Farha Aslam

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  On Thursday, Stephens Inc. analyst Farha Aslam wrote in a research note that there's concern for the business because of heavy hog inventories and the possibility that exports may be slowing down.Prices for hogs could fall too, and if that happens and the company hasn't hedged production, the business could slump, she wrote.

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  "There is concern that given the adverse conditions in the chicken industry, Pilgrim's Pride may be facing a liquidity crisis," Stephens Inc. analyst Farha Aslam wrote in a research note Thursday.

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  Farha Aslam, analyst with Stephens Inc., ...

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  Farha Aslam, an analyst with Stephens Inc., said the plants that are still eligible will ship more of their products to Russia, while banned plants will find other foreign markets or keep products in the U.S.
  
  The end result could be higher prices for Russian customers, she wrote in a note Friday, because Russia imports 40 percent of its poultry consumption.

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  Stephens Inc. analyst Farha Aslam said in a research note Friday the slide is expected given the credit concerns announced Thursday by Pilgrim's Pride Corp., the nation's largest chicken producer.
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  Aslam said given credit concerns for the Smithfield, Va.-based company, its shares are "likely to remain volatile" given both meat producers' poor profitability and leveraged balance sheets.She said further hurting matters are heavy hog inventories and concern that exports may be slowing down.Both of those factors will push prices down for hogs.
  
  "If this is the case the company may miss earnings estimates unless it has hedged some of its hog production," she wrote.
  
  But Smithfield doesn't disclose its hedge positions and earnings expectations are low, which is causing the financing concerns, she wrote.
  
  The company recently swung to a loss in its fiscal first quarter on the high commodity costs.

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  Stephens Inc. analyst Farha Aslam said in a Thursday industry note that the company could raise cash by selling Pilgrim's Pride's Mexican chicken operations and the Texas egg products business.
  
  Aslam said that at the end of the third quarter, the company had liquidity of $ 408 million.She estimated that it was using $ 50 million to $ 100 million in cash per quarter.

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  Stephens Inc. analyst Farha Aslam wrote in a research note Thursday that Tyson has been gaining market share as Pilgrim's Pride cuts production and "is well positioned to purchase poultry assets that may come up for sale," she wrote.
  
  She said Tyson has few financing issues, and although its poultry division is facing pressures similar to the rest of the industry, its beef and pork operations "are benefiting from good industry conditions."

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  "There is concern that given the adverse conditions in the chicken industry, Pilgrim's Pride may be facing a liquidity crisis," Stephens Inc. analyst Farha Aslam wrote in a research note Thursday.
  
  Companies are typically required to have a certain amount of profits relative to their debts whenever they get a loan, so banks are guaranteed they will get money back, Gilpin said.These ratios are typically negotiated for a year term, to give companies room to meet those obligations, she said.

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  ANALYST TAKE: Tyson's earnings are expected to be down because of poor performance in poultry, though the company is seeing solid results for beef and pork, said Stephens Inc. analyst Farha Aslam in a research note.
  
  Poultry sales should be up 12 percent to $2.3 billion, with volume up 3 percent to 4 percent, the analyst said.Furthermore, pricing is up 7 percent to 8 percent due to higher prices in contracts, according to Aslam.

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  Published on: 9/5/2008    Last Visited: 9/5/2008  

  Stephens Inc. analyst Farha Aslam said in a note to investors Thursday that the expected $ 700 million to $ 800 million Tyson raises from the offerings would go toward funding international acquisitions in China, Brazil, Mexico and India.Some money might also go to development of alternative fuels.She said the offering would dilute the company#8217,s fiscal 2009 earnings about 5 cents-10 cents a share.

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