General Mills vs Tyson Foods
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The short version
- Tyson Foods is the larger business, with $54.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $18.4B for General Mills, about 3.0 times as much.
- Tyson Foods grew revenue faster (2.1%, against −5.5%).
- General Mills kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (4.8% operating margin, against 2.0%).
- General Mills turned more of its sales into free cash flow (8.8% FCF margin, against 2.2%).
- Tyson Foods earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (2.8%, against 2.0%).
| Latest fiscal year | GIS · FY26 | TSN · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $18.5B | $20.1B |
| Revenue | $18.4B | $54.4B |
| Free cash flow | $1.6B | $1.2B |
| Net income | −$87.6M | $474M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −5.5% | 2.1% |
| 5-year growth | 0.3% | 4.7% |
| Share count change | −3.6% | 0.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 33.6% | 6.5% |
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 2.0% |
| Net margin | −0.5% | 0.9% |
| FCF margin | 8.8% | 2.2% |
| Return on capital | 2.0% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | −1.1% | 2.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $13.1B | $7.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 9.1x | 3.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.8B | $697M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 35.0x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 4 |
Revenue
FY17
GIS $15.6B
TSN $38.3B
FY18
GIS $15.7B
TSN $40.1B
FY19
GIS $16.9B
TSN $42.4B
FY20
GIS $17.6B
TSN $43.2B
FY21
GIS $18.1B
TSN $47.0B
FY22
GIS $19.0B
TSN $53.3B
FY23
GIS $20.1B
TSN $52.9B
FY24
GIS $19.9B
TSN $53.3B
FY25
GIS $19.5B
TSN $54.4B
FY26
GIS $18.4B
TSN —
GIS
TSN
Operating margin
FY17
GIS 16.0%
TSN 7.6%
FY18
GIS 15.4%
TSN 7.4%
FY19
GIS 14.9%
TSN 6.5%
FY20
GIS 16.8%
TSN 7.0%
FY21
GIS 17.4%
TSN 9.3%
FY22
GIS 18.3%
TSN 8.3%
FY23
GIS 17.1%
TSN −0.8%
FY24
GIS 17.3%
TSN 2.6%
FY25
GIS 17.0%
TSN 2.0%
FY26
GIS 4.8%
TSN —
GIS
TSN
Free cash flow
FY17
GIS $1.7B
TSN $1.5B
FY18
GIS $2.2B
TSN $1.8B
FY19
GIS $2.3B
TSN $1.3B
FY20
GIS $3.2B
TSN $2.7B
FY21
GIS $2.5B
TSN $2.6B
FY22
GIS $2.7B
TSN $800M
FY23
GIS $2.1B
TSN −$187M
FY24
GIS $2.5B
TSN $1.5B
FY25
GIS $2.3B
TSN $1.2B
FY26
GIS $1.6B
TSN —
GIS
TSN
Return on capital
FY17
GIS 13.5%
TSN 11.0%
FY18
GIS 13.3%
TSN 13.9%
FY19
GIS 9.6%
TSN 9.7%
FY20
GIS 11.6%
TSN 9.2%
FY21
GIS 11.9%
TSN 13.3%
FY22
GIS 13.3%
TSN 13.3%
FY23
GIS 12.7%
TSN −1.2%
FY24
GIS 12.5%
TSN 3.9%
FY25
GIS 11.5%
TSN 2.8%
FY26
GIS 2.0%
TSN —
GIS
TSN
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.