Leeward Investments LLC MA Has $13.05 Million Stock Holdings in Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN)

Leeward Investments LLC MA trimmed its position in Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) by 4.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 227,126 shares of the company’s stock after selling 9,523 shares during the quarter. Leeward Investments LLC MA owned approximately 0.06% of Tyson Foods worth $13,046,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State Street Corp increased its position in Tyson Foods by 6.9% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,304,869 shares of the company’s stock worth $792,438,000 after purchasing an additional 859,351 shares during the period. Pzena Investment Management LLC increased its position in Tyson Foods by 0.4% in the third quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC now owns 12,543,781 shares of the company’s stock worth $747,108,000 after purchasing an additional 54,217 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in Tyson Foods by 1.3% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,815,571 shares of the company’s stock worth $404,559,000 after purchasing an additional 87,054 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Tyson Foods by 1.7% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,357,941 shares of the company’s stock worth $140,439,000 after purchasing an additional 39,252 shares during the period. Finally, Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC increased its position in Tyson Foods by 6.8% in the third quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC now owns 1,165,916 shares of the company’s stock worth $69,442,000 after purchasing an additional 73,764 shares during the period. 67.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on TSN. HSBC upgraded Tyson Foods from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on Tyson Foods from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Citigroup reduced their target price on Tyson Foods from $63.00 to $61.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 31st. Hsbc Global Res upgraded Tyson Foods from a “moderate sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, February 3rd. Finally, Barclays reduced their target price on Tyson Foods from $76.00 to $75.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Tyson Foods currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $61.10.

Tyson Foods Trading Up 2.2 %

NYSE:TSN opened at $60.43 on Friday. Tyson Foods, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $52.11 and a fifty-two week high of $66.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 2.11 and a quick ratio of 1.04. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.52 billion, a PE ratio of 20.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 0.80. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $57.22 and its 200-day simple moving average is $60.04.

Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.35. The firm had revenue of $13.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $13.46 billion. Tyson Foods had a return on equity of 6.87% and a net margin of 1.96%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.69 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Tyson Foods, Inc. will post 3.8 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Tyson Foods Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 30th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 30th. Tyson Foods’s payout ratio is 67.57%.

Tyson Foods Company Profile

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.