Tyson Foods (TSN) ended the recent trading session at $60.90, demonstrating a +1.38% change from the preceding day's closing price. The stock exceeded the S&P 500, which registered a loss of 2.06% for the day. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 1.76%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 2.39%.
The meat producer's shares have seen an increase of 2.44% over the last month, surpassing the Consumer Staples sector's gain of 1.88% and the S&P 500's gain of 1.63%.
The upcoming earnings release of Tyson Foods will be of great interest to investors. The company's earnings report is expected on February 2, 2026. On that day, Tyson Foods is projected to report earnings of $0.97 per share, which would represent a year-over-year decline of 14.91%. At the same time, our most recent consensus estimate is projecting a revenue of $14.13 billion, reflecting a 3.73% rise from the equivalent quarter last year.
TSN's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $3.86 per share and revenue of $55.61 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of -6.31% and +2.15%, respectively.
Investors should also pay attention to any latest changes in analyst estimates for Tyson Foods. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Our research suggests that these changes in estimates have a direct relationship with upcoming stock price performance. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, spanning from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), boasts an impressive track record of outperformance, audited externally, with #1 ranked stocks yielding an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection remained stagnant. At present, Tyson Foods boasts a Zacks Rank of #4 (Sell).
Digging into valuation, Tyson Foods currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 15.58. This signifies a premium in comparison to the average Forward P/E of 12.6 for its industry.
Also, we should mention that TSN has a PEG ratio of 1.38. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. By the end of yesterday's trading, the Food - Meat Products industry had an average PEG ratio of 1.38.
The Food - Meat Products industry is part of the Consumer Staples sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 211, putting it in the bottom 14% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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