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Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) Competitors

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$51.34 +1.01 (+2.01%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

PPC vs. SAFM, GIS, HSY, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, CPB, CAG, and SJM

Should you be buying Pilgrim's Pride stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pilgrim's Pride include Sanderson Farms (SAFM), General Mills (GIS), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Campbell Soup (CPB), Conagra Brands (CAG), and J. M. Smucker (SJM). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

Pilgrim's Pride vs.

Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) and Sanderson Farms (NASDAQ:SAFM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Sanderson Farms has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Pilgrim's Pride's net margin of 5.46%. Sanderson Farms' return on equity of 43.58% beat Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pilgrim's Pride5.46% 29.92% 10.97%
Sanderson Farms 15.34%43.58%34.81%

In the previous week, Pilgrim's Pride had 5 more articles in the media than Sanderson Farms. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride and 0 mentions for Sanderson Farms. Pilgrim's Pride's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Sanderson Farms' score of 0.39 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Pilgrim's Pride Very Positive
Sanderson Farms Neutral

Pilgrim's Pride presently has a consensus price target of $45.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.38%. Given Pilgrim's Pride's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pilgrim's Pride is more favorable than Sanderson Farms.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pilgrim's Pride
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Sanderson Farms
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sanderson Farms has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sanderson Farms received 88 more outperform votes than Pilgrim's Pride when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.77% of users gave Sanderson Farms an outperform vote while only 59.97% of users gave Pilgrim's Pride an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Pilgrim's PrideOutperform Votes
352
59.97%
Underperform Votes
235
40.03%
Sanderson FarmsOutperform Votes
440
66.77%
Underperform Votes
219
33.23%

Sanderson Farms has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pilgrim's Pride. Sanderson Farms 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pilgrim's Pride$17.36B0.70$321.57M$4.1412.40
Sanderson Farms$4.80B0.95$455.09M$38.655.28

16.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of Sanderson Farms shares are held by institutional investors. 82.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Sanderson Farms shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Pilgrim's Pride and Sanderson Farms tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PPC vs. The Competition

MetricPilgrim's PridePoultry slaughtering & processing IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$12.17B$17.53B$14.60B$8.74B
Dividend YieldN/A3.05%2.68%4.08%
P/E Ratio12.4020.4919.4513.48
Price / Sales0.700.574.3287.67
Price / Cash14.6511.9020.7835.24
Price / Book2.892.065.895.93
Net Income$321.57M-$163.22M$582.17M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-4.61%1.66%-0.67%-1.34%
1 Month Performance12.98%10.28%-2.71%1.15%
1 Year Performance97.23%64.60%10.46%24.02%

Pilgrim's Pride Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
2.2467 of 5 stars
$51.34
+2.0%
$45.50
-11.4%
+97.8%$12.17B$17.36B12.4061,200Positive News
SAFM
Sanderson Farms
N/A$204.00
flat
N/A+0.0%$4.55B$4.80B5.2817,662Analyst Forecast
GIS
General Mills
4.6905 of 5 stars
$63.21
-2.3%
$72.67
+15.0%
-2.8%$35.09B$19.86B15.0534,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
HSY
Hershey
4.2603 of 5 stars
$170.92
-4.5%
$189.33
+10.8%
-12.7%$34.58B$11.16B19.6920,505Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
K
Kellanova
3.6134 of 5 stars
$80.57
-0.3%
$76.35
-5.2%
+54.3%$27.77B$13.12B27.6923,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.5055 of 5 stars
$64.32
+0.5%
$60.67
-5.7%
+33.1%$22.89B$53.31B28.59139,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
3.3361 of 5 stars
$73.97
-1.3%
$79.57
+7.6%
+12.0%$19.85B$6.66B25.1613,800Insider Selling
News Coverage
Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.1691 of 5 stars
$29.21
-3.9%
$31.57
+8.1%
-10.6%$16.02B$12.11B20.5720,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
CPB
Campbell Soup
3.4742 of 5 stars
$43.15
-2.9%
$51.58
+19.5%
+4.9%$12.84B$9.64B22.8314,400Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.2221 of 5 stars
$26.70
-2.7%
$31.63
+18.4%
-4.9%$12.74B$12.05B25.9218,500News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.8739 of 5 stars
$106.92
-2.5%
$127.09
+18.9%
-3.9%$11.38B$8.18B15.129,000Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PPC) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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