Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN)

Tyson Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. The company processes live fed cattle and hogs; fabricates dressed beef and pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts, as well as case ready beef and pork, and fully cooked meats; raises and processes chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products, including breaded chicken strips, nuggets, patties, and other ready-to-fix or fully cooked chicken parts; and supplies poultry breeding stock. It also manufactures and markets frozen and refrigerated food products, including ready-to-eat sandwiches, flame-grilled hamburgers, Philly steaks, pepperoni, bacon, breakfast sausage, turkey, lunchmeat, hot dogs, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, snacks, prepared meals, ethnic foods, side dishes, meat dishes, breadsticks, and processed meats under the Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, Aidells, Gallo Salame, ibp, and State Fair brands. The company sells its products through its sales staff to grocery retailers, grocery wholesalers, meat distributors, warehouse club stores, military commissaries, industrial food processing companies, chain restaurants or their distributors, live markets, international export companies, and domestic distributors who serve restaurants and food service operations, such as plant and school cafeterias, convenience stores, hospitals, and other vendors, as well as through independent brokers and trading companies. Tyson Foods, Inc. was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.

Ticker
TSN
Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Farm Products
Market cap
$21.00B
52-week range
$49.96 - $69.48

Valuation

Share price
$59.68 (close of Nov 6, 2026)
P/E (TTM)
36.86x
Price to book
1.15x
Price to free cash flow
18.08x
Enterprise value
$28.26B
Book value per share
$51.69

Price performance

PeriodChange
1 day-0.72%
5 days+4.63%
1 month+14.84%
3 months+1.95%
6 months-12.35%
Year to date+1.81%
1 year+15.46%
3 years+28.12%
5 years-26.83%
10 years-11.16%
All time+2,884.00%

Short interest

As of
Oct 15, 2026
Short % of float
3.62%
Shares short
9.94M
Days to cover
3.03
Change since prior report
+14.27%
Source
FINRA consolidated short interest

Members of Congress who disclosed TSN trades

Val Hoyle

Super investors holding TSN

Richard Pzena (Pzena Investment Management) · Christopher Davis (Davis Selected Advisers) · Ken Griffin (Citadel) · Yacktman Asset Mgmt (Yacktman Asset Management LP) · David Katz (Matrix Asset Advisors Inc) · Lee Ainslie (Maverick Capital LTD) · Ray Dalio (Bridgewater Associates)

Profitability and growth

Return on equity
2.60%
Return on invested capital
3.09%
Return on assets
1.29%
Return on capital employed
3.63%
Gross margin
6.54%
Net margin
0.87%
EBITDA margin
4.50%
Revenue growth
2.12%
Net income growth
-40.75%
Free cash flow growth
-19.27%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM)
5.53%
Current ratio
1.43x
Net debt to EBITDA
2.78x

Latest reported year

Period end
Sep 27, 2025
Fiscal year
2025
Revenue
$54.44B
Cost of revenue
$50.88B
Gross profit
$3.56B
EBITDA
$2.45B
Net income
$474.00M
Earnings per share
$1.33
Research and development
$126.00M
Interest expense
$449.00M
Shares outstanding
357.00M

Income statement by year

Period endRevenueGross profitNet incomeEPS
2025-09-27$54.44B$3.56B$474.00M$1.33
2024-09-28$53.31B$3.63B$800.00M$2.25
2023-09-30$52.88B$2.63B-$648.00M-$2.28
2022-10-01$53.28B$6.67B$3.24B$8.92
2021-10-02$47.05B$6.53B$3.05B$8.35
2020-10-03$43.19B$5.38B$2.06B$5.65
2019-09-28$42.41B$5.02B$1.98B$5.41
2018-09-29$40.05B$5.10B$2.97B$8.05
2017-09-30$38.26B$5.06B$1.77B$4.79
2016-10-01$36.88B$4.70B$1.77B$4.53

Margins and returns by year

Period endGross marginNet marginReturn on equityReturn on capital
2025-09-276.54%0.87%2.60%3.09%
2024-09-286.80%1.50%4.32%4.02%
2023-09-304.98%-1.23%-3.55%-1.32%
2022-10-0112.51%6.08%16.34%12.48%
2021-10-0213.87%6.48%17.07%12.32%
2020-10-0312.47%4.77%13.40%8.86%
2019-09-2811.84%4.67%14.05%9.18%
2018-09-2912.72%7.42%23.35%13.14%
2017-09-3013.23%4.64%16.80%9.97%
2016-10-0112.74%4.79%18.37%12.62%

Cash and debt by year

Period endCashDebt
2025-09-27$1.23B$7.92B
2024-09-28$1.72B$9.71B
2023-09-30$573.00M$7.61B
2022-10-01$1.03B$7.86B
2021-10-02$2.51B$8.28B
2020-10-03$1.42B$10.79B
2019-09-28$484.00M$9.83B
2018-09-29$270.00M$7.96B
2017-09-30$318.00M$9.30B
2016-10-01$349.00M$6.20B

Free cash flow by year

Period endFree cash flowStock-based compensation
2025-09-27$1.18B$100.00M
2024-09-28$1.46B$101.00M
2023-09-30-$187.00M$61.00M
2022-10-01$800.00M$93.00M
2021-10-02$2.63B$91.00M
2020-10-03$2.67B$89.00M
2019-09-28$1.25B$77.00M
2018-09-29$1.76B$69.00M
2017-09-30$1.53B$92.00M
2016-10-01$2.02B$81.00M

Dividend history

Most recent payment
Sep 1, 2026
Paid in the last twelve months
$2.04
Payment dateDividend per share
2026-09-01$0.51
2026-06-01$0.51
2026-02-27$0.51
2025-12-01$0.51
2025-08-29$0.50
2025-05-30$0.50
2025-02-28$0.50
2024-11-29$0.50

Investor relations

Next earnings report

Next confirmed report
Nov 16, 2026
Consensus EPS estimate
$0.65

Past earnings dates

ReportedFiscal periodEPS estimate
2026-08-03Jun 2026$1.03
2026-05-04Mar 2026$0.76
2026-02-02Dec 2025$1.01
2025-11-10Sep 2025$0.85
2025-08-04Jun 2025$0.72
2025-05-05Mar 2025$0.85
2025-02-03Dec 2024$0.79
2024-11-12Sep 2024$0.64

Filings and sources

Company website
tysonfoods.com
SEC filings
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar
All upcoming reports

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