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Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN)At 4:00PM EST: 19.96  Up 0.22 (1.11%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:7.38B
Enterprise Value (Jan 12, 2012)3:8.77B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):10.13
Forward P/E (fye Oct 1, 2013)1:8.53
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.29
Price/Sales (ttm):0.23
Price/Book (mrq):1.29
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.27
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:4.89
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Oct 1
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Oct 1, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):2.32%
Operating Margin (ttm):3.98%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):7.36%
Return on Equity (ttm):13.39%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):32.27B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):86.50
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):12.90%
Gross Profit (ttm):2.20B
EBITDA (ttm)6:1.79B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):750.00M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.97
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-54.50%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):716.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.94
Total Debt (mrq):2.18B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):38.38
Current Ratio (mrq):2.01
Book Value Per Share (mrq):15.29
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.05B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):281.88M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.71
52-Week Change3:17.43%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:0.68%
52-Week High (Dec 29, 2011)3:21.06
52-Week Low (Aug 8, 2011)3:15.60
50-Day Moving Average3:20.28
200-Day Moving Average3:18.53
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:3,398,320
Avg Vol (10 day)3:3,825,170
Shares Outstanding5:369.79M
Float:294.04M
% Held by Insiders1:1.81%
% Held by Institutions1:89.50%
Shares Short (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:12.04M
Short Ratio (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:3.20
Short % of Float (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:4.10%
Shares Short (prior month)3:13.07M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.16
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:0.80%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.16
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.80%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.10%
Payout Ratio4:8.00%
Dividend Date3:Mar 14, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Feb 28, 2012
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 Oct 1, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Oct 1, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Oct 1, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Oct 1, 2011)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
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 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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