Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN): Today's Featured Food & Beverage Winner

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Tyson Foods ( TSN) pushed the Food & Beverage industry higher today making it today's featured food & beverage winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.4%. By the end of trading, Tyson Foods rose $1.02 (3.4%) to $30.71 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 9,868,130 shares of Tyson Foods exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,806,100 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $29.55-$30.74 after having opened the day at $29.63 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $29.69. Other companies within the Food & Beverage industry that increased today were: Molson Coors Brewing Company ( TAP), up 6.3%, Molson Coors Brewing Company ( TAP.A), up 4.7%, Omega Protein Corporation ( OME), up 3.8% and Truett-Hurst ( THST), up 3.8%.

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Tyson Foods, Inc., 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 four segments: Chicken, Beef, Pork, and Prepared Foods. Tyson Foods has a market cap of $8.1 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are up 53.0% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Tyson Foods a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Tyson Foods as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

You can view the full Tyson Foods Ratings Report.

On the negative front, Mondelez International ( MDLZ), down 25.1%, Snyders-Lance ( LNCE), down 6.8%, Primo Water ( PRMW), down 6.0% and Tianli Agritech ( OINK), down 4.2%.

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