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Pilgrims Pride (Pilgrims Pride) Interest Coverage

: 2.84 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Pilgrims Pride's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $190 Mil. Pilgrims Pride's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-67 Mil. Pilgrims Pride's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.84. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Pilgrims Pride's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

PPC' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.49   Med: 6.56   Max: 22.92
Current: 2.8


PPC's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
74.96% of 1374 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.41 vs PPC: 2.80

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Pilgrims Pride Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pilgrims Pride's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Pilgrims Pride Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.21 1.95 1.49 7.91 2.80

Pilgrims Pride Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.92 2.76 4.54 2.84

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Pilgrims Pride's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Pilgrims Pride Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Pilgrims Pride's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pilgrims Pride's Interest Coverage falls into.



Pilgrims Pride Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Pilgrims Pride's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Pilgrims Pride's Interest Expense was $-202 Mil. Its Operating Income was $567 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,544 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*566.631/-202.272
=2.80

Pilgrims Pride's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Pilgrims Pride's Interest Expense was $-67 Mil. Its Operating Income was $190 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,544 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*189.96/-66.813
=2.84

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Pilgrims Pride  (NAS:PPC) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Pilgrims Pride (Pilgrims Pride) Business Description

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Address
1770 Promontory Circle, Greeley, CO, USA, 80634-9038
Pilgrim's Pride is the second-largest poultry producer in the U.S. (62% of 2022 sales), the U.K. (28% including other European sales), and Mexico (11%). Its U.K. and European arm also includes pork operations from the 2019 acquisition of Tulip. Pilgrim's sells to chain restaurants, food processors, food distributors, and retail chains. Most of its U.S. and Mexican sales come from fresh chicken, while prepared chicken and pork constitute most of its U.K. and European sales. JBS owns more than 80% of Pilgrim's Pride's outstanding shares, though it failed to acquire the remaining stake in 2021 after a special board committee deemed JBS' offer undervalued Pilgrim's Pride.
Executives
Batista Filho Wesley Mendonca director 1770 PROMONTORY CIRCLE, GREELEY CO 80634
Matthew R Galvanoni officer: Chief Financial Officer 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTBROOK IL 60154
Fabio Sandri officer: Chief Financial Officer 1770 PROMONTORY CIRCLE, GREELEY CO 80634-9038
Raul Padilla director C/O BUNGE LTD, 50 MAIN STREET, WHITE PLAINS NY 10606
Maestri Karoleski Joanita Maria director C/O PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP, 1770 PROMONTORY CIRCLE, GREELEY CO 80634
Ajay Menon director C/O CONVERA CORPORATION, 1921 GALLOWS RD., VIENNA VA 22182
Jayson Penn officer: CEO 1770 PROMONTORY CIRCLE, GREELEY CO 80634
Arquimedes Celis director 1770 PROMONTORY CIRCLE, GREELEY CO 80634
Farha Aslam director 1770 N PROMOTORY CIRCLE, GREELEY CO 80634
William W Lovette director, officer: CEO and President 2210 WEST OAKLAWN DRIVE, SPRINGDALE AR 72762
Michael L. Cooper director 4845 US HIGHWAY 271N, PITTSBURG TX 75686
Vasconcellos Wallim Cruz De Jr director 116 RUA VISCONDE DE ITAUNA, 116, RIO DE JANEIRO D5 22460140
David E Bell director C/O BOSTON ACOUSTICS, INC., 300 JUBILEE DRIVE, PEABODY MA 01960
Charles Macaluso director
Denilson Molina director 1770 PROMONTORY CIRCLE, GREELEY CO 80634