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Tyson Foods Inc.

(TSN) is in the Food Industry

Market Cap:$3.7B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$26.8B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Founded in 1935, Tyson Foods, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, Company, we, us or our) are the worlds largest meat protein company and the second-largest food production company in the Fortune 500 with one of the most recognized brand names in the food industry. We produce, distribute and market chicken, beef, pork, prepared foods and related allied products. Our operations are conducted in four segments: Chicken, Beef, Pork and Prepared Foods. Some of the key factors influencing our business are customer demand for our products; the ability to maintain and grow relationships with customers and introduce new and innovative products to the marketplace; accessibility of international markets; market prices for our products; the cost of live cattle and hogs, raw materials and grain; and operating efficiencies of our facilities. We operate a fully vertically integrated poultry production process. Our integrated operations consist of breeding stock, contract growers, feed production, processing, further-processing, transporting and marketing chicken and related allied products, including animal and pet food ingredients. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Cobb-Vantress, Inc. (Cobb), we are the largest poultry breeding stock supplier in the world, supplying Tyson as well as a number of other poultry production companies. ...

Number of Employees 107,000

Contact Information

2210 W Oaklawn Dr

Springdale, Arkansas 72762-6900

tyson.com

(479) 290-4000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Poultry Processing: 311615

Company News

Recent Events

Honor and appointments

12/07/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CEO - View Story
Tyson promotes from within for poultry, beef-and-pork leaders

12/07/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Tyson Veterans to Fill Executive Positions

12/06/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Tyson names execs for poultry, pork and beef units

12/06/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - Other - View Story
Tyson Foods Appoints Donnie King Senior Group VP Of Poultry And Prepared Foods - Quick...

12/04/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story
Tyson Foods TSN Approves $0.04 Per Share Dividend - Annual Yield 1.20%

11/23/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story
Tyson Foods posts 4Q loss on charge, sales edge up

12/01/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Tyson Foods names Donnie Smith CEOSPRINGDALE, Ark. (Nov. 19, 2009)

11/22/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - CEO - View Story
Company veteran Donnie Smith gets top Tyson job

11/20/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - CEO - View Story

News & Analysis

retail and tyson foods inc. - All News and Analysis

Tyson Foods Tops Expectations in Fourth Quarter

Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-23

Zacks.com submits: Tyson Foods Inc. TSN reported a net loss of $1.22 per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009. This includes a goodwill impairment charge of $1.50 per share in its Beef segment. Excluding the one-time charge, quarterly earnings were 28 cents per share, compared to...

Tags: Retail, Zacks.com, Tyson Foods Inc.
Is the Worst Over for Tyson Foods?

Seeking Alpha - 2009-08-04

Ockham Research submits: The world’s largest meat producer, Tyson Foods TSN, reported a very respectable third quarter performance on Monday evening. Far better than last year’s 3 cents per share of EPS, Tyson reported 35 cents this quarter, even beating consensus analysts’ estimates by 50%. Sales fell...

Tags: Retail, Ockham Research, Tyson Foods Inc.
Tyson Foods F3Q09 (Qtr End 6/27/09) Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha - 2009-08-03

Tyson Foods, Inc. TSN F3Q09 Earnings Call August 3, 2009 9:00 am ET

Tags: Retail, Tyson Foods Inc.
Earnings Preview: Tyson Foods

Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-23

Tyson Foods TSN is expected to report Q1 earnings on Monday, January 26 with a conference call scheduled for 9:00 am ET. Guidance Analysts are looking for EPS of (23c) on revenue of $6.82B. The consensus range is (40c)-(9c) for EPS, and $6.5B to $7.19B for revenue, according to First...

Tags: Retail, theflyonthewall.com, Tyson Foods Inc.
Expect Meat Consumption to Rise for Smithfield and Tyson

Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-11

Mark Krieger submits: Smithfield's SFD comeback: The analysts are voicing more concerns about consumers' buying habits, alleging they are in a trend of cutting more protein from their diets in an effort to economize. I say just the opposite. Expect consumption to go up, as anxiety ridden consumers use food...

Tags: Retail, Mark Krieger, Smithfield Foods Inc., Tyson Foods Inc.

Tyson Foods: Not the Time to Be Chicken

Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-10

Mark Krieger submits: Tyson Foods TSN delivered mixed 4th quarter results see conference call transcript. The company reported a 50% rise in earnings from 10 cents to 15 cents, but was 3 cents shy of expectations. On the plus side, it was able...

Tags: Revenue, Tyson Foods Inc., Seeking Alpha, TSN, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Mark Krieger, Retail
Earnings Preview: Tyson Foods

Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-07

Tyson Foods TSN is expected to report Q4 earnings before market open Monday Nov. 10, with a conference call scheduled for 8:30 am ET. Guidance Analysts are looking for EPS of 18c on revenue of $6.98B. The consensus range is 7c to 30c for EPS, and $6.54B to $7.41B for...

Tags: Revenue, Tyson Foods Inc., Earnings, Seeking Alpha, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Finance, theflyonthewall.com, Retail
Tyson Foods: Picked To the Bone

Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-25

Mark Krieger submits: The shares have been decimated. The culprit has been high grain prices and the company's inability to raise prices enough to offset them. The stock price is close to trading at 18 year lows and is down more than 50% from its 52 week high. The entire meat...

Tags: Tyson Foods Inc., Retail
Cal-Maine Foods: Which is Better - the Chicken or the Egg?

Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-12

Stephen Rosenman submits: This should be the time to buy chicken and egg producers. After all, we're in a slow down, maybe recession. And what serves best at times like these? The food stocks. People have to eat. Steady profits. Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that. The poultry business is...

Tags: Retail, Cal-Maine Foods Inc., Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Sanderson Farms Inc., Tyson Foods Inc.
A hot challenge for chicken: chicken remains dominant in the deli rotisserie case, but newer varieties of pork and turkey give retailers added ammunition for attracting new customers.(rotisserie report)

- 2006-09-01

Chicken is strengthening its position as the king of the deli rotisserie case. More retailers are expanding their rotisserie chicken offerings and adding additional flavors and package sizes to attract an even larger base of convenience-minded shoppers seeking quick, tasty, meals. Indeed, the...

Tags: Chicken, protein, Retail, Smithfield Foods Inc., Turkey, Tyson Foods Inc.