BNET Industries
Market Cap:$4.0B
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
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Poultry Processing: 311615
Recent Events
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Company veteran Donnie Smith gets top Tyson job
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Tyson Appoints New Leadership
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Smith takes helm at Tyson Foods
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Earnings Preview: Tyson Foods Inc.
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U.S. stock futures rally following remarks by Fed officials
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Opening View: Fed Speeches Bolster Wall Street Bulls
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Lincoln casts two votes against public option
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Findings of Oklahoma witness decried by Arkansas poultry companies
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BRIEF: The return of the Holly Farms name
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Lawsuit Filed In Tyson Wage Dispute
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UPDATE: Pilgrim's Pride, Brazil's JBS Reach Deal
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JBS Bids for Pilgrim's Pride
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Tyson To Pay Shareholder Dividend
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Wall St hurt by data, but financials limit losses
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Analyst cuts Tyson rating on weakness in chicken
News & Analysis
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Tyson Rival Pilgrim's Pride Could Come Back Stronger Than Ever
BNET
- 2009-09-16
The rumors were true -- Brazil-based JBS is buying a 64 percent stake in bankrupt poultry company Pilgrim's Pride for $800 million. JBS is the biggest producer of beef in the world, and with that company's backing, Pilgrim's Pride says it expects to pay off its creditors...
A Pork for Pork Program?
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-08-19
Jim Delaney submits: We hear the phrase “When pigs fly” when we’ve asked a question for which a simple, polite “no” is beyond the bounds of human compassion, or when someone is euphemistically trying to describe the very low probability of something occurring. Unfortunately, anyone using...
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...
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
Tyson Foods F3Q09 (Qtr End 6/27/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-08-03
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question is from Farha Aslam. Farha Aslam - Stephens, Inc. Good morning. Jim, could we get some more color on beef? It just had a fantastic quarter. Do you expect results in the fourth quarter to be in your normalized range...
ConocoPhillips and Tyson suspend biodiesel venture
Strategy Eye
- 2009-05-17
Texas-based energy firm ConocoPhillips and Tyson Foods have suspended operations of a joint biodiesel project following the halving of the federal tax credits that supported it, according to the Wall Street Journal. Under the partnership, formed in 2007, Tyson supplied waste fat from beef, pork and poultry to Conoco,...
Tyson Foods, Inc. F2Q09 (Qtr End 03/28/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-05-04
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Heather Jones - BB&T Capital Markets Heather Jones - BB&T Capital Markets I had a quick question on chicken, going back I think it was December or January, so you all have made...
Meat Producers Wise to Wait on Halal Market Entry
BNET
- 2009-04-21
The halal and kosher markets are full of opportunities for food companies, so come on in, says a new report by Packaged Facts. Not only will religious Muslims and Jews be interested in products meeting their respective religious standards, the report said, but other consumers with an interest in ethical...
Food Roundup: Coke Offer Juiced, Tyson to Pamper Pets, Trade Sanctions Delayed, and More
BNET
- 2009-03-18
China says "No" to Coke buy -- The Chinese government rejected an attempt by the Coca-Cola Company to purchase the Hiyuan Juice Group, which controls 40 percent of China's juice market. The government said the proposed $2.4 billion takeover would have had "an unfavourable impact on competition." [Source: Just-drinks] ...
Tyson Foods Inc. F1Q09 (Qtr End 12/27/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-01-26
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Christina Mcglone - Deutsche Bank Securities. Christina Mcglone - Deutsche Bank Securities Jim, I have a question on the beef side. You ran through a lot of information, but I just want to make sure that I understand; with packer...
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