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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 August 25, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Hormel: Something to Chew On Hormel Foods still generates free cash flow while straddling commodity and branded foodstuffs. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2005 Mike Cianciolo	Tyson's Maddening Times The top U.S. meat seller gets off to a slow start. But if you stick with this stock, it looks like open road ahead.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2004 Brian Gorman	Hormel Brings Home the Bacon Trends for Hormel, the meat and poultry specialist, look good, but the stock is pricey.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2001 John S. McClenahen	Hungry For Growth As it carves out new markets, Hormel is proving to be much more than SPAM...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 August 19, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Wall Street Slices SPAM Good operating results at Hormel are not good enough. The Wall Street reaction to lowered guidance made the stock the third largest percentage loser.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Hormel Still Tasty Because it's more a user of protein as opposed to a producer of it, Hormel can actually benefit from the oversupply of protein that has sent the prices of chicken, beef, and hogs down a fair bit. Don't shares of this well-run company ever get cheap?
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.
Food Processing December 2008 Dave Fusaro	Hormel Foods Named 2008 Food Processor of the Year With layoffs and bankruptcy filings hitting even the food industry, Hormel continues its diet of process innovation, nurtured new products and strategic acquisitions.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2005 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hormel Opens Up Analysts expect to see the company announce $0.57 per share in profits for the quarter, a 14% year-over-year increase, on a 12% jump in sales.
The Motley Fool January 14, 2004 Paul N. Jaber, Jr.	Hormel's A Low-Carb Hit To cash in on the low-carb craze, check out Hormel Foods, peddler of all things protein.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2011 Jordan DiPietro	Should You Buy and Hold Hormel Foods? Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.3, which is pretty low. Generally speaking, I like to see a beta below 1.2 for retirees. In this case, Hormel Foods fits the bill.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2004 Seth Jayson	Meat Master Trimmed on Hedges Chicken hawker Tyson Foods drops guidance, but is the sky really falling?
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 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 February 20, 2004 Seth Jayson	Hormel Cashes in on Convenience The food marketer posts strong growth on pre-cooked foods. According to management, the best performers are fully cooked entrees like its Jennie-O "So Easy" line
The Motley Fool February 15, 2008 Timothy M. Otte	A Refreshing Slice From Hormel The king of Spam delivers solid first-quarter earnings, with sales increases in all categories.
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.
Food Processing July 2010	2010 R&D Team Winner: Hormel Foods Our 2010 R&D Team of the Year winner is rooted in the past, but ahead of its time.
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 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 December 22, 2003 Jeff Hwang	ConAgra Gets in Shape Food giant begins to see benefits from reshaping its portfolio.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Hormel Has Meat on Its Bones Prudent utilization of cash flow speaks well to this food processor's future. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2011 Jacob Roche	Put Some Meat on Your Portfolio's Bones Brasil Foods is essentially the Hormel Foods of Brazil, selling fresh and frozen meat as well as packaged grocery products.
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 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 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 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.
Food Processing December 2008 Dave Fusaro	Processor of the Year: Hormel Foods In a year that ends with financial chaos, Hormel remains as solid as at any time in its 117-year-history.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2004 W.D. Crotty	A Bargain at 7 Times Earnings Sanderson Farms is a great company trading at a low multiple of its 2004 earnings estimates.
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 August 25, 2011 Andrew Tonner	Does Hormel Foods Look Like A Winning Investment? Hormel looks slightly too expensive and a little unappealing at the present time.
Food Processing February 2011 Dave Fusaro	Editor's Plate: Some CEOs Come and Go, Some Don't Hormel is a study in stability ... and success.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 W.D. Crotty	A Hot Stock at 7 Times Earnings Seaboard, a small agribusiness and transportation company, looks promising.
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 October 22, 2007 Rich Duprey	Quick Take: Hormel Stews Over Campbell's Stew maker Hormel says soup maker Campbell's ad claims are deceptive, and is suing the company for false advertising.
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 May 31, 2011 Andrew Tonner	Does Tyson Foods Deserve a Spot in Your Portfolio? A quick check of their numbers should help get us started.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Beefing Up Exports Japan partially eases its ban on imported U.S. beef. The news lifted Tyson's stock a modest 2% by midday. However, investors should remember that in the absence of U.S. beef, Australia stepped in to keep steaks and burgers on Japanese tables.
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 August 12, 2011 Rich Duprey	Invest in AgFeed Industries? When Pigs Fly! A Chinese pork processor has its fat in the fryer from poor management decisions.
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