Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Oct 22, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of Pilgrims Pride Corp stock $44.70, price $28.09, upside +59.1%, quality 61 out of 100. Rating: strongly undervalued. Calculated from audited financials with 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Oct 23, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $17.26 – $52.18 · fair‑value band $23.58 – $65.63 · the $28.09 price screens below the $44.70 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). 3 fiscal years are left out: there the valuation rested on only a fraction of the usual models. Dashed = 300-day average. As of Oct 23, 2026.
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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.
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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 ribs, and lamb products; and prepared products, which include fully cooked, ready-to-cook and individually frozen chicken parts, strips, nuggets and patties, processed sausages, bacon, smoked meat, gammon joints, pre-packed meats, sandwich and deli counter meats, and meat balls and coated foods.
It also provides plant-based protein, ready-to-eat meals, multi-protein frozen food, vegetarian food, and desserts.
In addition, its exported products include whole chickens and chicken parts for distributors in the U.S. or frozen for distribution to export markets and primary pork cuts, hog heads, and trotters frozen for distribution.
The company offers its products under the Pilgrim's, Just BARE, Gold'n Pump, Gold Kist, County Pride, Pierce Chicken, Pilgrim's Mexico, To-Ricos, Del Dia, Moy Park, Matteson's, Richmond, Fridge Raiders, and Denny brands.
It serves chain restaurants, food processors, broad-line distributors, and other institutions; and retail market, such as grocery store chains, wholesale clubs, and other retail distributors. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Greeley, Colorado.
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation operates as a subsidiary of JBS N.V.
Stock analysis
Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC) currently trades at $28.09, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $44.70, implying the stock looks roughly 37.2% undervalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Dividend Discount group reads highest at a median of $142.93 per share, and 25 of the 26 models we run sit above the $28.09 price.
Bear case: the Economic Profit group reads lowest at $32.59, and 1 of the 26 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is medium.
Scenario range: $23.58 (bear) to $65.63 (bull), the price of $28.09 sits inside it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 61/100 (solid quality), in the Consumer Defensive sector.
Healthy Growth: Revenue growth appears healthy and is supported by profitability and cash-flow quality.
Pilgrims Pride Corp reported revenue of $18.5B in FY2025 versus $14.8B in FY2021, a compound +5.8%/yr. Reported net income was $1.1B in FY2025, compounding +143.1%/yr from FY2021. FY2021 was a trough year, so the rate overstates the trend.
Key figures
Market cap $6.7B Mid · P/E ratio 12.3 · P/S ratio 0.36 · EPS (TTM) $2.29 · Net margin 3.0% · Return on equity 14.5% · Return on assets (EBIT) 10.0% · Operating margin 1.6%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 44 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 36% below its 52-week high and 11% above its 52-week low, currently below its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Consumer Defensive peers we cover trades at 10% fair-value upside, at 59%, PPC screens cheaper than that median.
Fair Value models
Bear$23.58Fair Value $44.70Bull$65.63
Price $28.09 · Upside +59.1%
Model ⓘEach model values the company its own way (discounted cash flow, earnings, assets, dividends). The fair value above starts from their evidence-weighted blend, not from a single model. In cyclical trough or peak years, after dilution or a stock split it is adjusted afterwards, so it can sit above or below the models. Based on fiscal year 2025 figures (about 10 months old). Earnings retained since then ($1.86 per share) are deliberately not added.Bear ⓘBear = the cautious scenario: the same model computed with conservative anchors (lower growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bull it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target.BaseBull ⓘBull = the optimistic scenario: the same model computed with favourable anchors (higher growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bear it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target. If a model's bull case is above four times its base value, the table shows that limit with a > sign (like the overall Bull above): beyond it no assumption holds.Coverage ⓘCoverage = how well-backed THIS model's estimate is for this stock (0–100): how complete and reliable its input data are, and how well the model fits the company. The final Fair Value is an evidence-weighted blend, so better-evidenced models count more. Green ≥70, amber 50–69, grey below 50.
Growth Quality ⓘGrowth is valuable only when reinvestment earns attractive returns (Aswath Damodaran): sustainable growth depends on return on capital, reinvestment and efficiency. Basis: total company revenue over the periods shown on the cards (3Y/5Y/all years), not per share, so a merger can show up as a growth jump; per-share earnings growth is in the value-creation card.78/100
Revenue growth appears healthy and is supported by profitability and cash-flow quality.
Revenue growth 1 year
+3.5%
Revenue growth 3 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+1.9%
Revenue growth 5 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+8.9%
Start year 2020 (pandemic). Over 10 years: +7.8% a year
Revenue growth 40 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
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What shareholders gained per year (last 5 years) ⓘWhat the business itself delivers per year: earnings growth per share plus the dividend yield. This is what you get IF the market keeps valuing the stock the same way: it contains no assumption about the market changing its mind. Computed per share, so buybacks count and a merger does not pass as growth. For a company that pays no dividend it is pure earnings growth per share. Period: earnings growth per share as CAGR over the last 5 reported fiscal years (annual statements), plus the current dividend yield. The start value is the median of the three years around the start, so a single crisis year (a pandemic or a write-down) does not distort the rate. Basis: adjusted.
+64.4%
Earnings growth per share plus dividend.
Earnings per share, growth per year+64.4%
Dividend (yield on the price)0.0%
Pace: 5 vs 10 years ⓘTwo data points, not a trend model: earnings growth per share over the last 5 fiscal years against the last 10. Labelled "steady" when both rates are within 3 percentage points of each other, otherwise picking up or flattening. Shown only when ten years of history exist.63.8% vs 5.9%, picking up
Profit margin 2020 to 2025 ⓘOperating margin then vs now, from reported annual statements. A falling margin after a boom year is the classic peak-earnings signal: the growth rate then leans on an inflated base.2% → 9%
Pace: the 5-year rate starts in 2020 (pandemic)
Growth Forecast
Price in line with expectations
The price assumes less growth than the company has delivered so far and about what analysts expect.
What the price assumes ⓘThis turns our valuation around: instead of asking what the share is worth, it asks what growth the current price requires. It uses the cash the company keeps after all spending (free cash flow), the same discount rate as our models, five years of growth, then slowing evenly to 2 % a year by year ten. Compared with the analysts' sales forecasts extended to the same five years (at least three analysts, for context only, it does not enter the Fair Value): within 3 percentage points counts as "in line" (amber), below that little optimism (green), above that a lot of optimism (red).
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The company could shrink this much every year for the next five years and today's price would still be justified.
What forecasts expect ⓘAnalysts publish sales forecasts for the next two fiscal years. For the years after that, growth slows evenly to 2 % a year by year ten (2 % is the long-run rate our models use). Projected years are marked as such.
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Yearly sales growth analysts expect, extended to five years.
After inflation (USA: IMF forecast 2.4% a year to 2030, 3.1% from 2016 to 2025) that is about −2.4% a year for the price and −0.6% for the forecasts.
News mood ⓘNews mood, the average tone of recent news (95 articles), rated against how stocks are usually covered. 🚀 Hype = unusually upbeat · 🙂 Positive = above average · 😐 Neutral = typical · 🙁 Negative = below average · 😨 Very negative = unusually downbeat. It reflects the tone of coverage, not our valuation.Positive
Recent news coverage is more positive than average.
AI conclusion: The business benefits from extensive poultry processing scale across regions yet faces constraints from commodity exposure and governance ties to its majority parent.
Main risk: Feed cost volatility remains the key risk that would directly hit operating costs and margins in its poultry operations.
Pilgrim’s Pride has formed a special committee of independent directors to review JBS’s August proposal for the shares it does not yet own. The company runs its own extensive protein processing network across the US, Mexico and Europe even with JBS holding roughly 82 percent. Our models see it as undervalued. Will the review highlight the value of its current standalone operations or the potential gains from full integration into JBS’s global platform?
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Packaged Foods · 615 stocks
Beats the industry median on 9/14 measures
Overall it ranks above its industry peers.
Valuation
Quality Score61 · Above median
Fair Value upside+59.1% · Top 25%
Profitability
Return on equity (12 months)14.5% · Top 25%
Return on assets10.5% · Top 25%
Net margin (12 months)3.0% · Below median
Operating margin (12 months)1.6% · Bottom 25%
Growth and dividend
Revenue growth (quarter YoY)−2.8% · Bottom 25%
Balance sheet
Debt / equity0.84× · Highest 25%
Valuation Multiplesvs Packaged Foods median · lower = cheaper
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Frequently asked questions
Is Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC) overvalued or undervalued?
As of Oct 23, 2026, our model estimates a fair value of $44.70 versus a price of $28.09, about +59% upside (undervalued).
What is the fair value of PPC?
Our model-based fair value for Pilgrims Pride Corp is $44.70 (as of Oct 23, 2026), built from audited fundamentals. The current price: $28.09.
What is the quality score of PPC?
Pilgrims Pride Corp has a Quality Score of 61/100. It measures business quality (profitability, growth, cash flow, balance-sheet strength, investment discipline, share issuance). Market factors such as price momentum and volatility do not enter the number; they are shown separately in the detail view.
What is the price target for Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
Our model-based price target is the fair value of $44.70 (as of Oct 23, 2026) from 26 valuation models. Cautious scenario $23.58, optimistic scenario $65.63. It is a calculation from audited fundamentals, not an analyst target.
What is the Pilgrims Pride Corp stock forecast for 2026?
Our models put fair value at $44.70, about +59% upside versus a price of $28.09 (undervalued). Cautious scenario $23.58, optimistic scenario $65.63. The calculation is refreshed regularly with new filings.
What is the revenue of Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
Pilgrims Pride Corp reported trailing-twelve-month revenue of about $18.4B (latest available figure, as of Oct 23, 2026).
What growth is priced into Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
For today's price to be fair in a discounted-cash-flow model, Pilgrims Pride Corp would have to grow free cash flow by -0.1 % per year for five years (discount rate 8.5 %, then slowing evenly to 2 % perpetual growth by year ten). Over the last 5 years revenue grew +8.9 % per year. As of Oct 23, 2026.
What discount rate (WACC) does the fair value of PPC use?
Our models discount Pilgrims Pride Corp at 8.5 %: a base by market capitalisation (mid), damped by beta 0.33, country premium for USA. The same rate applies in all 26 models.
What is a reverse DCF?
A reverse DCF turns the usual calculation around. Instead of deriving a value from assumptions, it takes today's price as given and asks: what free-cash-flow growth would a company have to deliver for exactly this price to be fair? The result is not a forecast but the expectation already priced in. For Pilgrims Pride Corp that is -0.1 % per year a year over ten years, using the same discount rate (8.5 %) and the same formula as our fair value.
How much growth has Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC) delivered so far?
Over the past 5 years revenue at Pilgrims Pride Corp grew +8.9 % a year. The price currently implies -0.1 % per year free-cash-flow growth a year. Comparing the two shows how much confidence is in the price: if it demands more than has been delivered, the business has to accelerate for the maths to work.
How fast is the sector of Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC) growing?
The median revenue growth in the sector is +3.3 % a year. That is the yardstick for the growth priced into Pilgrims Pride Corp (-0.1 % per year a year): it shows whether the expectation is within the usual range or beyond it.
What is the free cash flow yield of Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
The free-cash-flow yield on the price is 9.85 %: that much free cash flow Pilgrims Pride Corp produces per unit of market value. When it exceeds the discount rate of our models (8.5 %), the business already earns more than its cost of capital demands, and the price needs little additional growth.
What is the intrinsic value of Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
Intrinsic value and fair value mean the same thing: what the business is worth on its numbers, independent of the share price. For Pilgrims Pride Corp it is $44.70 per share (as of Oct 23, 2026), against a price of $28.09. It is the blended result of 26 valuation models (cash flow, earnings, asset, dividend).
Is Pilgrims Pride Corp stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
As of Oct 23, 2026, PPC trades below its calculated fair value: price $28.09, fair value $44.70, a gap of about +59% (undervalued). The calculation is refreshed with each new quarterly report, so the verdict can change during the year.
Is fair value the same as the market price of PPC?
No. The price is what the market pays today ($28.09); the fair value is what the company's own numbers justify ($44.70). For Pilgrims Pride Corp the two are $16.61 per share apart. That gap is exactly why we show both numbers side by side.
How much is Pilgrims Pride Corp worth?
The market values Pilgrims Pride Corp at about $6.7B (market capitalisation, as of Oct 23, 2026). Per share that is $28.09; our models calculate a fair value of $44.70 per share.
What do the bullish and bearish scenarios say about PPC?
Our models span a range for Pilgrims Pride Corp: cautious scenario $23.58, base $44.70, optimistic $65.63 per share (as of Oct 23, 2026, price $28.09). The range comes from different growth and margin assumptions, not from analyst opinions.
What is the P/E ratio of PPC?
Pilgrims Pride Corp trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.3 (as of Oct 23, 2026). A P/E on its own says little: it compares the price with ONE year of profit, while our fair value of $44.70 is built from several models across several years. Other multiples: PEG 0.5, P/B 1.8, P/S 0.4, EV/EBITDA 5.2.
What is the PEG ratio of PPC?
The PEG ratio of Pilgrims Pride Corp is 0.49 (P/E divided by earnings growth, as of Oct 23, 2026). That is below 1, so growth is priced more cheaply than the earnings multiple alone suggests.
How solid is the balance sheet of Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
Balance-sheet figures for Pilgrims Pride Corp (as of Oct 23, 2026): return on equity 14.5%, debt of 0.84 per unit of equity. They feed the Quality Score of 61/100, which measures business quality independently of the share price.
How far is PPC from its 52-week high?
Pilgrims Pride Corp trades at $28.09, about 36% below its 52-week high of $43.76 and 11% above the low of $25.20 (as of Oct 22, 2026). Distance from the high says nothing about value: that is what the fair value of $44.70 is for.
Which stocks are comparable to Pilgrims Pride Corp?
From the same area (Consumer Defensive) we also value Nestlé S.A, Danone S.A, Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food Company, The Kraft Heinz Company, among others. Each of them has its own fair-value calculation on this site using the same models, so the comparison is like for like.
Is Pilgrims Pride Corp stock attractive at the current price?
The data as of Oct 23, 2026: price $28.09, calculated fair value $44.70 (+59%), Quality Score 61/100, from 26 models. Whether that fits your horizon and risk tolerance is your call. We provide the calculation, not investment advice.
How is the fair value of PPC calculated?
We run Pilgrims Pride Corp through 26 models from four families: discounted cash flow, earnings models, asset and balance-sheet models, and dividend models. Every model gets the same audited fundamentals; the result is the weighted average of $44.70, with the spread shown as a cautious and an optimistic scenario.
Is it still worth investing in stocks now?
The global stock market currently sits 13.2 % above its aggregate fair value. Pilgrims Pride Corp currently trades 37 % below its own fair value, and the market average says nothing about that. An expensive market is no reason to stay out and no reason to buy everything at once: keep a broad savings plan running, buy single stocks only with money you can do without, and hold part of your money liquid while the market is high. The full picture including sectors is on is it worth investing now.
What is the share price of Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
The closing price on Oct 22, 2026 was $28.09. Our model-based fair value is $44.70, about +59% upside (undervalued). We carry closing prices from our data provider, not a live tick.
What should I pay attention to with Pilgrims Pride Corp right now?
The model range is unusually wide ($23.58 to $65.63). The outcome hinges heavily on assumptions, so read the point estimate with caution. Solid quality (61/100) at a price below fair value, the discount is the argument here, not the business quality.
Where does the earnings growth of Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC) come from?
Earnings per share at Pilgrims Pride Corp grew +4.2 % a year from 2014 to 2025. Broken into its drivers: revenue per share +8.8 %, EBIT margin −5.5 %, tax rate +1.6 %, residual (interest, one-offs) −0.3 %. The four rates multiply to the earnings growth rate, they do not add up. Start and end are three-year averages so a single exceptional year does not distort the result.
Key figures of Pilgrims Pride Corp
How large is the market capitalisation of Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
The market capitalisation of Pilgrims Pride Corp is $6.7B. The stock-market value of the whole company: share price times number of shares. It is what the market asks for the entire business today.
What is the P/S ratio of Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
The price-to-sales ratio of Pilgrims Pride Corp is 0.36 (last twelve months). Price to sales: market value relative to yearly revenue. Useful when profit is thin or distorted.
What are the earnings per share of Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
Earnings per share at Pilgrims Pride Corp are $2.29 (price ÷ EPS = P/E 12.3). Earnings per share over the last twelve months: total profit spread across every single share.
What is the net margin of Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
The net margin of Pilgrims Pride Corp is 3.0% (last twelve months). How much of every unit of revenue ends up as profit. 10% means 10 cents of profit per dollar of sales.
What is the return on equity of Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
The return on equity (ROE) of Pilgrims Pride Corp is 14.5% (last twelve months). Profit relative to shareholders' equity, how efficiently the company works with its owners' money.
What is the EBIT return on assets of Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
On an EBIT basis the return on assets of Pilgrims Pride Corp is 10.0% (avg 5y). Operating profit (EBIT) relative to everything the company owns, as a multi-year average. It describes the business model rather than one good or bad year.
What is the operating margin of Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
The operating margin of Pilgrims Pride Corp is 1.6% (last twelve months). Profit from the core business (before interest and taxes) relative to revenue.
How fast is revenue growing at Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
Revenue at Pilgrims Pride Corp is growing −2.8% versus a year earlier (3y avg +1.9%). How much revenue grew versus a year earlier (YoY). The 3-year average next to it puts the single year in context.
How fast are earnings growing at Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC)?
Earnings per share at Pilgrims Pride Corp are growing −96.2% versus a year earlier. How much earnings per share grew versus a year earlier.
How much net debt does Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC) carry?
The net debt of Pilgrims Pride Corp is $2.7B (fiscal year 2025, ≈ 4.1 yrs of FCF). Debt minus cash on hand. The note shows how many years of free cash flow could in theory pay it off.
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