Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Common Stock (PPC)

FairStock Score: 72/100 — STEADY

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

Mr. Market is offering Pilgrim's Pride at $28.79 as of the 2026-10-13 close, and the headline numbers are not exciting. The company sells chicken and pork, a necessary product but a commodity-like business. Scale and cost efficiency matter, but pricing power is limited, so margins swing with protein prices and input costs. Fiscal 2025, the year ended 2025-12-28, produced revenue of $18.5B, net income of $1.1B, and diluted EPS of $4.54. But the latest filed quarter, fiscal Q2 2026 ended 2026-06-28, showed revenue of $4.6B, net income of only $13.4M, and diluted EPS of $0.06. Compared with fiscal Q2 2025 ended 2025-06-29, when revenue was $4.8B, net income was $355.5M, and diluted EPS was $1.49, the drop is severe. The Lynch category supplied is STALWART, citing 62.8% annual profit growth over five years and 8.9% revenue growth, but the current profit trend is clearly cyclical and fragile. Financial health: debt-to-equity 0.83, ROCE 8.02%, ROE 14.52%, trailing free cash flow $304.4M, and FCF yield 4.4%. Valuation: P/E 12.57, P/B 1.83, EV/EBITDA 6.68. Graham Number is $28.49, essentially the current price, with margin of safety -1.05%. Piotroski 5/9 and Altman Z 1.59 suggest not a fortress. FairStock Score 72/100. This might be a fair price for a cyclical operator, not a bargain. I would want proof that fiscal Q2 2026 weakness is temporary and that long-run earnings power justifies the debt and capital intensity.

In plain English: Pilgrim's Pride makes and sells chicken and pork products to grocery stores, restaurants, and distributors. The business has been profitable over the long haul, but the most recent quarter showed very little profit compared with a year earlier. At $28.79, the stock price looks roughly fair against the company's earnings and accounting value, not clearly cheap or expensive.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-28) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-29) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-28) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-29) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-28) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-29) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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