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The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	More Squealing From the Protein Sector Pork processor Premium Standard isn't immune to the challenges in the meat industry. Still, it's a good company with good prospects trading at what looks like a reasonable valuation.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Pilgrim's Pride Clucks In Strong cost control allowed the nation's No. 2 poultry producer to grow earnings on lower revenue. Investors may want to wait for a bargain price before purchasing this stock.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Too Few Piggies Going to Market Even with a tough and disappointing quarter, hog producer and processor Premium Standard Farms still sports good margins relative to other meat mavens like Smithfield, Hormel, and Tyson.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Where the Meat Meets the Street Valuation is starting to look much more reasonable at meat producer Smithfield Foods.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Here's the Beef Tyson Foods wallows in the sweet spot of the high-protein diet craze.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Tyson Hopes You Feel Like Chicken Tonight When you buy amid wreckage, you've just got to accept that rebuilding takes time. Investors in Tyson Foods might do well to keep that in mind as they wait for this large food company to work through an industrywide glut in protein.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Chewing on Tyson's Results A better-than-expected quarter raises the hope that operations have stabilized and growth is back in the story. Assuming management can improve the business and that there are no further shocks to the system, Tyson could again become an interesting stock.
The Motley Fool February 14, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Smithfield's Makin' the Bacon The pork producer fattens up on higher hog prices. This stock is worth a look.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Hormel's Meaty Earnings Still thought of as a pork producer, Hormel has built a markedly diversified food business. Although the stock doesn't look like a screaming bargain today, long-term investors should probably sit tight.
The Motley Fool February 27, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Follow the Money to Hormel This may be the best-run meat company out there. However, its stock price reflects a lot of that, and it doesn't seem to be quite as interesting as an oversold value idea.
The Motley Fool August 26, 2004 Phil Wohl	Smithfield Doesn't Go Whole Hog Profits for pork and beef producer, Smithfield Foods, more than double but were restrained by futures contracts.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Smithfield Seems Fresher The pork producer looks like it's doing a little better in this protein glut. The stock has been a real trouper over the years -- easily outdistancing Hormel and Tyson. And yet the legacy of returns on invested capital is not all that great.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	From Sows' Ears to Silk Purses Smithfield may not look great by the numbers, but the company has almost always delivered. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2010 Rich Duprey	Look Who's Bringing Home the Bacon Bans on U.S.-sourced pork and poultry are taking roost around the world.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Playing Chicken With Chickens This was a tough quarter at Pilgrim's Pride, and management isn't suggesting we look for an immediate turnaround. These are tough times for most protein producers. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Tyson: Upped Guidance, Bad News Though the diversified "protein provider" reported strong earnings, analysts wanted more.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2009 Rich Duprey	Don't Cast Your Pearls Before These Swine Swine flu is about to make mincemeat of the pork producers.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Earnings Pig-Out Near-record hog prices benefit Smithfield results. Net income for the latest quarter rose 61% from year-ago levels on a 32% gain in sales.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2010 Rich Duprey	Pork's Got No Beef With China and Russia Two big export markets reopen doors to pork processors.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Smithfield Faces Leaner Times Without last year's favorable pricing, this pork purveyor may be stuck in the mud. While the stock looks pretty cheap here on a P/E basis, the free cash flow picture is not nearly so appealing.
The Motley Fool February 7, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Low Expectations Lift Premium Standard Wall Street expected little this quarter, and Premium Standard Farms delivered. This stock could be an interesting long-term idea.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Fat Chickens Equal Fat Profits Pilgrim's Pride's income tripled in the latest quarter, riding high with the strong protein sales spawned by low-carbohydrate diets.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Smithfield: A Meaty Investment? Exports and value-added production hold promise, but this is still a commodity-focused business. While Smithfield doesn't seem overpriced, it's also not a top-notch idea for new money right now.
The Motley Fool November 11, 2008 David Lee Smith	Should the Markets Be Butchering Tyson? Despite its strong quarter, Tyson's chicken economics have it in a flap.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Pilgrim's Pride: Funny Hats, Solid Profits Robust foreign demand is keeping the feathers flying for the poultry producer. The current P/E of about 10 is probably a pretty reasonable valuation for the shares.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Variety Meats Sweet for Hormel Turkey sales compensate for higher beef and hog prices. With the current P/E at about 17.5, Hormel might be a bit on the pricey side.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Tyson Foods Is Looking Cheap Rising sales, higher-margin products, and falling debt levels characterize Tyson Foods. Investors would be wise to look at the entire company, compare the value being offered, and add this budding value stock to their portfolio.
The Motley Fool November 7, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Pilgrim's Pride Investors Turn Chicken on Outlook Cautious guidance leads to some unhappy shareholders. Today's P/E ratio looks pretty enticing, but investors will likely need to be prepared to sit tight on these shares to see real appreciation.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2008 Toby Shute	Minuscule Margins in Meat Meat king Tyson is feeling the corn cost sting, and getting, well, slaughtered.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2011 Navjot Kaur	Tyson Foods Stays Strong Despite the Inflation Punch The United States' largest meat processor posted dull fourth-quarter numbers owing to inflationary pressures.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Sanderson Farms' Chicken Run Lower prices and higher costs create a painful bottom line for the chicken producer. Investors may want to wait until Sanderson gets a little bit cheaper before signing on.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Clucking About Tyson Mad cow disease hurts meat processing company Tyson, but the company's results still surprise to the upside.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Gold Kist May Be Scratching Bottom Chicken prices and the stock's valuation are low, but both could go even lower.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Market Lays an Egg Are stock investors too swift in reaction to the chicken flu?
The Motley Fool June 9, 2004 Phil Wohl	Smithfield Going Hog Wild Will the world's largest pork processor continue to bring home the bacon?
The Motley Fool May 2, 2006 Jeremy MacNealy	Tyson Foods' Protein Woes The protein producer continues to struggle with oversupply on the market. When chicken prices were bottoming out, it's possible that this stock did, too.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2011 Keki Fatakia	Cal-Maine's Earnings Chicken Out Cal-Maine reports a first quarter 35% net-income drop.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Sanderson Farms' Ruffled Feathers Hurricane damage hurts results, but the company is still a high-quality poultry producer. This could be an interesting stock for patient investors.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Playing Chicken With Sanderson Farms Bird flu has given poultry companies the blues. Who knows how long the recovery will take, but at today's prices, value-minded investors might well be willing to wait.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2007 Billy Fisher	Smithfield Brings Home the Bacon Strong pork sales drive Smithfield Foods' big quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Markos Kaminis	Smithfield Foods' Shanghai Surprise During their earnings conference call, Smithfield Foods officially announced a deal with an "undisclosed" trading company in China to deliver them sixty million pounds of pork. It's a modest deal, but it represents a foot in the doorway of the hugely important Chinese market.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Talking Turkey With Hormel Jenny-O turkey profits prop-up Hormel's fourth quarter results. The company is up 12.6% over the last 52 weeks.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Tyson Gets Gored This could end up being good news for people who were watching these stocks with an eye toward buying in on bad news. Today's price action might push Tyson below a price-to-book ratio of 1, and that's not something that happens all too often.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2012 Jacob Roche	This Company's Profits Are Flying the Coop Chicken producers like Sanderson Farms are caught between high feed costs and low selling prices.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Clucking With Pride The country's second-leading chicken producer, Pilgrim's Pride, boosts guidance but leaves us wondering about the "how."
The Motley Fool November 14, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Tyson Foods' Fowl Fortunes Although this fiscal year's return on invested capital was better than the past few years', it's still just in the mid-single digits, a level which doesn't often bespeak a long-term winning stock idea.
The Motley Fool August 4, 2011 Jacob Roche	Don't Let Your Portfolio Get Wished Into the Cornfield High corn prices are crushing profits in certain industries.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Smithfield Looks for Deliverance From Protein Glut It's a story that we know well by now -- too much protein and not enough pricing power. Smithfield's a good company, though, and investors looking to make an opportunistic bet on the meat sector should at least give it a once-over in their due diligence.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Pilgrim's Pride Feeds on Firm Prices The poultry producer raises earnings guidance, boosting the stock.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Is Mad Cow Disease Back? Beef export markets will likely remain closed due to another possible case of mad cow disease, putting pressure on Tyson Foods and other beef-sensitive stocks.