Tyson Foods (TSN) Tops Q1 EPS by 4c; Pork Sales Rose 7%
Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) reported Q1 EPS of $0.77, $0.04 better than the analyst estimate of $0.73. Revenue for the quarter came in at $10.8 billion versus the consensus estimate of $10.29 billion.
SEGMENT RESULTS (in millions)
| Sales | ||||
| (for the first quarter ended December 27, 2014, and December 28, 2013) | ||||
| First Quarter | ||||
| Volume | Avg. Price | |||
| 2015 | 2014 | Change | Change | |
| Chicken | $ 2,780 | $ 2,656 | 3.1% | 1.5% |
| Beef | 4,391 | 3,734 | (2.7)% | 20.9% |
| Pork | 1,540 | 1,424 | 1.1% | 7.0% |
| Prepared Foods | 2,133 | 907 | 89.5% | 24.1% |
| International | 305 | 327 | (3.8)% | (2.9)% |
| Other | — | — | n/a | n/a |
| Intersegment Sales | (332) | (287) | n/a | n/a |
| Total | $ 10,817 | $ 8,761 | 7.7% | 14.7% |
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