Tyson Foods
TSN NYSE· Packaged Foods & Meats
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$56.40
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Tyson Foods had $54.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 2.1% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +4.7% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 2.0%, down 0.6 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 2 is left after running the business.
- Tyson Foods made $474M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew −12.7% a year.
- Free cash flow was $1.2B in fiscal 2025, 2.2% of revenue.
- Tyson Foods returned $697M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 59% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.3%.
- Tyson Foods owes $7.6B more than it holds in cash, about 3.1 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$20.0B
P/E
34.8x
Revenue
$54.4B
Net income
$474M
Free cash flow
$1.2B
Operating margin
2.0%
Tyson Foods in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+2.1%
Only a little. Sales grew 2.1% last year.
Does it make a profit?
0.9%
A little. It keeps 0.9% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
2.2%
Partly. 2.2% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
3.1x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 3.1 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
4 / 9
Mixed. It passes 4 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
34.8x
One share costs 34.8 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 24.2x.
What Tyson Foods does
Tyson Foods is a food company that raises, processes and sells meat and prepared foods. Founded in 1935, it is based in Springdale, Arkansas, and had approximately 133,000 employees at the end of fiscal 2025. Its brands include Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, State Fair and Aidells. It sells to grocery stores and wholesalers, warehouse clubs, restaurants and restaurant distributors, the military, schools, hospitals, convenience stores and export buyers. It reports four segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken and Prepared Foods. Beef and Pork process live cattle and hogs into cuts of meat, including case-ready and fully cooked products. Chicken is fully vertically integrated, which means Tyson handles breeding stock, contract farmers, feed, processing and transport. Prepared Foods makes frozen and refrigerated items such as bacon, sausage, hot dogs, sandwiches and prepared meals.
Biggest risks, in its own words
- Swings in commodity prices and in the supply of feed grains, live cattle, live hogs and other inputs.
- Disease outbreaks that disrupt its operations or the supply and demand for its products.
- Losing one or more of its largest customers.
- Changes in what consumers want, or failing to launch new products and keep its brands strong against private label products.
- Fiscal year ends
- September 27, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Nov 10, 2025
- Legal name
- TYSON FOODS, INC.
- CIK
- 0000100493
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $47.0B | $53.3B | $52.9B | $53.3B | $54.4B |
| Revenue growth | 9.0% | 13.3% | −0.8% | 0.8% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 13.9% | 12.5% | 5.0% | 6.8% | 6.5% |
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 8.3% | −0.8% | 2.6% | 2.0% |
| Net income | $3.0B | $3.2B | −$648M | $800M | $474M |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 6.1% | −1.2% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Diluted EPS | $8.34 | $8.92 | −$1.87 | $2.25 | $1.33 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $3.8B | $2.7B | $1.8B | $2.6B | $2.2B |
| Capital expenditure | $1.2B | $1.9B | $1.9B | $1.1B | $978M |
| Free cash flow | $2.6B | $800M | −$187M | $1.5B | $1.2B |
| FCF margin | 5.6% | 1.5% | −0.4% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| Dividends paid | $636M | $653M | $670M | $684M | $697M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | 0.0% | −0.6% | −21.8% | 25.4% | 0.3% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $2.5B | $1.0B | $573M | $1.7B | $1.2B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $9.3B | $8.3B | $9.5B | $9.8B | $8.8B |
| Shareholders' equity | $17.7B | $19.7B | $18.1B | $18.4B | $18.1B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.2x | 1.3x | 9.6x | 2.9x | 3.1x |
| Current ratio | 1.6x | 1.8x | 1.3x | 2.0x | 1.6x |
| Interest coverage | 10.3x | 12.1x | −1.1x | 2.9x | 2.5x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 13.3% | 13.3% | −1.2% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 18.5% | 17.3% | −3.4% | 4.4% | 2.6% |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Altman Z'' | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$1.0M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$6.2M
2 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Foods TSN | $20.0B | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 34.8x | 4 |
| Mondelez International MDLZ | $81.0B | 5.8% | 9.2% | 8.4% | 6.0% | 31.2x | 5 |
| Kraft Heinz KHC | $29.3B | −3.5% | −18.7% | 14.7% | −5.8% | — | 4 |
| Pilgrim's Pride PPC | $6.5B | 3.5% | 8.7% | 3.5% | 20.1% | 11.9x | 4 |
| General Mills GIS | $18.1B | −5.5% | 4.8% | 8.8% | 2.0% | — | 5 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $56.40 a share, the company is worth $20.0B: 34.8 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Tyson Foods grew sales faster than 2 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 2 of 2.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000100493). Data updated October 9, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.