Kraft Heinz 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 $24.9B for Kraft Heinz, about 2.2 times as much.
- Tyson Foods grew revenue faster (2.1%, against −3.5%).
- Tyson Foods kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (2.0% operating margin, against −18.7%).
- Kraft Heinz turned more of its sales into free cash flow (14.7% FCF margin, against 2.2%).
- Tyson Foods earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (2.8%, against −5.8%).
| Latest fiscal year | KHC · FY25 | TSN · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $29.4B | $20.1B |
| Revenue | $24.9B | $54.4B |
| Free cash flow | $3.7B | $1.2B |
| Net income | −$5.8B | $474M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −3.5% | 2.1% |
| 5-year growth | −1.0% | 4.7% |
| Share count change | −2.3% | 0.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 33.3% | 6.5% |
| Operating margin | −18.7% | 2.0% |
| Net margin | −23.4% | 0.9% |
| FCF margin | 14.7% | 2.2% |
| Return on capital | −5.8% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | −12.9% | 2.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $18.6B | $7.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | 3.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $2.3B | $697M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 35.0x |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 4 |
Revenue
FY16
KHC $26.3B
TSN $36.9B
FY17
KHC $26.1B
TSN $38.3B
FY18
KHC $26.3B
TSN $40.1B
FY19
KHC $25.0B
TSN $42.4B
FY20
KHC $26.2B
TSN $43.2B
FY21
KHC $26.0B
TSN $47.0B
FY22
KHC $26.5B
TSN $53.3B
FY23
KHC $26.6B
TSN $52.9B
FY24
KHC $25.8B
TSN $53.3B
FY25
KHC $24.9B
TSN $54.4B
KHC
TSN
Operating margin
FY16
KHC 21.3%
TSN 7.7%
FY17
KHC 23.2%
TSN 7.6%
FY18
KHC −38.9%
TSN 7.4%
FY19
KHC 12.3%
TSN 6.5%
FY20
KHC 8.1%
TSN 7.0%
FY21
KHC 13.3%
TSN 9.3%
FY22
KHC 13.7%
TSN 8.3%
FY23
KHC 17.2%
TSN −0.8%
FY24
KHC 6.5%
TSN 2.6%
FY25
KHC −18.7%
TSN 2.0%
KHC
TSN
Free cash flow
FY16
KHC $1.4B
TSN $2.0B
FY17
KHC −$693M
TSN $1.5B
FY18
KHC $1.7B
TSN $1.8B
FY19
KHC $2.8B
TSN $1.3B
FY20
KHC $4.3B
TSN $2.7B
FY21
KHC $4.5B
TSN $2.6B
FY22
KHC $1.6B
TSN $800M
FY23
KHC $3.0B
TSN −$187M
FY24
KHC $3.2B
TSN $1.5B
FY25
KHC $3.7B
TSN $1.2B
KHC
TSN
Return on capital
FY16
KHC 5.0%
TSN 12.4%
FY17
KHC 6.7%
TSN 11.0%
FY18
KHC −9.1%
TSN 13.9%
FY19
KHC 2.8%
TSN 9.7%
FY20
KHC 1.4%
TSN 9.2%
FY21
KHC 2.9%
TSN 13.3%
FY22
KHC 4.3%
TSN 13.3%
FY23
KHC 5.3%
TSN −1.2%
FY24
KHC 2.5%
TSN 3.9%
FY25
KHC −5.8%
TSN 2.8%
KHC
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.