Analysts await Tyson Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSN) to report earnings on May, 09 for the fiscal quarter ending Mar 2016.

They expect $0.96 EPS, up 21.88% or $0.21 from last year’s $0.75 per share.

At the moment 12 analysts are watching Tyson Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSN), 5 rate it “Buy”, 3 “Outperform”, 4 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Mar-16, 9 analysts have a mean sales target of 9,039.67 million. For the quarter ending Jun-16, 9 analysts have a mean sales target of 9,281.63 million whilst for the year ending Sep-16, 11 analysts have a mean target of 37,026.30 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 10 analysts have a 0.95 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Mar-16, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 10 analysts have a 0.94 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Jun-16 there are 13 estimates of 4.06 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Tyson Foods, Inc. include Vanguard Group Inc which owns 26 million shares in the company valued at $1.38 B million. T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. is the second biggest holder with 21 million shares currently valued at 1.14 B million whilst State Street Corp has 12 million shares valued at 650.90 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 268,040,004 with a reported 32,287,038 bought and 40,719,555 sold. These holdings make up 73.84% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 54,123,164 shares in the business which makes up 14.91% of shares. The biggest holder currently is John Tyson who owns 2,151,803 shares (0.59% of those outstanding), whilst Leland E. Tollett holds 1,799,153 (0.50% of shares outstanding) and Greg W. Lee holds 721,641 (0.20% of shares outstanding).

The stock increased 1.31% or $0.87 during the last trading session, hitting $69.00. Tyson Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSN) has risen 35.06% over the past 6 months and is uptrending.