Is PPC a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores Pilgrim's Pride Corporation on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how PPC compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is Pilgrim's Pride Corporation's AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to PPC based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes PPC a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

PPC - Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Stable Earnings Power

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B- 67.5 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for stable earnings power businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 20%

B 72.8

5yr Avg ROIC 10.7% 64/100
Operating Margin Trend +1.63 pp/yr 94/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A- 82.1

5yr Avg ROE 17.8% 87/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -0.6% 74/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 15%

B+ 79.7

5yr Revenue CAGR 5.8% 64/100
5yr EPS CAGR 143.1% 100/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5 80/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

D- 29.1

5yr FCF Margin 2.7% 38/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.18x 18/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 20%

A- 83.4

Net Debt / EBITDA 1.28x 81/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 10.31x 85/100
Altman Z-Score 3.38 86/100

Stability

Weight: 15%

C- 50.1

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.69 15/100
Piotroski F-Score 7 78/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5 80/100

4 of 4 gurus held; 3 added; 1 trimmed.

Holders: 4
Avg Δ position: +23.7%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 0

Wood increased +47%
Greenblatt increased +34%
Cooperman increased +28%

How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (20%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (15%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (15%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (20%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (15%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.