BSFC vs CALM vs PPC Stock Comparison

Blue Star Foods, Cal-Maine Foods and Pilgrims Pride Prices as of Oct 14, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BSFC Blue Star Foods Corp.
$1.00 +9,900.0% 1M +9,900.0% 1Y
Market cap
$18.09M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Meat and Poultry Consumer Staples
1 win
CALM Cal-Maine Foods Inc
$61.18 -9.2% 1M -30.6% 1Y
Market cap
$2.90B
P/E
49.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.53B
Div. yield
–
Meat and Poultry Consumer Staples
2 wins
PPC Pilgrims Pride Corp
$26.38 -6.2% 1M -30.5% 1Y
Market cap
$6.53B
P/E
12.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.44B
Div. yield
–
Meat and Poultry Consumer Staples
5 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Pilgrims Pride leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Pilgrims Pride 5, Cal-Maine Foods 2, Blue Star Foods 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBSFCCALMPPCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $18.09M $2.90B $6.53B PPC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 49.4x 12.0x PPC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 12.3x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -42.5% +1.4% PPC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 2.3% 3.0% PPC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 9.5% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 1.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +9,900.0% -30.6% -30.5% BSFC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -83.3%/yr +11.2%/yr -1.3%/yr CALM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 1,167.2% 30.0% 35.4% CALM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 54/100 70/100 PPC

Percentile Scorecard

BSFCCALMPPC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBSFCCALMPPC
Valuation – 33 #23 of 34 76 #9 of 34
Growth – 3 #29 of 30 62 #12 of 30
Profitability – 37 #18 of 28 82 #6 of 28
Financial Health 3 #35 of 36 94 #3 of 36 60 #15 of 36
Shareholder Returns – 100 #1 of 24 –
Overall – 54 70
  • BSFC ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • CALM ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • PPC ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBSFCCALMPPCSPY
1 month +9,900.0%-9.2%-6.2% +0.9%
3 months +9,900.0%-34.6%-11.9% +5.9%
6 months +9,900.0%-18.5%-15.3% +8.5%
Year to date +9,900.0%-23.1%-32.3% +13.3%
1 year +9,900.0%-30.6%-30.5% +12.4%
3 years -90.0%+34.3%+7.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year -53.6%+10.3%+2.4% +23.5%
5 years -100.0%+69.7%-6.3% +68.2%
5 years, per year -83.3%+11.2%-1.3% +11.0%
10 years —+60.3%+21.9% +263.4%
10 years, per year —+4.8%+2.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureBSFCCALMPPCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 1,167.2%30.0%35.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y —31.5%36.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.19-0.18-0.08 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 8.48-1.02-0.86 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -100.0%-49.1%-55.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-34.6%-39.7% -0.9%
52-week high $1.00$93.50$43.76 $779.14
52-week low $0.01$60.61$25.20 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBSFCCALMPPC
P/E now vs peer median —median 16.0x 48.7xmedian 16.0x 11.5xmedian 16.0x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.5x 1.1xmedian 0.5x 0.3xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.1x 18.7xmedian 9.1x 6.2xmedian 9.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.8x -87.2xmedian 15.8x 23.2xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median -7.7xmedian 1.0x 1.1xmedian 1.0x 1.7xmedian 1.0x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.29 -0.90median 1.29 0.24median 1.29

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBSFCCALMPPC
Revenue – $2.53B $18.44B
Gross profit – $361.14M $1.77B
Operating income – $18.84M $925.22M
Net income – $62.80M $545.82M
Free cash flow – -$32.77M $270.19M
EPS (diluted) – $1.26 $2.28
Cash & equivalents $14.44K $113.54M $388.84M
Total debt $9.49M – $2.86B
Shares (diluted) 18.09M 46.70M 238.84M
Enterprise value $17.92M $1.92B $4.34B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBSFCCALMPPC
P/E – 48.7x 11.5x
P/FCF – -87.2x 23.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 28.6x 5.1x
P/S – 1.1x 0.3x
P/B -7.7x 1.1x 1.7x
P/Tangible book -7.7x 1.2x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA – 18.7x 6.2x
EV/EBIT – 145.7x 9.5x
EV/Revenue – 1.1x 0.5x
EV/FCF – -83.7x 32.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 27.5x 7.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -0.90 0.24

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBSFCCALMPPC
Revenue growth (1Y) – -42.5% 1.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -5.0% 2.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -81.1% -29.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -29.4% 19.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -98.8% -46.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -71.3% 33.0%
Net income growth (1Y) – -95.1% -55.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -53.7% 47.4%
EPS growth (1Y) – -95.2% -56.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -54.1% 47.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -92.8% -24.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -48.1% 53.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -102.7% -35.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -27.2% -6.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBSFCCALMPPC
Gross margin – 14.3% 9.6%
EBITDA margin – 5.8% 7.6%
Operating margin – 0.7% 5.0%
Pretax margin – 2.9% 4.3%
Net margin – 2.3% 3.0%
FCF margin – -1.3% 1.5%
Operating cash flow margin – 3.9% 6.6%
Return on equity – 2.4% 14.6%
Return on assets – 2.1% 5.4%
Return on invested capital – – 9.5%
Return on capital employed – 0.7% 12.6%
Asset turnover – 0.8x 1.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.6x 2.2x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBSFCCALMPPC
Debt / assets 33.4% – 28.5%
Debt / equity -0.2x – 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 1.8x
Debt / FCF – – 10.6x
Liabilities / assets 270.0% 14.4% 62.5%
Equity / assets -170.0% 85.6% 37.5%
Interest coverage – – 5.6x
Current ratio 0.3x 7.7x 1.4x
Quick ratio 0.0x 1.5x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.6x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 6.58 3.19

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBSFCCALMPPC
Dividend yield – 4.0% –
Net buyback yield – 4.8% –
Shareholder yield – 8.8% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBSFCCALMPPC
Forward P/E – – 12.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-19.05FY2023 $-3.31FY2026 $2.14FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -149.9%FY2026 -58.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +20.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.26MFY2023 $2.42BFY2026 $17.77BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – -16.7%FY2026 -3.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +52.8% +11.8% +10.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBSFCCALMPPC
Held by institutions – 93.5% 20.6%
Institutions holding – 454 339
Change in shares held, QoQ – +2.5% +9.8%
Institutions buying – 256 201
Institutions selling – 140 106
Buyers to sellers – 1.83 1.90

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BSFCCALMPPC
BSFC – – –
CALM – 1.00 0.28
PPC – 0.28 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BSFC, CALM and PPC?

Pilgrims Pride (PPC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Blue Star Foods (BSFC) $18.09M, Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) $2.90B, Pilgrims Pride (PPC) $6.53B.

Which stock is cheaper, BSFC, CALM and PPC?

Pilgrims Pride (PPC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) 49.4x, Pilgrims Pride (PPC) 12.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Pilgrims Pride (PPC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) -42.5%, Pilgrims Pride (PPC) +1.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pilgrims Pride (PPC) has the highest net margin (Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) 2.3%, Pilgrims Pride (PPC) 3.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Blue Star Foods (BSFC) returned the most: Blue Star Foods (BSFC) +9,900.0%, Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) -30.6%, Pilgrims Pride (PPC) -30.5%. Over five years, Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) compounded fastest (Blue Star Foods (BSFC) -83.3%/yr, Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) +11.2%/yr, Pilgrims Pride (PPC) -1.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) has been the steadiest (Blue Star Foods (BSFC) 1,167.2%, Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) 30.0%, Pilgrims Pride (PPC) 35.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BSFC, CALM and PPC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Pilgrims Pride (PPC) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.