

Brazilian billionaire Joesley Batista, one of the owners of meatpacker JBS , met U.S. President Donald Trump on August 20 to discuss how additional beef supply from Brazil could help tame U.S. beef prices if Trump dropped a 26% import tax, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Trump's 90-day beef tariff waiver could lower costs for fast-food chains and meat distributors, benefiting ETFs with exposure to these companies.

Brazil's JBS , the world's largest meatpacker, on Tuesday proposed acquiring the remaining shares of Pilgrim's Pride PPC.O, seeking full control of the U.S. poultry producer.

JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, currently owns about 82% of Pilgrim's Pride's common stock.

AMSTELVEEN, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JBS N.V. (“JBS,” “we” or “us”) (NYSE: JBS; B3: JBSS32) today announced that it has submitted a non-binding proposal to the Board of Directors of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (NASDAQ: PPC) (“PPC”) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of PPC that are not owned by JBS or its affiliates for a fixed exchange ratio of 2.086 JBS Class A common shares for each PPC share of common stock (the “Proposed Transaction”), based on the JBS and PPC cl.

JBS N.V. (JBS) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

JBS NYSE: JBS reported record second-quarter sales of $24 billion as its diversified protein operations helped offset continued pressure in U.S. beef markets, while management outlined a leadership transition and a new Southeast Asia growth platform.

JBS N.V. (JBS) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.09 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.32. This compares to earnings of $0.53 per share a year ago.