The price-to-earnings ratio for Pilgrim’s Pride Corp (NASDAQ: PPC) is above average at 9.01x. The 36-month beta value for PPC is also noteworthy at 0.50. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 7 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for PPC is 41.25M, and at present, short sellers hold a 17.16% of that float. The average trading volume of PPC on July 03, 2025 was 1.30M shares.
PPC) stock’s latest price update
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp (NASDAQ: PPC) has experienced a rise in its stock price by 0.53% compared to its previous closing price of $45.49. However, the company has seen a gain of 1.83% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-07-01 that Pilgrim’s Pride (PPC) closed the most recent trading day at $45.49, moving +1.13% from the previous trading session.
PPC’s Market Performance
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp (PPC) has seen a 1.83% rise in stock performance for the week, with a -7.67% decline in the past month and a -8.27% plunge in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.05%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.42% for PPC. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -0.20% for PPC’s stock, with a 1.69% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of PPC
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for PPC stocks, with Goldman repeating the rating for PPC by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for PPC in the upcoming period, according to Goldman is $50 based on the research report published on June 23, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Stephens, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see PPC reach a price target of $43. The rating they have provided for PPC stocks is “Equal-Weight” according to the report published on October 03rd, 2024.
BofA Securities gave a rating of “Neutral” to PPC, setting the target price at $47 in the report published on August 15th of the previous year.
PPC Trading at -4.74% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought PPC to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -17.12% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at PPC starting from Sandri Fabio, who sale 70,000 shares at the price of $45.83 back on Jun 09 ’25. After this action, Sandri Fabio now owns 290,930 shares of Pilgrim’s Pride Corp, valued at $3,208,121 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for PPC
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.09 for the present operating margin
- 0.14 for the gross margin
The net margin for Pilgrim’s Pride Corp stands at 0.07. The total capital return value is set at 0.24. Equity return is now at value 36.53, with 11.65 for asset returns.
Based on Pilgrim’s Pride Corp (PPC), the company’s capital structure generated 0.52 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.53. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.1. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 10.27.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 2.01 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 0.68. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.68. The receivables turnover for the company is 16.26for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.64. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.35.
Conclusion
In summary, Pilgrim’s Pride Corp (PPC) has had a mixed performance as of late. Analysts have mixed opinions on the stock, with some viewing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
