Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN – Get Free Report) has earned an average recommendation of “Reduce” from the eight brokerages that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation and five have issued a hold recommendation on the company. The average 12 month price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $55.00.
Several research analysts have issued reports on TSN shares. HSBC initiated coverage on Tyson Foods in a research report on Friday. They set a “reduce” rating and a $49.00 target price for the company. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of Tyson Foods from $52.00 to $50.00 in a research report on Thursday, June 1st. StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Tyson Foods in a research report on Thursday, August 17th. They issued a “sell” rating for the company. Finally, BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on Tyson Foods from $48.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 8th.
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Tyson Foods Stock Performance
NYSE:TSN opened at $51.12 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $53.77 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $54.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 1.80 and a quick ratio of 0.71. Tyson Foods has a 1 year low of $47.11 and a 1 year high of $74.07. The company has a market cap of $18.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.57 and a beta of 0.78.
Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, August 7th. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.26 by ($0.11). Tyson Foods had a net margin of 0.64% and a return on equity of 4.77%. The firm had revenue of $13.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $13.63 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.94 EPS. The company’s revenue was down 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Tyson Foods will post 1.27 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Tyson Foods Announces Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 15th. Investors of record on Friday, December 1st will be given a dividend of $0.48 per share. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 30th. Tyson Foods’s dividend payout ratio is currently 208.70%.
Tyson Foods Company Profile
Tyson Foods, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. The company processes live fed cattle and live market hogs; fabricates dressed beef and pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts, as well as case ready beef and pork, and fully cooked meats; raises and processes chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products, including breaded chicken strips, nuggets, patties, and other ready-to-fix or fully cooked chicken parts; and supplies poultry breeding stock.
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