Meat company Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) will be reporting earnings this Monday morning. Here’s what to look for.
Tyson Foods missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 0.7% last quarter, reporting revenues of $13.07 billion, flat year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a decent beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Tyson Foods’s revenue to be flat year on year at $13.5 billion, slowing from the 2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.78 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Tyson Foods has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at Tyson Foods’s peers in the perishable food segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Fresh Del Monte Produce delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 3.8%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.2%, and Cal-Maine reported revenues up 72.2%, topping estimates by 21.3%. Fresh Del Monte Produce traded up 4.2% following the results while Cal-Maine was also up 13.6%.
Read our full analysis of Fresh Del Monte Produce’s results here and Cal-Maine’s results here.
Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the perishable food stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.4% on average over the last month. Tyson Foods is down 5.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $63.17 (compared to the current share price of $52.53).
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