Reuters: Hot Stocks: UPDATE 1-Tyson profit misses estimates, full-year sales forecast cut

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UPDATE 1-Tyson profit misses estimates, full-year sales forecast cut May 6th 2013, 12:30 Mon May 6, 2013 8:30am EDT * Quarterly adjusted profit $0.36/shr vs Street view $0.45/shr * Sales rise to $8.42 bln vs analysts' view of $8.58 bln * Cuts full-year sales forecast * Shares down 6 percent before the bell (Adds analysts' comparison, details) May 6 (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc, the largest U.S. meat processor, reported a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit as shoppers and restaurants switched to cheaper chicken from beef, and the company cut its full-year sales forecast. Chicken volumes rose just 0.1 percent in the second quarter ended March 30, but beef volumes fell 3.9 percent, pork 2.2 percent and packaged foods 0.8 percent. The company's gross margin fell to 4.85 percent, from 6.47 percent a year earlier. "Our beef segment suffered margin compression as consumers opted for the relative value of chicken," Chief Executive Donnie Smith said in a statement on Monday. The company and its competitors are still feeling the effects of the worst drought in 50 years in the U.S. Midwest last year that pushed up feed costs and reduced cattle supplies. Tyson forecast sales of $34.5 billion for fiscal-year 2013, down from its previous forecast of $35 billion. Analysts expected $34.49 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Tyson's net income fell 43 percent to $95 million, or 26 cents per share, from $166 million, or 44 cents per share, a year earlier. On an adjusted basis the company earned 36 cents per share. Sales rose by just under 2 percent to $8.42 billion. Analysts on average had expected earnings of 45 cents per share, on revenue of $8.58 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Agribusiness company Cargill Inc, another big beef producer, said last month that its quarterly earnings fell 42 percent as the lingering effects of the drought affected both its meat and grain operations. Tyson shares fell 6 percent in premarket trade after closing at $24.93 on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. (Reporting by Lisa Baertlein in Los Angeles and Arpita Mukherjee in Bangalore; Editing by Supriya Kurane) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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