Tyson Foods Misses Profit Estimates as Lower Beef Prices Bite; Shares Fall

Tyson Foods Misses Profit Estimates as Lower Beef Prices Bite; Shares Fall
Tyson Chicken Nuggets, owned by Tyson Foods, are seen for sale in Queens, N.Y., on Nov. 16, 2021. Andrew Kelly/Reuters
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Tyson Foods Inc. widely missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Monday and cut its expectations for operating margins this year in the face of falling beef prices and easing demand for pork.

The results sent the U.S. meatpacker’s shares down more than 5 percent in premarket trade.