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Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

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Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

PPC·NASDAQ·Manufacturing·CIK 0000802481

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation produces, processes, markets, and distributes fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken and pork products to retailers, distributors, and foodservice operators. JBS S.A., through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, beneficially owns 82.28% of Pilgrim's outstanding common stock. The company markets its portfolio of fresh, prepared, and value-added meat products to customers across the U.S., the U.K. and Europe, Mexico, and in over 120 other countries. Sales efforts primarily target the foodservice industry, including chain restaurants and food processors like Chick-fil-A®, and retail customers such as grocery store chains and wholesale clubs including Kroger®, Costco®, Publix®, and H-E-B® in the U.S. In the U.K. and Europe, customers include chain restaurants like McDonald's® and grocery store chains such as Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Waitrose. In Mexico, customers include grocery store chains like Wal-Mart®. As a vertically integrated company, Pilgrim's controls nearly every phase of the production process. The company operates with approximately 4,500 growers, 36 feed mills, 50 hatcheries, 39 processing plants, 28 prepared foods cook plants, 38 distribution centers, 10 protein conversion facilities, and five pet food plants. Pilgrim's operates on a 52/53-week fiscal year ending on the Sunday falling on or before December 31. Fiscal years 2025 and 2024 were both 52-week fiscal years. The company operates in three reportable segments: U.S., Europe, and Mexico. Pilgrim's produces or purchases for resale chicken products through its operations in the U.S. and the U.K.

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (NASDAQ:PPC) is a publicly traded company in the Manufacturing sector. Wiseek has independently scored 28 items for PPC at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-10-28, rated 7/10. Across its 20 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 10 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for PPC spans 8-K, SCHEDULE 13D/A, 10-Q.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Pilgrim's Pride Posts $4.65B in Q3 Sales
  • Pilgrim's Pride Special Committee Retains Ropes & Gray and Moelis to Assess JBS Buyout Proposal
  • Pilgrim's Pride Launches €500M Senior Notes Offering to Fund Walkers Acquisition
  • Pilgrim's Pride Reaches $31M Settlement in JBS Derivative Lawsuit
  • Pilgrim's Pride Board Forms Special Committee to Review JBS Buyout Offer

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 28, 2025
Revenue
$18.5B
Net Income
$1.08B
Diluted EPS
$4.54
Op. Cash Flow
$1.37B
Free Cash Flow
$653.15M
Gross Profit
$2.36B
Operating Income
$1.61B
Cash & Equivalents
$640.24M
Total Debt
$924K
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
5.9%
Shares Outstanding
237.55M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-12 · accession 0000802481-26-000011

Short Interest & Short Volume

4.54 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 6,065,072 shares in PPC as of the October 15, 2026 settlement, a 0.4% decrease from the prior period — about 4.5 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 28, 2026, 48.9% of PPC volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)6,065,072 shares as of October 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 0.4%
Days to cover4.54 at avg daily volume of 1,334,581
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)48.9% of 278,456 shares on October 28, 2026
5-day average short volume61.8%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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52-week range · as of 2026-10-09 $25 – $44.84
Market cap
$6.28B
Volume
799.7K (0.6× avg)
3-mo avg 1.3M
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Aug 18, 2026, 9:07 PM EDT
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Change: -$3.62 (-12%) info
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Aug 18, 2026, 7:05 PM EDT
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Change: -$4.62 (-15%) info
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Aug 17, 2026, 12:17 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $28.96
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Change: -$2.58 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $6.281B info
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Aug 17, 2026, 9:15 AM EDT
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Price at Filing: $27.60
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Change: -$1.22 (-4%) info
Market Cap: $6.281B info
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Jul 30, 2026, 10:51 AM EDT
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Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $29.79
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Change: -$3.41 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $6.281B info
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Jul 29, 2026, 8:05 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $29.51
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Change: -$3.13 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $6.281B info
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Jul 29, 2026, 7:53 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $29.51
Real-time Price: $26.38 info
Change: -$3.13 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $6.281B info
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Jul 29, 2026, 7:52 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $29.51
Real-time Price: $26.38 info
Change: -$3.13 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $6.281B info
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Jul 29, 2026, 5:13 PM EDT
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Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $29.00
Real-time Price: $26.38 info
Change: -$2.62 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $6.281B info
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Jun 12, 2026, 12:33 PM EDT
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Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $29.90
Real-time Price: $26.38 info
Change: -$3.52 (-12%) info
Market Cap: $6.281B info
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May 25, 2026, 1:45 AM EDT
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Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $28.99
Real-time Price: $26.38 info
Change: -$2.61 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $6.281B info
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Apr 30, 2026, 6:11 AM EDT
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Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $33.55
Real-time Price: $26.38 info
Change: -$7.17 (-21%) info
Market Cap: $6.281B info
PPC
Apr 29, 2026, 8:02 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $33.55
Real-time Price: $26.38 info
Change: -$7.17 (-21%) info
Market Cap: $6.281B info
PPC
Apr 29, 2026, 7:34 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $33.55
Real-time Price: $26.38 info
Change: -$7.17 (-21%) info
Market Cap: $6.281B info
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