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

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DateValue
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%