Pilgrim’s Pride CEO and other chicken industry executives indicted for price fixing
Story Date: 6/4/2020

 

Source: Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 6/3/20


Four current and former chicken industry executives, including Pilgrim’s Pride CEO Jayson Penn, have been indicted for price fixing. Shares of Pilgrim’s Pride plunged as much as 13% in afternoon trading. The stock, which has a market value of $4.46 billion, has fallen 44% so far in 2020. Shares of Tyson Foods, which was not named in the indictment, also fell on the news.

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