Pilgrims Pride (PPC) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Pilgrims Pride (PPC) reported Operating Margin of 3.59% for Q1 2026, down 548.0% year-over-year from 0.8% in Q1 2025, and down 20.62% quarter-over-quarter from 4.52% in Q4 2025.
Pilgrims Pride (PPC) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Pilgrims Pride (PPC) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 3.59% in Q1 2026.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 3.59%, down 548.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 7.39% (down 185.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 8.72%, up 30.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin fell to 3.59% in Q1 2026 per PPC's latest filing, from 4.52% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 11.09% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 1.88% in Q4 2022.
- A 5-year average of 6.47% and a median of 7.01% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin jumped 1446 bps in 2022, then slumped 875 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 1.88% in 2022, then jumped by 317 bps to 4.07% in 2023, then jumped by 72 bps to 7.01% in 2024, then plunged by 36 bps to 4.52% in 2025, then retreated by 21 bps to 3.59% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows PPC's Operating Margin at 3.59% in Q1 2026, 4.52% in Q4 2025, and 10.35% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paranovus Entertainment Technology | 75,216.52 Bn | 75,216.52 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Kraft Heinz | 26.76 Bn | 22.68 Bn | 2.22 Bn | 18.94% |
| 3 | General Mills | 17.79 Bn | 17.02 Bn | 1.37 Bn | 11.82% |
| 4 | Jbs | 13.93 Bn | 9.37 Bn | 2.32 Bn | - |
| 5 | Hormel Foods | 13.00 Bn | 12.16 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 7.30% |
| 6 | Mccormick | 12.70 Bn | 13.10 Bn | 708.90 Mn | 12.14% |
| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 12.17 Bn | 11.70 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | J M Smucker | 11.05 Bn | 10.99 Bn | 827.80 Mn | -23.44% |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 10.57 Bn | 9.49 Bn | 511.00 Mn | 8.76% |
| 10 | Pilgrims Pride | 7.10 Bn | 6.57 Bn | 345.49 Mn | 3.59% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2026 | 3.59% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 4.52% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 10.35% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 10.77% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.06% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 7.01% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 11.09% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.67% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.74% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.07% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 4.73% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 2.33% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 0.75% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | -1.88% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 7.59% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 11.07% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 9.48% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 1.36% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 3.16% |
| Jun 27, 2021 | -3.38% |