PPC Stock — Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC)

Updated October 16, 2026.

PPC is a Stock. Total return is 625.5% over the past 39.9 years.

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation produces and distributes fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken and pork products to retailers, distributors, and foodservice operators across the United States, Europe, and Mexico, operating under brands including Pilgrim's, Just BARE, and Moy Park. The company currently maintains a high distribution rate. This business appeals to income-focused investors seeking exposure to the protein production and food processing sector.

PPC performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 625.5% over the past 39.9 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -21.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 42.4%.

PPC key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/14/1986

Distribution frequency

Variable

5-year average yield

0.4

Last close

$29.43 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$7,007,533,861

Average volume

1133034.0

Dividend

$2.10

Ex-dividend date

08/20/2025

Payment date

09/03/2025

Beta

0.329

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

12.85

Forward P/E

9.5057

EPS

$2.29

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

PPC risks and drawbacks

The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 42.4%.

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