Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) Announces Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.35 EPS

Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) announced its earnings results on Monday. The company reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.35, RTT News reports. Tyson Foods had a net margin of 1.50% and a return on equity of 6.03%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.69 EPS. Tyson Foods updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

Tyson Foods Stock Performance

Shares of TSN stock opened at $56.61 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $20.15 billion, a PE ratio of 25.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.85 and a beta of 0.80. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $58.82 and a 200-day moving average of $60.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 2.04 and a quick ratio of 0.95. Tyson Foods has a one year low of $51.16 and a one year high of $66.88.

Tyson Foods Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. This is a positive change from Tyson Foods’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.49. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.53%. Tyson Foods’s dividend payout ratio is presently 88.89%.

Insider Activity at Tyson Foods

In related news, Director Noel W. White sold 171,057 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.70, for a total transaction of $10,896,330.90. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 36,179 shares in the company, valued at $2,304,602.30. This trade represents a 82.54 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Chairman John H. Tyson sold 185,394 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.77, for a total transaction of $11,822,575.38. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman now directly owns 3,003,374 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $191,525,159.98. The trade was a 5.81 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 414,814 shares of company stock worth $26,450,955. 2.03% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

TSN has been the subject of a number of research reports. UBS Group assumed coverage on shares of Tyson Foods in a report on Friday, January 10th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $62.00 price target for the company. Stephens upped their price target on Tyson Foods from $57.00 to $60.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Barclays decreased their price objective on Tyson Foods from $76.00 to $75.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Piper Sandler upped their target price on Tyson Foods from $50.00 to $58.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Finally, Bank of America lowered their price target on shares of Tyson Foods from $65.00 to $62.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $60.80.

About Tyson Foods

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 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.