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In the latest session, Pilgrim’s Pride Corp (NASDAQ: PPC) closed at $44.89 down -0.88% from its previous closing price of $45.29. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.88 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.42 million shares were traded. PPC stock price reached its highest trading level at $45.58 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $44.77.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Pilgrim’s Pride Corp’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 5.12 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 7.71. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.88 and its Current Ratio is at 1.35. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.10 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.08.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Goldman on June 23, 2025, initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned the stock a target price of $50.
BofA Securities Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on August 15, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $47.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 09 ’25 when Sandri Fabio sold 70,000 shares for $45.83 per share. The transaction valued at 3,208,121 led to the insider holds 290,930 shares of the business.
Fabio Sandri bought 70,000 shares of PPC for $3,323,950 on Jun 06 ’25. On Feb 18 ’25, another insider, Galvanoni Matthew R, who serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the company, sold 5,483 shares for $52.31 each. As a result, the insider received 286,829 and left with 46,267 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PPC now has a Market Capitalization of 10644451328 and an Enterprise Value of 12065007616. As of this moment, Pilgrim’s’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.84, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.10. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.59 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.40. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.671 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.166.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PPC is 0.50, which has changed by 0.17883408 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11844492 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PPC has reached a high of $55.18, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $33.03. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.79%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -0.65%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, PPC has traded an average of 1.24M shares per day and 1330680 over the past ten days. A total of 237.38M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 41.25M. Insiders hold about 82.60% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 19.23% stake in the company. Shares short for PPC as of 1749772800 were 7078650 with a Short Ratio of 5.69, compared to 1747267200 on 6016468. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7078650 and a Short% of Float of 2.9899999999999998.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.22. The current Payout Ratio is 0.00% for PPC, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-04-03 with an ex-dividend date of 1743638400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1999-08-02 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
