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Baptista Research

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. 

We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Pilgrim’s Pride reported first-quarter 2026 net revenues of $4.53 billion, a slight increase from $4.46 billion the previous year.</li><li>Adjusted EBITDA declined to $308.1 million, representing a margin of 6.8%, down from 12.0% in the same quarter last year.</li><li>This decline was primarily driven by challenges in the U.S. segment, where adjusted EBITDA margins almost halved to 7.0% from 14.3% in Q1 2025, due to significantly lower commodity values, reduced deli small bird prices, winter storm-related operational disruptions, bird health challenges, and planned downtime associated with growth investments.</li></ul>

Pilgrim’s Pride reported first-quarter 2026 net revenues of $4.53 billion, a slight increase from $4.46 billion the previous year.Adjusted EBITDA declined to $308.1 million, representing a margin of 6.8%, down from 12.0% in the same quarter last year.This decline was primarily driven by challenges in the U.S. segment, where adjusted EBITDA margins almost halved to 7.0% from 14.3% in Q1 2025, due to significantly lower commodity values, reduced deli small bird prices, winter storm-related operational disruptions, bird health challenges, and planned downtime associated with growth investments.

Pilgrim's Pride Just BARE Retail Up 40% Is The Bright Spot The Commodity Weakness Obscures!

Pilgrim'S Pride

Pilgrim's Pride Just BARE Retail Up 40% Is The Bright Spot The Commodity Weakness Obscures!