General Mills vs Tyson Foods
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I put General Mills and Tyson Foods side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- 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%).
Who comes out ahead
Of the 11 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
General Mills
GIS
5/11
Gross marginOperating marginFCF marginPiotroski F-scoreShare count change
Tyson Foods
TSN
6/11
Revenue growth5-year growthNet marginReturn on capitalReturn on equityNet debt / EBITDA
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | GIS FY26 | TSN FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $18.1B | $20.0B |
| 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 | — | 34.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 4 |
Ten years
Revenue
Operating margin
Free cash flow
Return on capital
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.