Tyson Foods (TSN) Stock Lower Ahead of Earnings Results

Tyson Foods (TSN) will release its latest quarterly financial report before the market open on Monday morning.
By Amanda Schiavo ,

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Tyson Foods (TSN) - Get Report are down by 0.11% to $45.05 at the start of trading on Thursday morning, as the food production company prepares to announce its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter earnings results.

The company will release its latest quarterly financial report before the market open on Monday morning.

Analysts are expecting the distributor of frozen food products such as "anytizers" snacks and steak fingers to report a year over year rise in earnings per share and revenue for the most recent quarter.

Tyson Foods has been forecast by analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters to report earnings of 88 cents per share on revenue of $10.33 billion for the three month period ended in October.

The company's adjusted earnings came in at 87 cents per share on sales of $10.1 billion for the 2014 fourth quarter.

Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates TYSON FOODS INC as a Buy with a ratings score of A+. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:

We rate TYSON FOODS INC (TSN) a BUY. This is based on the convergence of positive investment measures, which should help this stock outperform the majority of stocks that we rate. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:

  • The stock has not only risen over the past year, it has done so at a faster pace than the S&P 500, reflecting the earnings growth and other positive factors similar to those we have cited here. Turning our attention to the future direction of the stock, it goes without saying that even the best stocks can fall in an overall down market. However, in any other environment, this stock still has good upside potential despite the fact that it has already risen in the past year.
  • TYSON FOODS INC has improved earnings per share by 13.7% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, TYSON FOODS INC increased its bottom line by earning $2.40 versus $2.32 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($3.20 versus $2.40).
  • Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 5.2%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 4.0%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
  • Net operating cash flow has significantly increased by 210.79% to $864.00 million when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, TYSON FOODS INC has also vastly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of -23.54%.
  • You can view the full analysis from the report here: TSN

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