BNET Industries
Market Cap:$3.8B
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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Tyson Foods TSN Approves $0.04 Per Share Dividend - Annual Yield 1.20%
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Tyson Foods posts 4Q loss on beef charge
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Tyson Foods reports net loss in Q4
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Tyson Foods names Donnie Smith CEOSPRINGDALE, Ark. (Nov. 19, 2009)
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Company veteran Donnie Smith gets top Tyson job
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Tyson Foods posts loss on charge in beef business
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Tyson Foods Names New CEO, COO
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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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Tyson Foods, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 10/03/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-11-23
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Diane Geissler - CLSA Diane Geissler - CLSA Congrats to the guys on their promotions, just want to ask you a question here about the grain for 2010 and appreciate the increased disclosure, but if I...
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...
Tyson Profit Better Than Expected; Outlook Strong
Reuters
- 2009-11-23
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc TSN posted higher-than-expected quarterly results on Monday on strength in its beef, pork and prepared foods businesses, which it expects to continue in its new fiscal year.The company, which is working to improve its chicken business, said all operating segments were profitable in...
Tyson Foods profit drops, but sales rise
BNET
- 2009-11-23
SPRINGDALE, Arkansas - Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat producer, said Monday a hefty impairment charge in its beef business left it with a loss for the fourth quarter but said its sales rose and its chicken business was profitable for the second straight quarter. Chief Operating Officer Jim...
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,...
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