Tyson Foods, Inc. 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.
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 Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, Aidells, Gallo Salame, ibp, and State Fair brands.
The company 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 food service 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 and is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas. Tyson Foods TSN shares gain following the company's upward revision of its full-year profit forecast.
The stock's rise follows a strong first quarter earnings report that exceeded expectations on both revenue and profit, driven primarily by robust chicken sales during the quarter. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination here. This post was written by Angel Smith and updated by Naomi Buchanan. Trailing total returns as of , which may include dividends or other distributions. Select to analyze similar companies using key performance metrics; select up to 4 stocks.
