total value held
$1.49B
Institutional holders
344
Top holders this quarter
  • Unknown4.61M
  • Unknown3.83M
  • Unknown3.58M
  • Unknown2.69M
  • Unknown2.11M
  • Unknown1.71M
  • Unknown1.54M
  • Unknown1.28M
  • Unknown1.24M
  • Unknown1.13M

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