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Side-by-side financial comparison of Mastercard (MA) and PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP (PPC). Click either name above to swap in a different company.
Mastercard is the larger business by last-quarter revenue ($8.8B vs $4.5B, roughly 1.9× PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP). Mastercard runs the higher net margin — 46.1% vs 1.9%, a 44.2% gap on every dollar of revenue. On growth, Mastercard posted the faster year-over-year revenue change (17.6% vs 3.3%). Mastercard produced more free cash flow last quarter ($4.9B vs $10.0M). Over the past eight quarters, Mastercard's revenue compounded faster (17.8% CAGR vs 1.8%).
Mastercard Inc. is an American multinational payment card services corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York. It offers a range of payment transaction processing and other related-payment services. Throughout the world, its principal business is to process payments between the banks of merchants and the card-issuing banks or credit unions of the purchasers who use the Mastercard-brand debit, credit and prepaid cards to make purchases. Mastercard has been publicly traded since 2006.
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation is an American, multi-national food company, currently one of the largest chicken producers in the United States and Puerto Rico and the second-largest chicken producer in Mexico. It exited bankruptcy in December 2009 and relocated its U.S. headquarters to Greeley, Colorado, in 2011. It is majority-owned by JBS S.A. Pilgrim's Pride purchased Gold'n Plump for $350 million in late November 2016.
MA vs PPC — Head-to-Head
Income Statement — Q4 FY2025 vs Q4 FY2025
| Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.8B | $4.5B |
| Net Profit | $4.1B | $88.0M |
| Gross Margin | — | 9.5% |
| Operating Margin | 55.8% | 4.5% |
| Net Margin | 46.1% | 1.9% |
| Revenue YoY | 17.6% | 3.3% |
| Net Profit YoY | 21.5% | -62.7% |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.52 | $0.37 |
Green = leading value per metric. Periods may differ when fiscal calendars don't align.
8-Quarter Revenue & Profit Trend
Side-by-side quarterly history. Quarters aligned by calendar period so offset fiscal years line up.
| Q4 25 | $8.8B | $4.5B | ||
| Q3 25 | $8.6B | $4.8B | ||
| Q2 25 | $8.1B | $4.8B | ||
| Q1 25 | $7.3B | $4.5B | ||
| Q4 24 | $7.5B | $4.4B | ||
| Q3 24 | $7.4B | $4.6B | ||
| Q2 24 | $7.0B | $4.6B | ||
| Q1 24 | $6.3B | $4.4B |
| Q4 25 | $4.1B | $88.0M | ||
| Q3 25 | $3.9B | $342.8M | ||
| Q2 25 | $3.7B | $355.5M | ||
| Q1 25 | $3.3B | $296.0M | ||
| Q4 24 | $3.3B | $235.9M | ||
| Q3 24 | $3.3B | $349.9M | ||
| Q2 24 | $3.3B | $326.3M | ||
| Q1 24 | $3.0B | $174.4M |
| Q4 25 | — | 9.5% | ||
| Q3 25 | — | 13.9% | ||
| Q2 25 | — | 15.0% | ||
| Q1 25 | — | 12.4% | ||
| Q4 24 | — | 12.7% | ||
| Q3 24 | — | 14.9% | ||
| Q2 24 | — | 15.2% | ||
| Q1 24 | — | 8.8% |
| Q4 25 | 55.8% | 4.5% | ||
| Q3 25 | 58.8% | 10.4% | ||
| Q2 25 | 58.7% | 10.8% | ||
| Q1 25 | 57.2% | 9.1% | ||
| Q4 24 | 52.6% | 7.0% | ||
| Q3 24 | 54.3% | 11.1% | ||
| Q2 24 | 58.0% | 9.7% | ||
| Q1 24 | 56.8% | 5.7% |
| Q4 25 | 46.1% | 1.9% | ||
| Q3 25 | 45.7% | 7.2% | ||
| Q2 25 | 45.5% | 7.5% | ||
| Q1 25 | 45.2% | 6.6% | ||
| Q4 24 | 44.6% | 5.4% | ||
| Q3 24 | 44.3% | 7.6% | ||
| Q2 24 | 46.8% | 7.2% | ||
| Q1 24 | 47.4% | 4.0% |
| Q4 25 | $4.52 | $0.37 | ||
| Q3 25 | $4.34 | $1.44 | ||
| Q2 25 | $4.07 | $1.49 | ||
| Q1 25 | $3.59 | $1.24 | ||
| Q4 24 | $3.64 | $1.00 | ||
| Q3 24 | $3.53 | $1.47 | ||
| Q2 24 | $3.50 | $1.37 | ||
| Q1 24 | $3.22 | $0.73 |
Balance Sheet & Financial Strength
Snapshot of each company's liquidity, leverage and book value from the latest quarter.
| Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Cash + ST InvestmentsLiquidity on hand | $10.6B | $640.2M |
| Total DebtLower is stronger | — | $3.1B |
| Stockholders' EquityBook value | $7.7B | $3.7B |
| Total Assets | $54.2B | $10.3B |
| Debt / EquityLower = less leverage | — | 0.84× |
8-quarter trend — quarters aligned by calendar period.
| Q4 25 | $10.6B | $640.2M | ||
| Q3 25 | $10.3B | $612.6M | ||
| Q2 25 | $9.0B | $849.0M | ||
| Q1 25 | $7.6B | $2.1B | ||
| Q4 24 | $8.4B | $2.0B | ||
| Q3 24 | $11.1B | $1.9B | ||
| Q2 24 | $7.0B | $1.3B | ||
| Q1 24 | $7.3B | $870.8M |
| Q4 25 | — | $3.1B | ||
| Q3 25 | — | $3.1B | ||
| Q2 25 | — | $3.1B | ||
| Q1 25 | — | $3.2B | ||
| Q4 24 | — | $3.2B | ||
| Q3 24 | — | $3.2B | ||
| Q2 24 | — | $3.2B | ||
| Q1 24 | — | $3.3B |
| Q4 25 | $7.7B | $3.7B | ||
| Q3 25 | $7.9B | $3.5B | ||
| Q2 25 | $7.9B | $3.7B | ||
| Q1 25 | $6.7B | $3.1B | ||
| Q4 24 | $6.5B | $4.2B | ||
| Q3 24 | $7.4B | $4.2B | ||
| Q2 24 | $7.4B | $3.7B | ||
| Q1 24 | $7.2B | $3.5B |
| Q4 25 | $54.2B | $10.3B | ||
| Q3 25 | $53.3B | $10.0B | ||
| Q2 25 | $51.4B | $10.1B | ||
| Q1 25 | $48.5B | $11.0B | ||
| Q4 24 | $48.1B | $10.7B | ||
| Q3 24 | $47.2B | $10.7B | ||
| Q2 24 | $42.3B | $10.1B | ||
| Q1 24 | $42.6B | $9.8B |
| Q4 25 | — | 0.84× | ||
| Q3 25 | — | 0.87× | ||
| Q2 25 | — | 0.83× | ||
| Q1 25 | — | 1.02× | ||
| Q4 24 | — | 0.76× | ||
| Q3 24 | — | 0.76× | ||
| Q2 24 | — | 0.85× | ||
| Q1 24 | — | 0.96× |
Cash Flow & Capital Efficiency
How much cash each business actually produces after reinvestment. Cash flow is harder to manipulate than net income.
| Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash FlowLast quarter | $5.0B | $291.2M |
| Free Cash FlowOCF − Capex | $4.9B | $10.0M |
| FCF MarginFCF / Revenue | 55.5% | 0.2% |
| Capex IntensityCapex / Revenue | 1.3% | 6.2% |
| Cash ConversionOCF / Net Profit | 1.23× | 3.31× |
| TTM Free Cash FlowTrailing 4 quarters | $17.2B | $653.1M |
8-quarter trend — quarters aligned by calendar period.
| Q4 25 | $5.0B | $291.2M | ||
| Q3 25 | $5.7B | $458.3M | ||
| Q2 25 | $4.6B | $495.2M | ||
| Q1 25 | $2.4B | $126.9M | ||
| Q4 24 | $4.8B | $349.3M | ||
| Q3 24 | $5.1B | $651.1M | ||
| Q2 24 | $3.1B | $718.6M | ||
| Q1 24 | $1.7B | $271.0M |
| Q4 25 | $4.9B | $10.0M | ||
| Q3 25 | $5.5B | $275.9M | ||
| Q2 25 | $4.6B | $339.1M | ||
| Q1 25 | $2.2B | $28.1M | ||
| Q4 24 | $4.7B | $176.6M | ||
| Q3 24 | $5.0B | $565.3M | ||
| Q2 24 | $3.0B | $617.7M | ||
| Q1 24 | $1.5B | $171.9M |
| Q4 25 | 55.5% | 0.2% | ||
| Q3 25 | 63.8% | 5.8% | ||
| Q2 25 | 56.1% | 7.1% | ||
| Q1 25 | 30.6% | 0.6% | ||
| Q4 24 | 63.3% | 4.0% | ||
| Q3 24 | 68.2% | 12.3% | ||
| Q2 24 | 43.4% | 13.5% | ||
| Q1 24 | 23.9% | 3.9% |
| Q4 25 | 1.3% | 6.2% | ||
| Q3 25 | 2.1% | 3.8% | ||
| Q2 25 | 0.5% | 3.3% | ||
| Q1 25 | 2.2% | 2.2% | ||
| Q4 24 | 1.3% | 4.0% | ||
| Q3 24 | 1.5% | 1.9% | ||
| Q2 24 | 1.7% | 2.2% | ||
| Q1 24 | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Q4 25 | 1.23× | 3.31× | ||
| Q3 25 | 1.44× | 1.34× | ||
| Q2 25 | 1.24× | 1.39× | ||
| Q1 25 | 0.73× | 0.43× | ||
| Q4 24 | 1.45× | 1.48× | ||
| Q3 24 | 1.57× | 1.86× | ||
| Q2 24 | 0.96× | 2.20× | ||
| Q1 24 | 0.56× | 1.55× |
Financial Flow Comparison
Revenue → gross profit → operating profit → net profit for each company.
Revenue Breakdown by Segment
MA
| Payment Network | $4.9B | 56% |
| Value Added Services And Solutions | $3.9B | 44% |
PPC
| Retail | $1.5B | 33% |
| Europe Reportable Segment | $1.4B | 31% |
| Food Service | $889.2M | 20% |
| Prepared Product | $332.8M | 7% |
| Product Export | $122.7M | 3% |
| Other Sales Channel | $96.0M | 2% |
| Other Product And Service | $79.7M | 2% |
| Related Party | $21.7M | 0% |
| Seara Meats B.V. | $18.9M | 0% |
| Penasul UKLTD | $10.3M | 0% |
| JBSUSA Food Company | $5.4M | 0% |
