Post vs Pilgrims Pride
POST and PPC side by side, both in food and kindred products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How POST and PPC compare
Pilgrims Pride is the larger company, worth 1.9 times as much as Post ($6.7B against $3.6B).
On earnings, Post is cheaper: it trades at 15.2× trailing earnings, against 20.9× for Pilgrims Pride.
Post grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.2% versus −0.12% for Pilgrims Pride).
Post keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.5% compared with 1.7% at Pilgrims Pride.
Post scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 9 for Pilgrims Pride), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | POST | PPC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.6B | $6.7B |
| Share price | $81.83 | $28.21 |
| Change, 1 year | −23.3% | −24.8% |
| Change, 5 years | −19.2% | −1.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.35 | 0.35 |
| Employees | 13K | 63K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 9 |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 3 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 15.2× (better) | 20.9× |
| P/S | 0.4× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 1.2× (better) | 1.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.0× (better) | 8.3× |
| P/FCF | 6.5× (better) | 14.4× |
| PEG | – | 1.54 |
| FCF yield | 15.4% (better) | 6.9% |
| Fair value | $157.36 | $33.89 |
| Margin of safety | 48.0% (better) | 16.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.2% (better) | −0.12% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 11.6% (better) | 8.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −20.0% (better) | −74.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −7.5% (better) | −73.8% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 253% (better) | 63.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 28.8% (better) | 7.9% |
| Operating margin | 9.6% (better) | 3.4% |
| Net margin | 3.5% (better) | 1.7% |
| FCF margin | 6.6% (better) | 2.5% |
| Return on equity | 8.3% | 8.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 5.8% | 6.6% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 2.48 | 0.88 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.34 | 2.22 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 1.9× | 3.9× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.85 (better) | 1.55 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.43 | 2.93 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.00% |
| Buyback yield | 33.1% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 33.1% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 20.6% |
| Held by insiders | 16.1% | 82.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$33.9M | −$303K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 14.1% | 13.8% |
Go deeper
- POST stock overview
- POST income statement
- POST valuation and score
- PPC stock overview
- PPC income statement
- PPC valuation and score
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