Mondelez International 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 $38.5B for Mondelez International.
- Mondelez International grew revenue faster (5.8%, against 2.1%).
- Mondelez International kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (9.2% operating margin, against 2.0%).
- Mondelez International turned more of its sales into free cash flow (8.4% FCF margin, against 2.2%).
- Mondelez International earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (6.0%, against 2.8%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Tyson Foods’s earnings: a P/E of 35.0x against 31.6x for Mondelez International.
| Latest fiscal year | MDLZ · FY25 | TSN · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $82.0B | $20.1B |
| Revenue | $38.5B | $54.4B |
| Free cash flow | $3.2B | $1.2B |
| Net income | $2.5B | $474M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 5.8% | 2.1% |
| 5-year growth | 7.7% | 4.7% |
| Share count change | −3.6% | 0.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 28.4% | 6.5% |
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 2.0% |
| Net margin | 6.4% | 0.9% |
| FCF margin | 8.4% | 2.2% |
| Return on capital | 6.0% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 9.3% | 2.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $19.0B | $7.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.9x | 3.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $4.9B | $697M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 31.6x | 35.0x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 4 |
Revenue
FY16
MDLZ $25.9B
TSN $36.9B
FY17
MDLZ $25.9B
TSN $38.3B
FY18
MDLZ $25.9B
TSN $40.1B
FY19
MDLZ $25.9B
TSN $42.4B
FY20
MDLZ $26.6B
TSN $43.2B
FY21
MDLZ $28.7B
TSN $47.0B
FY22
MDLZ $31.5B
TSN $53.3B
FY23
MDLZ $36.0B
TSN $52.9B
FY24
MDLZ $36.4B
TSN $53.3B
FY25
MDLZ $38.5B
TSN $54.4B
MDLZ
TSN
Operating margin
FY16
MDLZ 9.9%
TSN 7.7%
FY17
MDLZ 13.4%
TSN 7.6%
FY18
MDLZ 12.8%
TSN 7.4%
FY19
MDLZ 14.9%
TSN 6.5%
FY20
MDLZ 14.5%
TSN 7.0%
FY21
MDLZ 16.2%
TSN 9.3%
FY22
MDLZ 11.2%
TSN 8.3%
FY23
MDLZ 15.3%
TSN −0.8%
FY24
MDLZ 17.4%
TSN 2.6%
FY25
MDLZ 9.2%
TSN 2.0%
MDLZ
TSN
Free cash flow
FY16
MDLZ $1.6B
TSN $2.0B
FY17
MDLZ $1.6B
TSN $1.5B
FY18
MDLZ $2.9B
TSN $1.8B
FY19
MDLZ $3.0B
TSN $1.3B
FY20
MDLZ $3.1B
TSN $2.7B
FY21
MDLZ $3.2B
TSN $2.6B
FY22
MDLZ $3.0B
TSN $800M
FY23
MDLZ $3.6B
TSN −$187M
FY24
MDLZ $3.5B
TSN $1.5B
FY25
MDLZ $3.2B
TSN $1.2B
MDLZ
TSN
Return on capital
FY16
MDLZ —
TSN 12.4%
FY17
MDLZ 6.5%
TSN 11.0%
FY18
MDLZ 5.6%
TSN 13.9%
FY19
MDLZ 8.8%
TSN 9.7%
FY20
MDLZ 5.6%
TSN 9.2%
FY21
MDLZ 7.7%
TSN 13.3%
FY22
MDLZ 5.6%
TSN 13.3%
FY23
MDLZ 8.7%
TSN −1.2%
FY24
MDLZ 10.9%
TSN 3.9%
FY25
MDLZ 6.0%
TSN 2.8%
MDLZ
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.