Sanderson Farms News

The Wayne Farms processing plant will not run a day shift on Friday May 10. Currently operations are scheduled to resume on the 2nd shift at regularly scheduled times.

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<![CDATA[Sanderson Farms Inc. has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 17 cents per share payable May 21, to stockholders of record on May 7. Based in Laurel, Sanderson Farms is engaged in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of fresh and frozen chicken and other prepared food items.

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The firm currently has a $62.50 target price on the stock. Sanderson Farms traded down 0.38% on Friday, hitting $60.2699. Sanderson Farms has a 1-year low of $36.11 and a 1-year high of $59.44. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently $55.38. The company has a market cap of $1.387 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.27. Sanderson ... (more)

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The firm currently has a "buy" rating on the stock. A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on SAFM.

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The majority of your interaction with poultry is at your grocer's meat counter or at a fast-food drive-thru; the sheer preciseness of the organization of bringing chicken to your table takes an adjustment.