Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN)

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.

This company is overpriced and poorly managed. A bad combination.

Tyson foods is the world's largest processor and marketeer of pork,beef and poultry and annually exports the largest percentage of beef out of the US.It supplies all Yum! Brands chains that use chicken (including KFC and Taco Bell), as well as McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Wal-Mart, Kroger, Costco, IGA, Beef O'Brady's, small restaurant businesses, and prisons.Tyson produces many different products, including Buffalo Wings, Boneless Buffalo Wings, and Chicken nuggets and Tenders. Every week, its 54 chicken plants process 42.5 million chickens, their 13 beef plants process 170,938 cattle, and six pork plants process 347,891 pigs. Their largest meatpacking facility is their beef production plant in Dakota City, Nebraska. Other plants include hatcheries and tanneries.(1)

The world’s total meat supply was 71 million tons in 1961. In 2007, it was estimated to be 284 million tons. Per capita consumption has more than doubled over that period. (In the developing world, it rose twice as fast, doubling in the last 20 years.) World meat consumption is expected to double again by 2050, which one expert, Henning Steinfeld of the United Nations, says is resulting in a “relentless growth in livestock production.(2)

Going forward the falling US dollar will help with meat exports to emerging markets.The world is getting more affluent and the consumption of meat and other protein rich foods will increase going forward.

Better financials with debt reduction(3)

references
(1)wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyson_Foods

(2)new york times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/weekinreview/27bittman.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

(3)fox
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/industries/retail/article/tyson-foods-strategically-positioned-additional-success_485920_7.html

outperform

Tyson Foods is a good choice for overperformance of the market because of the increasing prices of food in both the United States and countries around the world. These prices are partially because of the increased oil prices and transportation of good to raise the animals, but Tyson will still be taking in more revenue.

Poultry production will be in shorter demand with cattle prices falling; however, this company has a low beta and great profitability. Great stock to own long term!

Food prices rising

Are you kidding me. This stock is set to take a plunge. Winter is almost over and guess what Avian Flu will be spreading like wild fire again. Second with Oil prices throught the roof logistics cost will dramatically impact the profit. Look for the company to take a hard hit.

Bottom feeding.

Tyson Foods---Chicken yes---but also beef and pork

its a good time to get in if your a long term investor

ok so like i said this is my 1st day on here and i gota choose like 6 stocks so im diging deep i dont like the idea of holding a stock more then 5 days but due to having to pick 6 stocks here we go . tyson food is a pick im happy about i woulda rather waited but hey its at a decent low pprice yet on trend overall... though im not a big fan of having C02 in my food to make it look fresher (i hope that dont sting me in the short term) i still like it over the long term price or pork in china has gone up 50% due to inflation, and tyson is in talks to take advantage . id rather just invest in the pork comodity but hey im a stock guy so this week we may have some short term probs with the C02 but in the ln run doing business with china is always good i hear there a few pork eater there. news of china may come out and boost this stock surprisingly but again i have to choose 6 stocks in 2 days

I really have no info to support my decision other than this, I've owed this stock for about 6 years now and it has gone up consistantly over the long run.

suspcious activities such as some unauthorized "perks" for good ole Don Tyson to the tune of 1.7 mil. Plus they still pay the retired board chairman 1.2 mil...very interesting waste of money

Too much voting power controlled by too few shareholders. From Morningstar:

"Powered by Tyson," is a perfect motto for the firm's take on corporate governance. Former board chairman Don Tyson controls 75% of the firm's voting shares through a network of personal holdings and family trusts.

Tyson Foods together with its subsidiaries engages in the production, distribution, and marketing of chicken, beef, pork, prepared foods, and related allied products worldwide. It operates in five segments: Chicken, Beef, Pork, Prepared Foods, and Other. Around 91% of the sales are being catered to domestic market, including national and regional grocery retailers, regional grocery wholesalers, meat distributors, clubs and warehouse stores. Export markets that include Mexico, Taiwan and China contribute over 9% of the total turnover.

Company competes with national and regional food producers and processors and certain prepared food manufacturers. The major predicament for the company has been the surging corn prices, which is escalating the animal feeding costs. Ethanol production in US is requires the use of corn as a raw material due to which corn supply for animal consumption is tightening. This has laid huge pressure on Tyson’s business as it generates over significant revenues from chicken, beef and pork segments. Company has undertaken cost management initiatives in the form of planned production cuts due to which it made profits in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. However, as corn prices rise, the company’s plan to push the cost to the consumers could impact their volumes.

Tyson’s beef segment that contributes over 46% to the sales is running in losses. To add to the woes, incidence of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) in a cow, which has hampered the beef exports of the industry, has resulted in excess domestic supplies and lower prices. Despite the fact that demand for chicken and beef products traditionally pick up during the spring and summer months, company has delivered a negative revenue growth during this period due to oversupply leading to pricing strains. The negative impact of BSE is expected to persist for year to come. Company has gone into the red in fiscal 2006 and considering the challenging environment, management expects a flattish revenue growth for fiscal 2007. In view of such a taxing outlook, scrip does not look like a money-spinning investment.

coming out of slump

one TSN commodity = poultry droping in price

does well through an economic downturn; great defense