Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN)

Tyson is growing by the day while more companies ask for their chicken. Tyson is a company that cannot go bankrupt because as the world reaches 7 million 2 weeks ago that means more people eating chicken!

Well managed and branded.

Positive:
- Reasonably valued albeit not cheap
- Just got a debt upgrade from S&P to investment grade
- Strong exporter, profits from weak dollar
- Less cyclic, more defensive stock

Negative:
- Chart: no longer in uptrend channel, close to long-term resistance
- Tyson family is just selling 3 million shares
- High input commodity prices problematic

Category: PV-

chix needed worldwide and Japan

Russians are about to start eating Chicken. Expansion will be good for Tyson

4/12 screen #2: percentile and CS

speculating.

Tyson Foods started business in 1935 and calls Springdale, Ark. home, Tyson sells chicken and hogs, just about anyway there is to market their meat worldwide. Tyson prepares so many different types of foods that you will realize that they are much more than just of chicken and hog processor.

interesting stock
but ps is low
no data for return on equity

Fully integrated food producer. Moving from poultry into beef and pork to more diversify and protect against fickle consumer tastes. Evenly exposed to "bird flu / swine flu / mad cow disease" periodic panics! Recently brought back retired management to redirect company in hopefully right direction.

Concern about their red meat operations, do not think their brand will do well

good chicken

Food is not going down in price, if anything it is going up. So long as fuel prices do not sky-rocket again I see no reason that this stock will not regain its former level

Tyson is an attractive buy. It is a good company with a decent dividend. I would buy at this level and hold for several years. It won't be a quick gainer, but in the long run it will be a good solid investment.

protein is a staple in our diet and Tyson supplies all three forms (chicken, beef and pork) so demand isn't going away. At this writing (11/20/08) TSN enterprise value is $.17 for each dollar of revenue and $.33 for each dollar of book value. Under normal conditions Tysons debit of 2.9 bil or $.107 for each dollar of revenue (.57 debit/equity) isn't out of line. Paying $.06/each dollar of revenue is cheap. Real question is will they make the right decision with regard to production and avoid oversupply problems that could pressure their cash flow.

Someone will have to fill Pilgrim's Pride's orders.

Just trying to add a food stock that our kids like to eat while at a decently low price. We'll see.

Just wait until Thanksgiving.

diversification into energy will allow them to maximize profits on
the upcomming culling of livestock herds due to high feed costs,
then capitalize again on price controls due to massive market share.

Meat has been lowered in price in the past couple months. Now is the time to buy when it is low and on the rise again.