Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “PPC.”
Holders
As of February 27, 2024, the Company estimates that there were approximately 30,100 holders (including individual participants in security position listings) of the Company’s common stock.
Dividends
The Company has no current intention to pay any dividends to its stockholders. Any change in dividend policy will depend upon future conditions, including earnings and financial condition, general business conditions, any applicable contractual limitations and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors in its discretion.
Both the U.S. Revolving Syndicated Facility and the indentures governing the Company’s senior notes restrict, but do not prohibit, the Company from declaring dividends. In addition, the terms of the U.K. and Europe Revolver Facility Agreement restrict the U.K. and Europe’s ability and the ability of certain of the U.K. and Europe’s subsidiaries to, among other things, make payments and distributions to us, which could in turn impair our ability to pay dividends to our stockholders. See “Note 13. Debt” of our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this annual report for additional information.
Performance Graph
The graph below shows a comparison from December 30, 2018 through December 31, 2023 of the cumulative 5-year total stockholder return of holders of the Company’s common stock with the cumulative total returns of the Russell 2000 index and a customized peer group of two companies: Tyson Foods Inc and Hormel Foods Corp. The graph assumes that the value of the investment in our common stock, in each index, and in the peer group (including reinvestment of dividends) was $100 on December 30, 2018 and tracks it through December 31, 2023.
The graph covers the period from December 30, 2018 to December 31, 2023, and reflects the performance of the Company’s single class of common stock. The stock price performance represented by this graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock performance.
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12/30/18 06/30/19 12/29/19 06/30/20 12/27/20 06/30/21 12/26/21 06/30/22 12/25/22 06/30/23 12/31/23
PPC $ 100.00 $ 162.86 $ 211.48 $ 108.34 $ 124.12 $ 142.27 $ 176.72 $ 200.32 $ 152.66 $ 137.84 $ 177.42
Russell 2000 100.00 116.98 125.52 109.23 150.58 176.99 172.90 132.39 137.56 148.68 160.85
Peer Group 100.00 123.76 140.63 117.61 122.11 132.53 144.69 146.38 122.50 106.73 99.22
Item 6. [Reserved]
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