Vanguard Group Inc. Increases Stock Position in Tyson Foods, Inc. $TSN

Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) by 1.5% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 36,504,921 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 543,513 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. owned about 10.26% of Tyson Foods worth $2,042,085,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in TSN. Davis Selected Advisers raised its stake in shares of Tyson Foods by 91.4% during the 2nd quarter. Davis Selected Advisers now owns 8,956,466 shares of the company’s stock valued at $501,025,000 after purchasing an additional 4,276,884 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Tyson Foods by 776.8% during 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. Pacer Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Tyson Foods by 4,207.2% during the first quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 1,635,237 shares of the company’s stock valued at $104,344,000 after buying an additional 1,597,272 shares during the period. Amundi lifted its holdings in shares of Tyson Foods by 96.3% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 1,556,812 shares of the company’s stock worth $98,951,000 after buying an additional 763,887 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC bought a new position in shares of Tyson Foods in the first quarter valued at approximately $41,582,000. 67.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

TSN has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Tyson Foods in a report on Monday. Bank of America lowered their price objective on Tyson Foods from $59.00 to $58.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research upgraded Tyson Foods from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on Tyson Foods from $53.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. initiated coverage on Tyson Foods in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $60.00 price objective for the company. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fifteen have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $60.75.

Tyson Foods Trading Up 1.8%

Shares of TSN stock opened at $53.64 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $53.12 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $54.67. Tyson Foods, Inc. has a 12-month low of $50.56 and a 12-month high of $64.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44. The firm has a market cap of $19.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.85 and a beta of 0.56.

Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) last released its earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported $1.15 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.85 by $0.30. Tyson Foods had a return on equity of 7.49% and a net margin of 1.45%.The company had revenue of $13.86 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.08 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.92 EPS. Tyson Foods’s quarterly revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Tyson Foods has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Tyson Foods, Inc. will post 3.8 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Tyson Foods announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, August 7th that allows the company to buyback 43,000,000 shares. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Tyson Foods Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 13th. Investors of record on Friday, February 27th will be given a $0.51 dividend. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 27th. This is a boost from Tyson Foods’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. Tyson Foods’s dividend payout ratio is 153.38%.

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.