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Tyson Foods, Inc is a farm products business based in the US. Tyson Foods shares (TSN) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Tyson Foods employs 139,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$42.8 billion.
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Latest market close | USD$68.31 |
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52-week range | USD$41.4474 - USD$70.1103 |
50-day moving average | USD$66.3421 |
200-day moving average | USD$63.3067 |
Wall St. target price | USD$76.88 |
PE ratio | 12.3971 |
Dividend yield | USD$1.68 (2.45%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$5.54 |
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Valuing Tyson Foods stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Tyson Foods's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Tyson Foods's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 12x. In other words, Tyson Foods shares trade at around 12x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Tyson Foods's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.3271. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Tyson Foods's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Tyson Foods's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$4.9 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Tyson Foods's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | USD$42.8 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 8.71% |
Gross profit TTM | USD$5.9 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 6.74% |
Return on equity TTM | 13.41% |
Profit margin | 4.72% |
Book value | $42.875 |
Market capitalisation | USD$25 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 4.0 million Tyson Foods shares held short by investors – that's known as Tyson Foods's "short interest". This figure is 2.5% up from 3.9 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Tyson Foods shares can be evaluated.
Tyson Foods's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Tyson Foods shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Tyson Foods shares traded daily (recently around 2.4 million). Tyson Foods's SIR currently stands at 1.69. In other words for every 100,000 Tyson Foods shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1690 shares are currently held short.
However Tyson Foods's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Tyson Foods shares, or, against the total number of tradable Tyson Foods shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Tyson Foods's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Tyson Foods shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0156% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Tyson Foods shares, roughly 16 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Tyson Foods.
Find out more about how you can short Tyson Foods stock.
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Tyson Foods.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 47.69
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Tyson Foods's overall score of 47.69 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 97th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Tyson Foods is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 21.8/100
Tyson Foods's environmental score of 21.8 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Tyson Foods is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 18.79/100
Tyson Foods's social score of 18.79 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Tyson Foods is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 18.6/100
Tyson Foods's governance score puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Tyson Foods is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 4/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Tyson Foods scored a 4 out of 5 for controversy – the second-lowest score possible, reflecting that Tyson Foods has a damaged public profile.
Tyson Foods, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
Total ESG score | 47.69 |
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Total ESG percentile | 96.86 |
Environmental score | 21.8 |
Environmental score percentile | 8 |
Social score | 18.79 |
Social score percentile | 8 |
Governance score | 18.6 |
Governance score percentile | 8 |
Level of controversy | 4 |
Dividend payout ratio: 29.22% of net profits
Recently Tyson Foods has paid out, on average, around 29.22% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.6% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Tyson Foods shareholders could enjoy a 2.6% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Tyson Foods's case, that would currently equate to about $1.68 per share.
While Tyson Foods's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Tyson Foods may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Tyson Foods's most recent dividend payout was on 15 June 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 28 May 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Tyson Foods's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 18 February 1997. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Tyson Foods shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Tyson Foods shares which in turn could have impacted Tyson Foods's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Tyson Foods's shares have ranged in value from as little as $41.4474 up to $70.1103. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Tyson Foods's is 0.8042. This would suggest that Tyson Foods's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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; and supplies poultry breeding stock; sells specialty products , such as hides and meats. It also manufactures and markets frozen and refrigerated food products, including ready-to-eat sandwiches, flame-grilled hamburgers, Philly steaks, pepperoni, bacon, breakfast sausage, turkey, lunchmeat, hot dogs, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, snacks, prepared meals, ethnic foods, side dishes, meat dishes, breadsticks, and processed meats under the Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, State Fair, Aidells, and Gallo Salame brands. The company also offers its products under Tyson and ibp brands. It sells its products through its sales staff to grocery retailers, grocery wholesalers, meat distributors, warehouse club stores, military commissaries, industrial food processing companies, chain restaurants or their distributors, live markets, international export companies, and domestic distributors who serve restaurants and foodservice operations, such as plant and school cafeterias, convenience stores, hospitals, and other vendors, as well as through independent brokers and trading companies. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.
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