Pilgrims Pride vs Tyson Foods
PPC and TSN 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 PPC and TSN compare
Tyson Foods is the larger company, worth 3.1 times as much as Pilgrims Pride ($21.1B against $6.7B).
On earnings, Pilgrims Pride is cheaper: it trades at 20.9× trailing earnings, against 37.0× for Tyson Foods.
Tyson Foods grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (2.9% versus −0.12% for Pilgrims Pride).
Pilgrims Pride keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 1.7% compared with 1.0% at Tyson Foods.
Tyson Foods pays a dividend yielding 3.4%; Pilgrims Pride does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | PPC | TSN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.7B | $21.1B |
| Share price | $28.21 | $59.87 |
| Change, 1 year | −24.8% | 11.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −1.4% | −26.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.35 | 0.34 |
| Employees | 63K | 133K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 9 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 20.9× (better) | 37.0× |
| P/S | 0.4× (better) | 0.4× |
| P/B | 1.7× | 1.2× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.3× (better) | 10.8× |
| P/FCF | 14.4× (better) | 18.1× |
| PEG | 1.54 | – |
| FCF yield | 6.9% (better) | 5.5% |
| Fair value | $33.89 | $51.10 |
| Margin of safety | 16.8% (better) | −17.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.12% | 2.9% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.9% (better) | 4.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −74.0% | −26.8% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −73.8% | −26.0% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 63.4% (better) | −25.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 7.9% (better) | 6.1% |
| Operating margin | 3.4% (better) | 2.3% |
| Net margin | 1.7% (better) | 1.0% |
| FCF margin | 2.5% (better) | 2.1% |
| Return on equity | 8.6% (better) | 3.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.6% (better) | 3.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.88 | 0.44 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.22 (better) | 2.76 |
| Interest coverage | 3.9× (better) | 3.1× |
| Current ratio | 1.55 (better) | 1.43 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.93 | 3.23 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | 3.4% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 122% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 3.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 20.6% | 73.7% |
| Held by insiders | 82.3% | 22.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$303K | $1.0M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 13.8% | 4.0% |
Go deeper
- PPC stock overview
- PPC income statement
- PPC valuation and score
- TSN stock overview
- TSN income statement
- TSN valuation and score
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