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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

NAICS Code Poultry Processing: 311615

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

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     TSN $12.10 -0.10 (-0.82% )
Intraday | 3 Month | 6 Month | 1 Year
Average Volume 4,183,930
Shares Outstanding 306.65M
Market Cap 3.7B
Year High 14.25
Year Low 7.49
Earnings Per Share -1.44
P/E Ratio -8.40
Dividend 0.16
Yield 1.32
IndustryTop Rated

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