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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000802481-22-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPC"
cik: "0000802481"
company_name: "PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP"
filed_at: "2022-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T07:49:43.777042+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pilgrim's Pride Q2: net sales $4.63B (+27.3%), GAAP EPS $1.50

## Summary
- GAAP net income $362M ($1.50 EPS); adjusted net income $370.7M ($1.54 adj. EPS).
- Consolidated GAAP operating margin 11.1%; US segment 15.6%, Mexico 10.7%, Europe 0.6%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $623.3M (13.5% margin), up 67.7% from $371.6M a year ago.
- Branded retail (Just Bare, Pilgrim's) grew over 96% YoY; e-commerce more than doubled.
- New US investments: Athens GA expansion, protein conversion plant, prepared foods facility in SE.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000802481-22-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPC
- cik: 0000802481
- company_name: PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP
- filed_at: 2022-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248122000076/0000802481-22-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248122000076/ppc-20220727.htm

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