PPC vs. MED, HSY, GIS, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, SJM, SFD, and CAG
Should you be buying Pilgrim's Pride stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pilgrim's Pride include Medifast (MED), Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Smithfield Foods (SFD), and Conagra Brands (CAG).
Pilgrim's Pride vs. Its Competitors
Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) and Medifast (NYSE:MED) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medifast has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
16.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Medifast shares are held by institutional investors. 82.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Medifast shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Pilgrim's Pride had 8 more articles in the media than Medifast. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride and 1 mentions for Medifast. Medifast's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Pilgrim's Pride's score of 1.25 indicating that Medifast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pilgrim's Pride has a net margin of 6.72% compared to Medifast's net margin of -1.29%. Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity of 36.95% beat Medifast's return on equity.
Pilgrim's Pride presently has a consensus target price of $48.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.21%. Medifast has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.52%. Given Medifast's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Medifast is more favorable than Pilgrim's Pride.
Pilgrim's Pride has higher revenue and earnings than Medifast. Medifast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pilgrim's Pride, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pilgrim's Pride beats Medifast on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:PPC) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
