Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.49
- Estimate
- $0.54
- Surprise
- -9.7%
- Score today
- 4.9/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) missed the $0.54 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.49 — a clear 9.7% shortfall.
Coverage in the report window
- Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results — fiscal.ai, 2026-10-28
- Pilgrims Pride Q3 Adj. EPS $0.49 Misses $0.56 Estimate, Sales $4.653B Beat $4.632B Estimate — benzinga, 2026-10-28
- Reported October 26, 2026: USDA To Invest $57M To Boost American Meat Processing Capacity And Support U.S. Ranchers — benzinga, 2026-10-27
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates PPC Sell at 4.9/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
0 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -9.7% surprise compares with a -11.1% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Quality below floor (3.6 < 4.0)
- Momentum score 1.4/10 — below 4.5 minimum
- Reward/Risk 1.4:1 at current price — below 1.5:1 minimum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $26.38
- Price target
- $28.71
- Stop
- $24.72
- Upside to target
- +8.8%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.4:1
At 11.5× trailing and 9.9× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Risk check: RSI 29 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
PPC at TrendMatrix's latest read
Defensive staples are judged on margin resilience: pricing power against input costs matters more here than top-line drama.
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Market cap
- $6.28B
- P/E (fwd)
- 9.9
- P/E (ttm)
- 11.5
- 52-week range
- $25.00–$44.84
- Off 52-week high
- 41.2%
- RSI (14)
- 29
- Volume vs avg
- 0.67×
- Score today
- 4.9/10