Pilgrims Pride (PPC) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Pilgrims Pride's (PPC) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 3.59% in Q1 2026, down 548.0% year-on-year from 0.8% in Q1 2025, and down 20.62% on a QoQ basis 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.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 548.0% year-over-year to 3.59% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 7.39%, a 185.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 8.72%, up 30.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 3.59%, down from 4.52% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for PPC reached as high as 11.09% in Q3 2024 and fell as low as 1.88% in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 6.47% across 5 years, with a median of 7.01% in 2024.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin surged 1446 bps in 2022 and plunged 875 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin 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 sank by 36 bps to 4.52% in 2025, then dropped by 21 bps to 3.59% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Operating Margin figures were 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 Kraft Heinz 30.05 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.22 Bn 18.94%
2 General Mills 19.11 Bn 18.67 Bn 1.60 Bn -45.40%
3 Hormel Foods 13.78 Bn 12.93 Bn 518.51 Mn 7.30%
4 Mccormick 13.51 Bn 13.76 Bn 778.20 Mn 14.27%
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.87 Bn 10.35 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 511.00 Mn 8.76%
7 Darling Ingredients 10.06 Bn 10.02 Bn 404.92 Mn 14.62%
8 Conagra Brands 6.88 Bn 6.66 Bn 704.10 Mn -57.54%
9 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.84 Bn 6.78 Bn 361.40 Mn 9.54%
10 Pilgrims Pride 6.64 Bn 6.11 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%