Tyson Foods, Inc. $TSN Shares Purchased by LVW Advisors LLC

LVW Advisors LLC lifted its position in Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) by 7.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 3,894 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 276 shares during the period. LVW Advisors LLC’s holdings in Tyson Foods were worth $218,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Tyson Foods by 0.7% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 35,961,408 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,294,697,000 after purchasing an additional 247,051 shares during the last quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Tyson Foods by 10.6% during the 1st quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC now owns 13,264,052 shares of the company’s stock worth $846,379,000 after acquiring an additional 1,271,750 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its stake in shares of Tyson Foods by 0.8% during the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 4,737,737 shares of the company’s stock worth $302,315,000 after acquiring an additional 36,941 shares in the last quarter. Davis Selected Advisers boosted its stake in shares of Tyson Foods by 51.9% during the 1st quarter. Davis Selected Advisers now owns 4,679,582 shares of the company’s stock worth $298,604,000 after acquiring an additional 1,598,896 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Tyson Foods by 776.8% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,842,627 shares of the company’s stock valued at $180,933,000 after buying an additional 2,518,416 shares in the last quarter. 67.00% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have weighed in on TSN shares. Bernstein Bank lowered shares of Tyson Foods to a “market perform” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $74.00 to $59.00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. BMO Capital Markets cut their price target on shares of Tyson Foods from $62.00 to $58.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, July 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. started coverage on shares of Tyson Foods in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $60.00 price target for the company. Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded shares of Tyson Foods from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and cut their price target for the stock from $74.00 to $59.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on shares of Tyson Foods in a report on Monday, June 23rd. They set a “buy” rating and a $67.00 price target for the company. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and thirteen have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $61.25.

Tyson Foods Stock Performance

Shares of TSN stock opened at $54.15 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44. Tyson Foods, Inc. has a 52 week low of $51.85 and a 52 week high of $65.95. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.26 billion, a PE ratio of 24.61, a P/E/G ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 0.59. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $55.32 and a two-hundred day moving average of $56.81.

Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) last issued its earnings results on Monday, August 4th. The company reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.19. The firm had revenue of $13.88 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.54 billion. Tyson Foods had a net margin of 1.45% and a return on equity of 7.49%. The company’s revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.87 earnings per share. Tyson Foods has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Tyson Foods, Inc. will post 3.8 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Tyson Foods announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Thursday, August 7th that authorizes the company to repurchase 43,000,000 shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Tyson Foods Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 15th. Investors of record on Monday, December 1st will be given a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 1st. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.7%. Tyson Foods’s payout ratio is 90.91%.

Tyson Foods 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 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.