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Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN)At 12:55PM EDT: 19.89  Up 0.12 (0.61%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:7.51B
Enterprise Value (Apr 29, 2011)3:8.89B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):8.22
Forward P/E (fye Oct 2, 2012)1:9.70
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.31
Price/Sales (ttm):0.25
Price/Book (mrq):1.37
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.30
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:3.98
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Oct 2
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jan 1, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):3.12%
Operating Margin (ttm):5.89%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):9.82%
Return on Equity (ttm):17.67%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):29.41B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):78.79
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):14.80%
Gross Profit (ttm):2.51B
EBITDA (ttm):2.23B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):918.00M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.42
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):86.30%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.12B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.97
Total Debt (mrq):2.55B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):45.94
Current Ratio (mrq):1.87
Book Value Per Share (mrq):14.42
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.26B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):502.88M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.24
52-Week Change3:-0.55%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:12.74%
52-Week High (May 3, 2010)3:20.07
52-Week Low (Oct 12, 2010)3:14.59
50-Day Moving Average3:19.31
200-Day Moving Average3:17.47
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:3,689,120
Avg Vol (10 day)3:2,607,600
Shares Outstanding5:377.50M
Float:299.51M
% Held by Insiders6:2.08%
% Held by Institutions6:69.60%
Shares Short (as of Apr 15, 2011)3:15.46M
Short Ratio (as of Apr 15, 2011)3:4.80
Short % of Float (as of Apr 15, 2011)3:5.20%
Shares Short (prior month)3:15.09M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.16
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:0.80%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.12
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.60%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.10%
Payout Ratio4:7.00%
Dividend Date3:Jun 14, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:May 27, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:3:2
Last Split Date3:Feb 18, 1997

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Jan 1, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jan 1, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jan 1, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Oct 2, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 Data provided by Computershare

Currency in USD.