as of Sep 4
TSN
DefensiveTYSON FOODS INC A
Tyson Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. The company processes live fed cattle and hogs; fabricates dressed beef and pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts, as well as case ready beef and pork, and fully cooked meats; raises and processes chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products, including breaded chicken strips, nuggets, patties, and other ready-to-fix or fully cooked chicken parts; and supplies poultry breeding stock.
Close · 3M
-20.15%
Held by 1 AI ETF
Signal performance
Each tracked ETF's moves on this stock, grouped by fund. Returns are measured from the signal date to the latest close — hypothetical, no commissions or slippage.
AIEQ · Weight increase · 2d
weight 0.050% → 4.340% (+4.290 pp)·stock down 11.1% in the 30 days before
Sep 3·entry $51.76·now $51.76Fresh
AIEQ · Sudden change · 1d
weight 0.050% → 4.260% (+4.210 pp)·stock down 7.6% in the 30 days before
Sep 1·entry $55.06·now $51.76
AIEQ · Weight decrease · 2d
weight 1.660% → 0.050% (-1.610 pp)·stock down 0.8% in the 30 days before
Aug 2·entry $59.61·now $51.76
AIEQ · Accumulation · 5d
weight 1.510% → 1.630% (+0.120 pp)·stock down 0.8% in the 30 days before
Jul 31·entry $57.96·now $51.76Fresh
AIEQ · Accumulation · 5d
weight 1.550% → 1.660% (+0.110 pp)·stock up 5.9% in the 30 days before
Jul 30·entry $60.65·now $51.76Fresh
AIEQ · Accumulation · 5d
weight 1.540% → 1.640% (+0.100 pp)·stock up 4.1% in the 30 days before
Jul 29·entry $61.04·now $51.76Fresh
AIEQ · Accumulation · 5d
weight 1.530% → 1.550% (+0.020 pp)·stock down 0.6% in the 30 days before
Jul 26·entry $60.71·now $51.76Fresh
AIEQ · Accumulation · 5d
weight 1.510% → 1.530% (+0.020 pp)·stock down 0.6% in the 30 days before
Jul 24·entry $57.45·now $51.76Fresh
AIEQ · Weight increase · 2d
weight 1.510% → 1.540% (+0.030 pp)·stock up 2.3% in the 30 days before
Jul 19·entry $58.00·now $51.76Fresh
AIEQ · Weight decrease · 2d
weight 1.540% → 1.510% (-0.030 pp)·stock up 1.5% in the 30 days before
Jul 16·entry $57.83·now $51.76
AIEQ · Weight decrease · 2d
weight 1.570% → 1.530% (-0.040 pp)·stock down 3.0% in the 30 days before
Jul 11·entry $57.92·now $51.76
AIEQ · Weight increase · 2d
weight 0 → 1.570% (new)·stock down 9.6% in the 30 days before
Jul 3·entry $58.75·now $51.76Fresh
AIEQ · New entry · 1d
weight 0 → 1.530% (new)·stock down 10.2% in the 30 days before
Jul 1·entry $58.43·now $51.76Fresh
AIEQ · Exit · 1d
weight 0.710% → 0 (exited)·stock down 1.0% in the 30 days before
May 3·entry $68.75·now $51.76
Sell signals show what the stock did after the AI exited. A negative number means the AI's exit was well-timed.
Buffett-style framework
The AIEQ ETF recently entered a new position in Tyson Foods and has shown fluctuating weight, suggesting the AI finds it an investable opportunity. This stands in direct contrast to our framework's verdict of 'Too Hard,' which indicates the business is too unpredictable for a long-term value assessment.
- Circle of CompetenceThe commodity nature of meat processing, subject to volatile input costs, disease outbreaks, and cyclical demand, makes 10-year cash flow projections inherently unpredictable.
- Economic MoatThis stage cannot be evaluated as the company fails the circle of competence criterion.
- ManagementThis stage cannot be evaluated as the company fails the circle of competence criterion.
- Financial HealthThis stage cannot be evaluated as the company fails the circle of competence criterion.
- Margin of SafetyThis stage cannot be evaluated as the company fails the circle of competence criterion.
Tyson Foods operates in a highly cyclical and commodity-exposed industry, which renders its future earning power too unpredictable for long-term cash flow projection within this value-investing framework. The inherent volatility in input costs and market prices, coupled with biological risks, places it firmly outside the circle of competence. While an AI ETF holds a position, this analysis deems the company 'Too Hard' to evaluate further, irrespective of its price or other characteristics.
Educational interpretation generated by AI applying frameworks Warren Buffett documented in his shareholder letters and other public writings. Not a statement by Mr. Buffett or Berkshire Hathaway, and not investment advice.