NASDAQ: PPC · Packaged Foods
Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) fair value: undervalued or overvalued?
As of 31 Oct 2026, Faircurve's model values Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) at $32.05 a share. The stock last closed at $28.62, which puts the model's fair value 12.0% above the price. On the model's bands that reads as Fairly valued.
Revalued . Price is the close of 5 Nov 2026. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation.
The report adds the live price, the chart against the range the options market prices, the next earnings date and the analysts' consensus. No account needed.
This week, in three parts
What happenedThe run of 31 Oct 2026 moved the fair value from $32.52 to $32.05 (-1.4%). The model's quality adjustment to the peer multiple moved, lowering the fair value: most of the move.
What the model makes of itThe price of $28.62 is 12.0% below it: Fairly valued, on a medium evidence grade.
What's nextNext report on 10 Feb 2027. Options prices imply a move of about 14% either way over the next month. The next weekly run is on Saturday 7 Nov 2026.
What price range does the model give PPC?
The calibrated range for PPC over 63 trading days is $24.85 to $34.05. It sits around the last close, and its width comes from the volatility that PPC's own options imply (48% a year), calibrated weekly against realised prices (n = 6,661 past valuations, refreshed 31 Oct 2026). Ranges built this way held the price 60% of the time at this horizon. The fair value is the model's opinion and rides beside the range. It is not the centre of it.
The model's own simulated range, from the 20th to the 80th percentile of its runs, is $20.19 to $47.70. In 58% of the simulations the fair value came out above the price the model ran on.
Faircurve Insights · 31 Oct 2026
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC) is a prominent entity in the agricultural and food processing sectors, specialising in the comprehensive lifecycle of poultry and pork products.
Faircurve's model valued Pilgrim's Pride on 31 Oct 2026 at a fair value of $32.05 a share, the midpoint of 2,000 simulations. The previous run, on 24 Oct 2026, gave $32.52, so the fair value moved -1.4%. The model gives the reason as its quality adjustment to the peer multiple moving, which lowered the fair value: most of the move. The calibrated range over 63 trading days is $25.65 to $33.74, built from the volatility the stock's own options imply. Ranges built this way held the price 60% of the time at this horizon. The evidence grade is Medium. The grade reflects input completeness, the number of comparable companies and how closely they agree, and the width of outcomes. It does not say whether the fair value is right.
Pilgrim's Pride scores 46 out of 100 on the model's overall quality score, a composite of six factors. Two factors stand out. Capital discipline scores 7, with net buybacks at 0.0% of market value against a peer median of 0.3%. Earnings quality scores 34, with FCF to net income at 0.07x against a peer median of 1.03x. The model compares it with Conagra Brands, Campbell Soup, Lamb Weston, Ingredion, Hormel Foods, McCormick and The J. M. Smucker Company.
Written from the figures on this page for the 31 Oct 2026 valuation and checked by rule before publishing: every number is one printed here, no forecast, no instruction. The price, the gap and the verdict are the page's own and change daily. Not a recommendation.
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When does PPC report earnings, and how has the stock reacted?
Pilgrim's Pride's next earnings report is scheduled for 10 Feb 2027. Companies can move their dates.
Options prices on 5 Nov 2026 imply a move of about 7.3% in either direction through the nearest expiry, about 14 days out. That is the size the market is pricing, not a direction. PPC's 30 day implied volatility works out to about 13.7% over one month.
On 4 Nov 2026 PPC moved 6.3% in one session, against the 2.9% a day that options had priced: 2.2 times the implied size.
Around its last 8 reports: what the options market priced, and what followed
Each move runs from the last close before the report to the first close after it, so it covers companies that report before the open and after the close. The median size across PPC's last 8 reports, ignoring direction, was 1.0%.
What the options market has priced for a month's move in PPC
How does PPC score on business quality?
Pilgrim's Pride's overall quality score is 46 out of 100. Each factor below is a score against comparable companies, not a percentile of the metric beside it.
| Factor | Score (0 to 100) | Headline measure | Peer median |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProfitabilityReturn on invested capital against the peer group, with a bonus for an improving trend. | 62 | 6.2%ROIC | 6.0% |
| Earnings qualityHow much of reported profit is cash: free cash flow to net income, and the accrual ratio (the share of earnings that is not cash). | 34 | 0.07xFCF / net income | 1.03x |
| Growth qualityTrailing revenue growth, forward growth from consensus, and the direction of analysts' rating changes. | 47 | 3.5%Revenue growth, trailing | 1.7% |
| Capital disciplineReinvestment efficiency (capital spending per unit of revenue) and net buybacks. | 7 | 0.0%Net buybacks / market value | 0.3% |
| Balance sheetNet debt to EBITDA and interest coverage. | 63 | 2.40xNet debt / EBITDA | 2.84x |
| StabilityDownside volatility of the EBITDA margin over the last five years. | 43 | 2.2 ptsEBITDA margin downside volatility, 5y | 1.8 pts |
How does PPC compare with similar companies?
The companies in packaged foods closest to Pilgrim's Pride in market value, each on the same model and the same date.
| Company | Last close | Model fair value | Gap | Model verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAG Conagra Brands, Inc. | $15.51 | $14.13 | -8.9% | Fairly valued |
| CPB Campbell Soup Company | $23.43 | $19.81 | -15.5% | Overvalued |
| LW Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | $55.08 | $55.08 | 0.0% | Fairly valued |
| INGR Ingredion Incorporated | $97.42 | $106.41 | +9.2% | Fairly valued |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation | $22.60 | $23.64 | +4.6% | Fairly valued |
| MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated | $50.06 | $44.95 | -10.2% | Fairly valued |
| POST Post Holdings, Inc. | $84.72 | $90.07 | +6.3% | Low evidence grade |
| SJM The J. M. Smucker Company | $133.25 | $132.86 | -0.3% | Fairly valued |
What the comparable companies' multiples alone would give for PPC, the peer-implied price, is $41.61 a share on this run. The fair value weighs that against the company's own multiple.
Pilgrim's Pride at a glance
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC) is a prominent entity in the agricultural and food processing sectors, specializing in the comprehensive lifecycle of poultry and pork products.
- Market value
- $6.8B
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Revenue expected, next twelve months
- $18.9B
- Consensus revenue growth, next fiscal year
- +0.1%
- Analysts with estimates
- 2
- Beta to the US market
- -0.29
- First valued by Faircurve
- 11 Jul 2026
At the close of 5 Nov 2026, 56.0% of the 1,065 graded US stocks the model covers traded below the model's fair value. PPC was among them.
How the fair value is worked out: the model prices Pilgrim's Pride on the value of the whole business, debt included, against the operating profit analysts expect next year (forward EV/EBITDA), runs 2,000 simulations across its inputs and takes the midpoint. The full method is documented here.
What changed in the latest valuation?
On 24 Oct 2026 the model's fair value for PPC was $32.52. As of 31 Oct 2026 it is $32.05, a change of -1.4%. The model's quality adjustment to the peer multiple moved, lowering the fair value: most of the move. The model revalues every stock it covers each week, and again after an earnings report.
Questions about Pilgrim's Pride's valuation
Is Pilgrim's Pride stock undervalued or overvalued?
On Faircurve's model, PPC reads as Fairly valued as of 31 Oct 2026. The model's fair value is $32.05 a share against a last close of $28.62, a gap of +12.0%.
What is PPC's fair value?
$32.05 a share as of 31 Oct 2026, the midpoint of 2,000 simulations. The model's own 20th to 80th percentile range is $20.19 to $47.70.
What price range does the model give PPC?
$24.85 to $34.05 over 63 trading days. Ranges built this way held the price 60% of the time across 6,661 past valuations, refreshed 31 Oct 2026.
When does Pilgrim's Pride report earnings next?
The next report is scheduled for 10 Feb 2027. Companies can move their dates.
How much has PPC moved on past earnings reports?
Across its last 8 reports the median two session move was 1.0%, ignoring direction. The largest was -2.6% around the report of 11 Feb 2026.
How confident is the model in this valuation?
The model's evidence grade for PPC is medium. The grade looks at how complete the inputs are, how many comparable companies there are and how closely they agree, and how wide the range of outcomes is. It is not a probability that the fair value is right, or that the price reaches it.
The model's own ideas on PPC
The model holds no idea open on PPC today. Signed-in readers see the rule each idea runs on, the floor and the exit level the model set and its time limit, and the model's closed ideas on PPC with their outcomes. A free account is enough.