Tyson Foods (TSN) reported $13.88 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 4%. EPS of $0.91 for the same period compares to $0.87 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.88% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $13.63 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.72, the EPS surprise was +26.39%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Tyson performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Volume - YoY change: -0.1% versus -0.6% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Volume - Chicken-YoY change: 2.4% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1.3%.
- Volume-Prepared Foods-YoY change: -2.3% versus -2% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Volume - Pork-YoY change: 1.5% compared to the -2.3% average estimate based on two analysts.
- Volume - Beef-YoY change: -3.1% versus the two-analyst average estimate of -1%.
- Sales- Chicken: $4.22 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $4.09 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +3.5%.
- Sales- Beef: $5.6 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $5.59 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.9%.
- Sales- International/Other: $557 million versus $580.55 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.3% change.
- Sales- Prepared Foods: $2.52 billion versus $2.4 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3.4% change.
- Intersegment Sales: $-517 million versus $-462 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +17.5% change.
- Sales- Pork: $1.51 billion compared to the $1.43 billion average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3% year over year.
- Adjusted Operating Income (Loss)- Beef: $-151 million compared to the $-167.8 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of Tyson have returned -8.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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