profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Pilgrim's Pride
$28.12+3.19% today
-25.3% in 1 year
1-year low $25.201-year high $43.76
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $6.19 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Pilgrim's Pride sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $17.5 billion in 2022 to $18.5 billion in 2025, with $1.08 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Pilgrim's Pride handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$2.0B
Free cash flow 2025$1.1B
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$2.0B
Cash vs. debt$640M vs. $3.4B
Pilgrim's Pride vs. similar companies
Pilgrim's Pride grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilgrim's Pride | 6.2× · Cheap | ||
 Nestlé | 25.0× · Fair price | ||
 Danone | 24.6× · Fair price | ||
 JBS | 19.8× · Fair price | ||
 Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food | 29.0× · Fair price |
Compare Pilgrim's Pride with Tyson Foods
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Pilgrim's Pride's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,092 | 14,777 | 17,468 | 17,362 | 17,878 | 18,498 | |
| 838 | 1,366 | 1,812 | 1,118 | 2,313 | 2,358 | |
| 245 | 211 | 1,207 | 567 | 1,599 | 1,645 | |
| 625 | 619 | 1,581 | 987 | 2,007 | 2,120 | |
| 95 | 31 | 746 | 322 | 1,086 | 1,082 | |
| 0.39 | 0.13 | 3.11 | 1.36 | 4.57 | 4.54 | |
| 6.9% | 9.2% | 10.4% | 6.4% | 12.9% | 12.7% | |
| 2.0% | 1.4% | 6.9% | 3.3% | 8.9% | 8.9% | |
| 0.8% | 0.2% | 4.3% | 1.9% | 6.1% | 5.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 7,474 | 8,913 | 9,256 | 9,810 | 10,651 | 10,344 |
| Cash | 548 | 428 | 401 | 698 | 2,041 | 640 |
| Total debt | 2,570 | 3,572 | 3,503 | 3,612 | 3,466 | 3,353 |
| Total liabilities | 4,899 | 6,324 | 6,402 | 6,466 | 6,397 | 6,650 |
| 2,564 | 2,577 | 2,841 | 3,331 | 4,239 | 3,680 | |
| 246 | 244 | 240 | 237 | 238 | 238 | |
| 4.4% | 3.1% | 14.7% | 6.5% | 16.1% | 18.7% | |
| 3.7% | 1.2% | 26.3% | 9.7% | 25.6% | 29.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 724 | 326 | 670 | 678 | 1,990 | 1,372 | |
| 355 | 382 | 487 | 544 | 476 | 255 | |
| 369 | -55 | 183 | 134 | 1,514 | 1,117 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1,994 |
| – | – | 200 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| -0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 29 |
Valuation
- 6.2×
- 8.0×
- 0.10
- 1.8×
- 0.4×
- 6.0×
- 4.4×
- 9.9%
- 16.2%
- 7.6%
Profitability
- 12.7%
- 8.9%
- 5.9%
- 10.1%
- 19.2%
- 14.3%
- 24.2%
- 8.7%
- 18.4%
- –
Growth
- +1.9%
- +13.5%
- −56.4%
- –
- −0.3%
Financial health
- 1.3×
- 0.91
- 32.2%
- 10.3×
- 1.47
- 0.73
- 1.82
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 15%of 669
Bottom 44%of 672
Top 4%of 623
Bottom 28%of 671
Top 21%of 666
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $46.00
- Range
- $40.00 – $56.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | 0.51 | 0.69 | −26.1% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 0.68 | 0.78 | −12.8% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 1.52 | 1.41 | +7.8% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 1.70 | 1.57 | +8.3% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 1.31 | 1.34 | −2.2% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 1.35 | 1.13 | +19.5% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | 1.63 | 1.38 | +18.1% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 1.67 | 1.30 | +28.5% |
7.6%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$76a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised1 yearin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$5.77 in 2015 → $8.40 in 2025
How safe it looks
184.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 178.6%
News
Pilgrim's Pride acquires a premium pork producer based in the UKSeeking Alpha · Aug 17, 2026The newest story we have is from Aug 17, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
50No pass
Benjamin Graham
74Pass
Philip Fisher
56No pass
Peter Lynch
82Pass
Joel Greenblatt
66Pass
Charlie Munger
37No pass
Terry Smith
30No pass
Questions about Pilgrim's Pride
Is Pilgrim's Pride a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Pilgrim's Pride AI analysis
What does Pilgrim's Pride do?
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation produces, processes, markets, and distributes fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken and pork products to retailers, distributors, and foodservice operators in the United States, Europe, and Mexico. It is in Packaged Foods, based in Greeley, CO, United States, with 63,000 employees.
Does Pilgrim's Pride pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 7.6% a year, about 184% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $1.99 billion in dividends.
Is Pilgrim's Pride stock halal?
No. Pilgrim's Pride does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 50% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Pilgrim's Pride stock done over the past year?
Down 25.3% over the past twelve months, to $28.12. It traded between $25.20 and $43.76 and is 35.7% below its high.
Who are Pilgrim's Pride's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nestlé, Danone, JBS and Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Pilgrim's Pride's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.