PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
PPC on Nasdaq
Location
Greeley, CO
Fiscal year end
28 December
Latest financial report
12 Feb 2026

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PPC - PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP Financial Facts

PPC - PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP has a source-backed company facts page for reviewing reported financial metrics, periods, and linked metric histories.

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Context
Latest metrics period: Q4 2025
Latest reported value
Return On Invested Capital 20%

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open metric pages to inspect the reported history.

Return Loop

Why revisit this company facts page

Company facts change as new 10-Q and 10-K filings update the latest reported period, headline values, and cross-company comparison context.

Latest source-backed update
Latest metrics period Q4 2025
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  • Current latest metrics period: Q4 2025.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date on this page: 11 Feb 2026.
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Latest update

Latest update for PPC - PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP

New fact period available

Latest financial period: Q4 2025. Reopen this facts page to verify the newest reported period against the prior baseline.

Update date

12 Feb 2026

Page type

Company facts

Latest period

Q4 2025

SEC-backed company facts were refreshed from filings filed on 12 Feb 2026.

Benchmark Context

How Return On Invested Capital compares

Return On Invested Capital is down about 1% versus the comparable prior period.

Compared with

Compared with PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP's recent history first. Same-industry peer context appears only when enough SEC-backed benchmark coverage exists.

Why this is notable

Return On Invested Capital already has a self-history signal here, but same-industry benchmark context waits until the benchmark sample is strong enough.

  • Latest comparable period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Peer context will appear when enough companies report a comparable value for this metric.
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How to read key metrics on this page

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Plain-English Guide

How to read Revenue on this page

Revenue is the sales a company reports from customers before most expenses are subtracted.

Why people care

People start here to understand business scale and whether demand is growing before they ask about margins or cash flow.

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Plain-English Guide

How to read Net Income on this page

Net income is profit after operating costs, interest, taxes, and other non-operating items.

Why people care

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Quick Takeaways

  • PPC - PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Invested Capital 20%.

What Changed

  • Return On Invested Capital YoY change: -1%.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 11 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Source Evidence

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open company facts to inspect the reported metric history.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-11) highlights Return On Invested Capital 20.2%, Return On Equity 27.3%, and Return On Assets 10.3%.

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Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

80.1/100

Strong Confidence high

Return On Invested Capital

20%

Metric score 100.0/100

Return On Equity

27%

Metric score 100.0/100

Return On Assets

10%

Metric score 100.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.47x
Quick Ratio
0.76x
Debt to Equity
0.84x

Strengths

Return On Invested Capital, Return On Equity, and Return On Assets

Watchpoints

Operating Margin and NetIncomeLoss YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Invested Capital 20% -1%
Return On Equity 27% -4.8%
Return On Assets 10% -2.9%
Operating Margin 8.7% +3.5%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.47x -27%
Quick Ratio 0.76x -42%
Debt-to-equity 0.84x +11%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 3.5%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -0.38%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 237,547,447 +0.18%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 237,547,447 +0.18%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $2,627,000 +0.15%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 237,427,000 +0.18%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 238,449,000 +0.27%

Supporting Metrics

These supporting metrics stay fully source-backed for deeper research. Scan the latest value and reported period first, then open a metric page when you need the full filing trail.

Metric Latest value YoY change
Accrued Liabilities, Current $1,095,858,000 +7.9%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $47,022,000 +87%
Additional Paid in Capital $2,023,609,000 +1.5%
Assets $10,343,530,000 -2.9%
Assets, Current $4,237,363,000 -17%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $640,235,000 -69%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $640,235,000 -69%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 800,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 262,688,600 +0.16%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $1,405,637,000 +57%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $37,622,000 -23%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $31,211,000 +5.9%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $452,326,000 +6.9%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $378,635,000 +7.4%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $292,760,000 +9.9%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $85,875,000 -0.44%
Depreciation $423,000,000 +5.4%
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization $456,157,000 +5.2%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 4.56 -0.44%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 4.54 -0.66%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $367,035,000 +6%
Goodwill $1,338,884,000 +8.1%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $1,502,138,000 +6.4%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $418,794,000 +29%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $832,066,000 +3.2%
Interest Expense $161,388,000 +0.13%
Inventory, Net $2,031,259,000 +14%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $299,230,000 +1.7%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $33,482,000 +6%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $78,436,000 +7%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $44,698,000 -1.4%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $59,386,000 +0.82%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $40,285,000 +15%
Liabilities $6,649,799,000 +3.9%
Liabilities and Equity $10,343,530,000 -2.9%
Liabilities, Current $2,890,258,000 +13%
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation $3,093,113,000 -3.5%
Operating Income (Loss) $1,613,539,000 +7.1%
Operating Lease, Liability $258,945,000 -0.13%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $59,630,000 -5.8%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $199,315,000 +1.7%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $257,784,000 +0.81%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.0509 +12%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $113,195,000 +83%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $14,787,000 -26%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 50,000,000 0%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $2,245,523,000 -29%
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $18,497,553,000 +3.5%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $3,680,050,000 -13%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $3,693,731,000 -13%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $31,661,000 +9.3%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY