Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. Has $1.24 Million Holdings in Tyson Foods, Inc. $TSN

Key Points

• Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. has increased its stake in Tyson Foods by 61.0% during the first quarter, owning 19,375 shares valued at $1,236,000.
• Tyson Foods reported $0.91 earnings per share for the last quarter, exceeding estimates, and announced a share buyback program to repurchase up to 43 million shares.
• The company has declared a $0.50 quarterly dividend, with an annualized yield of 3.5%, and is expected to achieve 3.8 EPS for the current fiscal year 2025.

Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. increased its stake in Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN - Free Report) by 61.0% during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 19,375 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 7,338 shares during the period. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C.'s holdings in Tyson Foods were worth $1,236,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Park Square Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Tyson Foods during the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Curat Global LLC bought a new stake in Tyson Foods during the first quarter worth $28,000. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT bought a new position in shares of Tyson Foods in the 1st quarter valued at $28,000. Rossby Financial LCC acquired a new position in shares of Tyson Foods during the 1st quarter worth $53,000. Finally, Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH bought a new stake in shares of Tyson Foods during the 4th quarter worth $65,000. Institutional investors own 67.00% of the company's stock.

Tyson Foods Trading Up 1.2%

Shares of NYSE TSN traded up $0.68 during trading on Monday, reaching $56.80. The company had a trading volume of 2,591,544 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,756,912. The stock has a market cap of $20.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.82, a PEG ratio of 0.77 and a beta of 0.59. The company's fifty day moving average price is $55.43 and its 200-day moving average price is $57.53. The company has a quick ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44. Tyson Foods, Inc. has a 12 month low of $51.85 and a 12 month high of $66.88.

Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 4th. The company reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.19. The company had revenue of $13.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.54 billion. Tyson Foods had a return on equity of 7.49% and a net margin of 1.45%.The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.87 earnings per share. Tyson Foods has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Tyson Foods, Inc. will post 3.8 earnings per share for the current year.

Tyson Foods announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, August 7th that allows the company to buyback 43,000,000 shares. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Tyson Foods Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 15th. Investors of record on Monday, December 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 1st. Tyson Foods's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 90.91%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on TSN. Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded shares of Tyson Foods from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $74.00 to $59.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on Tyson Foods from $62.00 to $58.00 and set a "market perform" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Stephens lowered their target price on Tyson Foods from $61.00 to $55.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 15th. Wall Street Zen lowered Tyson Foods from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 6th. Finally, JP Morgan Cazenove reduced their price target on Tyson Foods from $61.00 to $60.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, July 7th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and twelve have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $61.25.

About Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. 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.