Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN) earnings on May 4, 2026
More Tyson Foods, Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
TSN stock surged 7.96% after its earnings report, reaching a high of 7.99%. This strong performance matched analyst expectations and positive sentiment.
TSN price around the earnings
68.75
Change: +7.9%
2026-05-04, 23:58 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
- Thesis published
Analysts positive, steady upside expected.
Experts are largely optimistic, citing strong analyst support and consistent earnings beats. While momentum is only moderate and near resistance, the overall outlook remains favorable.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Analysts are optimistic, and the scenario is steadily optimistic.
- Reasoning
- Experts are largely positive, citing strong analyst support and consistent earnings beats. While momentum is only moderate and near resistance, the overall outlook remains favorable.
- Playbook
- With strong analyst backing and a history of positive performance, the scenario remains attractive if the price holds near current levels.
- Trend
- Momentum improving over past three sessions.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Positive
Analysts generally maintain buy ratings for the stock, with price targets pointing to an optimistic scenario. Recent actions include positive ratings from multiple financial institutions, indicating strong expert confidence.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.4
- Analysts covering the stock
- 13
- Average price target
- 68.54
- Lowest price target
- 58
- Highest price target
- 78
- Upside to price target
- 6.1%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- -76.3%
- Revenue growth
- 5.1%
- Forward EPS
- 4.4
- Trailing EPS
- 0.56
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 3
- Strong buy: 2
- Buy: 4
- Hold: 8
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 1
- Strong buy
- 2
- Buy
- 4
- Hold
- 8
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 1
- April 6, 2026 · Piper Sandler: Upgrades rating (Neutral → Overweight)
- March 26, 2026 · Mizuho: Initiates coverage (Buy → Outperform)
- March 24, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Negative
Recent news indicates a government investigation into antitrust concerns within the beef industry, posing a potential risk. Retail investor sentiment is moderately positive but based on low market review volume.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (5)
- This Tyson Foods Analyst Turns Bullish; Here Are Top 5 Upgrades For Monday — Benzinga
- Piper Sandler Upgrades Tyson Foods to Overweight, Raises Price Target to $75 — Benzinga
- Tyson Foods Option Alert: Apr 17 $65 Calls Sweep (65) near the Ask: 2091 @ $1.152 vs 1213 OI; Earnings 5/4 Before Open [est] Ref=$63.86 — Benzinga
- Mizuho Initiates Coverage On Tyson Foods with Outperform Rating, Announces Price Target of $72 — Benzinga
- JP Morgan Maintains Neutral on Tyson Foods, Lowers Price Target to $65 — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Positive
The stock's recent price movement has outperformed the broader market. It is currently market review below a resistance level, suggesting an optimistic scenario if current trends continue.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.1%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -2.8%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +0.5%
- 30-day change
- +7.2%
- 30-day relative strength
- +3.5%
- Benchmark change
- +3.8%
- Nearest support
- 57.9
- Nearest resistance
- 65.63
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 0.71
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +17.3%
- February 2, 2026: actual EPS 0.97 vs estimate 0.94 (surprise +3.1%)
- November 10, 2025: actual EPS 1.15 vs estimate 0.83 (surprise +37.8%)
- August 4, 2025: actual EPS 0.91 vs estimate 0.78 (surprise +16.2%)
- May 5, 2025: actual EPS 0.92 vs estimate 0.82 (surprise +12.2%)
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 3.8%
- 75th percentile move
- 7.1%
- 90th percentile move
- 9.4%
- Up / down moves
- 11 / 8
- Average up move
- +4.1%
- Average down move
- -6.7%
Monitoring and close
What Tyson Foods, Inc. reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Consolidated
- +8.0%
- Max move
- +8.0%
No verdict: the outlook took no direction, so there is nothing to score as a hit or a miss.