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.
- Symbol
- TSN
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Farm Products
- Market cap
- $18.40B
- 52 week range
- 50.56 - 69.48
Valuation
- Share price
- $51.34 (close of 2026-09-23)
- P/E (TTM)
- 32.01x
- Price to book
- 1.01x
- Price to free cash flow
- 15.85x
- Enterprise value
- $25.66B
- Book value per share
- $51.23
Price performance
| Period | Change |
|---|
| 1 day | -1.31% |
| 5 days | -2.30% |
| 1 month | -12.21% |
| 3 months | -10.59% |
| 6 months | -14.00% |
| Year to date | -12.42% |
| 1 year | -4.66% |
| 3 years | +0.43% |
| 5 years | -32.55% |
| 10 years | -32.68% |
| All time | +2467.00% |
Profitability and growth
- Return on equity
- 2.60%
- Return on invested capital
- 3.24%
- 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)
- 6.31%
- Current ratio
- 1.43x
- Net debt to EBITDA
- 2.78x
Latest reported year
- Period end
- 2025-09-27
- 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
- Shares outstanding
- 357.00M
Income statement by year
| Period end | Revenue | Gross profit | Net income | EPS |
|---|
| 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 end | Gross margin | Net margin | Return on equity | Return on capital |
|---|
| 2025-09-27 | 6.54% | 0.87% | 2.60% | 3.24% |
| 2024-09-28 | 6.80% | 1.50% | 4.32% | 4.28% |
| 2023-09-30 | 4.98% | -1.23% | -3.55% | -1.35% |
| 2022-10-01 | 12.51% | 6.08% | 16.34% | 12.95% |
| 2021-10-02 | 13.87% | 6.48% | 17.07% | 20.16% |
| 2020-10-03 | 12.47% | 4.77% | 13.40% | 16.05% |
| 2019-09-28 | 11.84% | 4.67% | 14.05% | 15.20% |
| 2018-09-29 | 12.72% | 7.42% | 23.35% | 20.67% |
| 2017-09-30 | 13.23% | 4.64% | 16.80% | 18.58% |
| 2016-10-01 | 12.74% | 4.79% | 18.37% | 20.79% |
Cash and debt by year
| Period end | Cash | Debt |
|---|
| 2025-09-27 | $1.23B | - |
| 2024-09-28 | $1.72B | - |
| 2023-09-30 | $573.00M | - |
| 2022-10-01 | $1.03B | - |
| 2021-10-02 | $2.51B | - |
| 2020-10-03 | $1.42B | - |
| 2019-09-28 | $484.00M | - |
| 2018-09-29 | $270.00M | - |
| 2017-09-30 | $318.00M | - |
| 2016-10-01 | $349.00M | $300.00M |
Free cash flow by year
| Period end | Free cash flow | Stock-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
- 2026-09-01
- Paid in the last twelve months
- $2.04
| Payment date | Dividend 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
- 2026-11-09
- Consensus EPS estimate
- $0.69
Past earnings dates
| Reported | Fiscal period | EPS estimate |
|---|
| 2026-08-03 | Jun/2026 | $1.03 |
| 2026-05-04 | - | - |
| 2026-02-02 | - | - |
| 2025-11-10 | - | - |
| 2025-08-04 | - | - |
| 2025-05-05 | - | - |
| 2025-02-03 | - | - |
| 2024-11-12 | - | - |
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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