Previous close | 30.94 |
Open | 32.05 |
Bid | 33.03 x 0 |
Ask | 33.05 x 0 |
Day's range | 32.05 - 33.49 |
52-week range | 17.56 - 33.49 |
Volume | |
Avg. volume | 7,030,117 |
Market cap | 73.242B |
Beta (5Y monthly) | 0.30 |
PE ratio (TTM) | 34.76 |
EPS (TTM) | 0.95 |
Earnings date | 13 Aug 2024 |
Forward dividend & yield | 2.00 (6.52%) |
Ex-dividend date | 23 June 2023 |
1y target est | 35.06 |
Shares of Brazil's JBS SA rose 7% in early morning trading on Wednesday after the world's largest meatpacker reported strong first-quarter results in spite of headwinds faced by its large U.S. beef business. JBS executives said they continue to see reduced cattle availability in the United States and demand constrained by higher beef prices in its biggest market. At the same time, JBS is positive on the outlook for its chicken export business as demand is heating up globally and grain prices have subsided.
Brazil's JBS SA , the world's largest meat-packer, on Tuesday reported a net profit of 1.64 billion reais ($319.74 million) for the first quarter, which beat analysts' expectations by a wide margin, according to an earnings statement. After a strong quarter for its U.S. pork business and its beef and processed foods divisions in Brazil, JBS said earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, a measure of operating income known as EBITDA, was 6.4 billion reais in the period. Analysts had predicted JBS's net profit at 869.1 million reais, and EBITDA at 5.2 billion reais.
Brazil's JBS, the world's largest meat producer, will invest 150 million reais ($29.2 million) to double the slaughtering capacity at its Campo Grande II beef plant to 4,400 cattle per day, it said in a statement on Friday. The announcement, which happens after the plant received in March green light to export to China, was made during a visit of Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to the unit, which is located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. JBS said the capacity expansion should be completed within a year, and will make Campo Grande II one of the firm's three largest plants in the world and Latin America's largest beef plant.