Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC) Key Metrics
PPC valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $7.01B
- Enterprise value
- $9.30B
- P/E (TTM)
- 12.9 10-yr median 13.2
- Forward P/E
- 9.5
- PEG ratio
- 0.49
- Price / sales
- 0.4 10-yr median 0.5
- Price / book
- 1.8 10-yr median 2.4
- EV / EBITDA
- 6.7 10-yr median 7.4
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.33
PPC key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsPPC valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
PPC returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
PPC per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
PPC financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
PPC efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
PPC valuation history
PPC returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
PPC debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
PPC cash returned to shareholders
PPC price vs earnings per share
PPC key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $9.30B | $10.79B | $6.56B | $5.70B | $6.88B | $4.83B | $8.17B | $3.86B | $7.73B | $4.83B |
| Enterprise value | $12.01B | $12.21B | $9.48B | $8.83B | $10.03B | $6.85B | $10.51B | $5.85B | $9.83B | $5.95B |
| P/E ratio | 8.6 | 9.9 | 20.4 | 7.6 | 222.1 | 50.9 | 17.9 | 15.6 | 10.8 | 10.0 |
| Price / sales | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Price / book | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 2.3 |
| Price / free cash flow | 14.1 | 7.1 | 49.0 | 31.2 | — | 13.1 | 25.7 | 27.0 | 16.8 | 10.0 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 6.8 | 5.4 | 9.7 | 8.5 | 21.1 | 6.7 | 12.3 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 6.4 |
| EV / sales | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.7 | 6.1 | 9.6 | 5.6 | 16.2 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
| EV / free cash flow | 18.2 | 8.1 | 70.7 | 48.3 | — | 18.5 | 33.0 | 40.9 | 21.3 | 12.3 |
| Earnings yield | 11.6% | 10.1% | 4.9% | 13.1% | 0.5% | 2.0% | 5.6% | 6.4% | 9.3% | 10.0% |
| Free cash flow yield | 7.1% | 14.0% | 2.0% | 3.2% | −0.8% | 7.7% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 6.0% | 10.0% |
| Dividend yield | 21.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 14.5% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 21.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.5% | 0.0% | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 16.9% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $38.99 | $45.39 | $27.66 | $23.73 | $28.20 | $19.61 | $32.72 | $15.51 | $31.06 | $18.99 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $77.57 | $75.18 | $73.17 | $72.67 | $60.53 | $49.13 | $45.69 | $43.90 | $43.25 | $38.87 |
| Earnings per share | $4.54 | $4.57 | $1.36 | $3.10 | $0.13 | $0.38 | $1.83 | $1.00 | $2.88 | $1.89 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $5.75 | $8.37 | $2.86 | $2.79 | $1.34 | $2.94 | $2.67 | $1.97 | $3.22 | $2.97 |
| Free cash flow per share | $2.77 | $6.37 | $0.56 | $0.76 | −$0.23 | $1.50 | $1.28 | $0.57 | $1.85 | $1.90 |
| Cash per share | $2.68 | $8.63 | $2.94 | $1.67 | $1.75 | $2.22 | $1.04 | $1.36 | $2.34 | $1.15 |
| Book value per share | $15.43 | $17.83 | $14.04 | $11.82 | $10.56 | $10.42 | $10.11 | $8.07 | $7.42 | $8.18 |
| Tangible book value per share | $6.33 | $9.23 | $5.02 | $3.19 | $1.13 | $3.94 | $3.83 | $1.99 | $0.91 | $2.83 |
| Dividends per share | $8.36 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $2.75 |
| Capex per share | $2.98 | $2.00 | $2.29 | $2.03 | $1.56 | $1.44 | $1.39 | $1.40 | $1.37 | $1.07 |
| Debt per share | $14.06 | $14.58 | $15.23 | $14.68 | $14.63 | $10.44 | $10.43 | $9.33 | $10.78 | $5.56 |
| Shares outstanding | 238.4M | 237.8M | 237.3M | 240.4M | 244.1M | 246.1M | 249.7M | 249.1M | 249.0M | 254.1M |
| Change in shares outstanding | +0.3% | +0.2% | −1.3% | −1.5% | −0.8% | −1.4% | +0.2% | +0.1% | −2.0% | −1.8% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 27.3% | 28.7% | 10.4% | 27.5% | 1.2% | 3.7% | 20.1% | 12.9% | 36.6% | 28.8% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 19.3% | 19.5% | 7.5% | 14.7% | 2.0% | 3.1% | 11.5% | 9.3% | 21.9% | 20.9% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 10.3% | 10.6% | 3.4% | 8.2% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 7.0% | 4.1% | 12.7% | 11.5% |
| Return on tangible assets | 13.2% | 12.6% | 4.2% | 10.4% | 0.5% | 1.6% | 8.2% | 5.6% | 15.5% | 13.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.6% | 8.5% | 0.8% | 1.0% | −0.4% | 3.1% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 4.3% | 4.9% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.27 | 1.83 | 2.11 | 0.90 | 10.53 | 7.64 | 1.46 | 1.98 | 1.12 | 1.57 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $3.35B | $3.47B | $3.61B | $3.53B | $3.57B | $2.57B | $2.60B | $2.33B | $2.68B | $1.41B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $640.2M | $2.05B | $697.7M | $401.0M | $427.7M | $547.6M | $260.6M | $338.4M | $581.5M | $292.5M |
| Net debt | $2.71B | $1.42B | $2.92B | $3.13B | $3.14B | $2.02B | $2.34B | $1.99B | $2.10B | $1.12B |
| Debt / equity | 0.91 | 0.82 | 1.08 | 1.24 | 1.39 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 1.16 | 1.45 | 0.68 |
| Debt / assets | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.40 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.28 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.28 | 0.71 | 2.95 | 1.98 | 5.08 | 3.24 | 2.26 | 2.58 | 1.54 | 1.09 |
| Current ratio | 1.47 | 2.01 | 1.68 | 1.51 | 1.38 | 1.50 | 1.58 | 1.72 | 1.73 | 1.53 |
| Quick ratio | 0.76 | 1.31 | 0.89 | 0.74 | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.74 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.70 |
| Interest coverage | 10.0 | 9.3 | 2.6 | 7.7 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 |
| Working capital | $1.35B | $2.57B | $1.71B | $1.32B | $915.1M | $965.1M | $950.1M | $938.4M | $1.06B | $624.7M |
| Invested capital | $6.39B | $5.65B | $6.25B | $5.97B | $5.72B | $4.59B | $4.87B | $4.00B | $3.95B | $3.20B |
| Tangible asset value | $1.52B | $2.21B | $1.20B | $779.3M | $288.4M | $980.2M | $966.3M | $505.7M | $236.6M | $727.3M |
| Net current asset value | −$2.41B | −$1.28B | −$2.26B | −$2.51B | −$3.02B | −$2.00B | −$1.97B | −$1.68B | −$1.88B | −$1.13B |
| Graham number | $39.70 | $42.81 | $20.69 | $28.72 | $5.49 | $9.50 | $20.38 | $13.44 | $21.94 | $18.66 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$16.91 | −$11.12 | −$16.04 | −$16.91 | −$17.72 | −$12.44 | −$12.06 | −$10.20 | −$11.08 | −$7.16 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $1.99B | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | $525,000 | $0 | $0 | $699.9M |
| Share buybacks (net) | — | $0 | $1.6M | $199.6M | $650,000 | $110.2M | $2.9M | $236,000 | $14.6M | $118.0M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 184.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 145.5% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 301.9% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 109.2% | — | 29.8% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 3.2% | 169.3% |
| Capex / revenue | 3.8% | 2.7% | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 2.8% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 51.8% | 23.9% | 80.2% | 72.7% | 116.9% | 49.0% | 52.2% | 70.9% | 42.4% | 36.1% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.56 | 1.10 | 1.30 | 1.21 | 1.00 | 1.05 | 1.21 | 1.27 | 1.25 | 1.18 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | −0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| R&D / revenue | — | — | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| SG&A / revenue | 3.9% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.5% | 7.8% | 4.9% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3.6% | 2.0% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 23.3 | 24.2 | 26.8 | 24.0 | 22.9 | 24.4 | 22.5 | 19.5 | 17.3 | 16.1 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 43.1 | 44.2 | 44.7 | 41.6 | 39.9 | 44.5 | 44.9 | 43.7 | 43.8 | 37.0 |
| Days payables outstanding | 30.2 | 30.1 | 31.1 | 32.1 | 29.6 | 28.9 | 28.5 | 25.4 | 27.3 | 24.3 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 36.2 | 38.3 | 40.3 | 33.5 | 33.2 | 40.0 | 38.8 | 37.7 | 33.7 | 28.7 |
| Receivables turnover | 15.67 | 15.08 | 13.63 | 15.20 | 15.93 | 14.98 | 16.25 | 18.70 | 21.16 | 22.64 |
| Payables turnover | 12.09 | 12.14 | 11.72 | 11.39 | 12.32 | 12.64 | 12.79 | 14.35 | 13.36 | 15.00 |
| Inventory turnover | 8.46 | 8.26 | 8.17 | 8.78 | 9.14 | 8.21 | 8.13 | 8.36 | 8.33 | 9.88 |
| Asset turnover | 1.76 | 1.75 | 1.82 | 1.92 | 1.80 | 1.66 | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.91 | 2.37 |
| Average receivables | $1.18B | $1.19B | $1.27B | $1.15B | $927.5M | $807.5M | $701.9M | $584.9M | $509.0M | $436.3M |
| Average payables | $1.33B | $1.28B | $1.39B | $1.37B | $1.09B | $890.0M | $808.6M | $703.3M | $695.8M | $585.1M |
| Average inventory | $1.91B | $1.88B | $1.99B | $1.78B | $1.47B | $1.37B | $1.27B | $1.21B | $1.12B | $888.5M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 21.0% | 19.2% | 21.8% | 22.4% | 25.8% | 21.3% | 22.1% | 25.5% | 25.9% | 27.1% |
Computed from PPC's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 12, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
PPC valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Pilgrim's Pride traded at 8.6 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 13.2. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 12.9 and the forward P/E is 9.5. Pilgrim's Pride earned a return on equity of 27.3% and a return on invested capital of 19.3% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $3.4 billion of debt and $640.2 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $2.7 billion. It returned $2.0 billion to shareholders: $2.0 billion in dividends and $0 in share buybacks, 302% of free cash flow. The share count fell 6.2% from 254.1M to 238.4M over 9 years.
See the PPC income statement, the PPC chart for price history, or the PPC stock overview for the latest quote and news.
PPC key metrics FAQ
What is Pilgrim's Pride's P/E ratio?
Pilgrim's Pride's trailing P/E ratio is 12.9 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 9.5. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 8.6, compared with a 10-year median of 13.2.
What is Pilgrim's Pride's EV/EBITDA?
Pilgrim's Pride's enterprise value was 5.7 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $12.0 billion, EBITDA $2.1 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 6.7.
What is Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity?
Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity (ROE) was 27.3% in fiscal 2025: net income of $1.1 billion on average shareholders' equity of $4.0 billion.
What is Pilgrim's Pride's ROIC?
Pilgrim's Pride's return on invested capital was 19.3% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Pilgrim's Pride have?
Pilgrim's Pride had total debt of $3.4 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91 and $2.7 billion of net debt (1.28 times EBITDA).
What is Pilgrim's Pride's dividend yield?
Pilgrim's Pride paid $2.0 billion in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($8.36 per share), a payout ratio of 184.3%.
What is Pilgrim's Pride's free cash flow yield?
Pilgrim's Pride generated $660.6 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 7.1% on its market value at year-end ($9.3 billion).
What is Pilgrim's Pride's current ratio?
Pilgrim's Pride's current ratio was 1.47 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.47 times current liabilities.