* Pilgrims Pride Corp reported quarterly adjusted earnings of $1.63 per share for the quarter ended September 30, higher than the same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of 58 cents. The mean expectation of five analysts for the quarter was for earnings of $1.38 per share. Wall Street expected results to range from $1.27 to $1.48 per share.
* Revenue rose 5.2% to $4.58 billion from a year ago; analysts expected $4.66 billion.
* Pilgrims Pride Corp's reported EPS for the quarter was $1.47.
* The company reported quarterly net income of $349.86 million.
* Pilgrims Pride Corp shares had risen by 4.4% this quarter and gained 73.9% so far this year.
FORECAST CHANGES
* The mean earnings estimate of analysts had risen by about 25.7% in the last three months.
* In the last 30 days, two analysts negatively revised earnings estimates
RECOMMENDATIONS
* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold" and the breakdown of recommendations is 1 "strong buy" or "buy," 6 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell."
* The average consensus recommendation for the food processing peer group is also "hold"
Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Pilgrims Pride Corp is 43.00 This summary was machine generated from LSEG data October 31 at 02:51 a.m. UTC. All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com) QUARTER ENDING ESTIMATE ACTUAL BEAT, MET,
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Sep. 30 2024 1.38 1.63 Beat
Jun. 30 2024 1.30 1.67 Beat
Mar. 31 2024 0.64 0.77 Beat
Dec. 31 2023 0.40 0.59 Beat