Pilgrim's Pride
About: Pilgrim's Pride is the second-largest poultry producer in the US (59% of 2024 sales), the UK (29% including other European sales), and Mexico (12%). Its UK and European arm also includes pork operations from the 2019 acquisition of Tulip. Pilgrim's sells to chain restaurants, food processors, food distributors, and retail chains. Most of its US and Mexican sales come from fresh chicken, while prepared chicken and pork constitute most of its UK and European sales. JBS owns more than 80% of Pilgrim's Pride's outstanding shares, though it failed to acquire the remaining stake in 2021 after a special board committee deemed JBS' offer undervalued Pilgrim's Pride.
Employees: 61,600
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
28% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 74 | Existing positions closed: 58
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 342 [Q3] → 349 (+7) [Q4]
2% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.19B [Q3] → $2.23B (+$35.9M) [Q4]
0.56% more ownership
Funds ownership: 20.14% [Q3] → 20.69% (+0.56%) [Q4]
3% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 111 | Existing positions reduced: 115
38% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $29.5M | Put options by funds: $47.9M
100% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q3] → 0 (-1) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for PPC.
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 26 articles about PPC published over the past 30 days
