Market Update: Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (PPC) Sees Positive Movement, Closing at 43.74

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In the latest session, Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (NASDAQ: PPC) closed at $43.74 up 1.02% from its previous closing price of $43.30. In other words, the price has increased by $1.02 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.02 million shares were traded. PPC stock price reached its highest trading level at $43.85 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $42.865.

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 7.77 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 9.36. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.09 and its Current Ratio is at 1.82. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.93 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.91.

On August 12, 2024, BMO Capital Markets Downgraded its rating to Market Perform which previously was Outperform but kept the price unchanged to $46.

On June 18, 2024, Argus started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $41.Argus initiated its Buy rating on June 18, 2024, with a $41 target price.

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 Aug 06 ’24 when Sandri Fabio sold 65,000 shares for $44.50 per share. The transaction valued at 2,892,344 led to the insider holds 279,565 shares of the business.

Galvanoni Matthew R sold 6,500 shares of PPC for $281,515 on Aug 06 ’24. The Chief Financial Officer now owns 51,750 shares after completing the transaction at $43.31 per share. On Aug 06 ’24, another insider, Galvanoni Matthew R, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 6,500 shares for $43.31 each.

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 10371761152 and an Enterprise Value of 12527138816. As of this moment, Pilgrim’s’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.73, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.18. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.58 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.78. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.703 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.797.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, PPC has reached a high of $45.89, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $22.33. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 11.19%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 32.69%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, PPC has traded an average of 738.37K shares per day and 1299630 over the past ten days. A total of 236.79M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 41.09M. Insiders hold about 82.67% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 16.13% stake in the company. Shares short for PPC as of 1722384000 were 1401945 with a Short Ratio of 1.90, compared to 1719532800 on 1524633. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1401945 and a Short% of Float of 3.39.

Dividends & Splits

The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.22.

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