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One of the world's largest meat processors, producing chicken, beef and pork under Tyson and other brands.
One of the world's largest meat processors, producing chicken, beef and pork under Tyson and other brands.
Buys live animals and grain, processes them and sells the meat; profit on beef and pork depends on the gap between livestock costs and wholesale meat prices, and chicken is also driven by feed costs. Prepared foods, with brands such as Jimmy Dean and Hillshire, is steadier because it sells branded products. The Tyson family keeps voting control through a separate share class.
Moat: narrow (scale, cost advantage). Vertically integrated scale in poultry/beef/pork processing lowers unit costs versus smaller processors.
Headquarters: Springdale, Arkansas, US · Founded: 1935 · Employees: 133,000
Size Tyson Foods (TSN) is a United States Consumer Staples company (Food: Meat/Fish/Dairy) with a market value of $20.6B, the 489th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $59.68 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 12.7%, against +7.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 13 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.6%); the operating margin is 2.5% (peer median 7.5%).
Valuation It trades at 17.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.0× (5th most expensive of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is +2 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.0 points below its cost of capital (6.4% WACC).
Credit Tyson Foods has 11 bonds outstanding ($7.30B), rated BBB by the agencies and trading like BBB+ at a weighted spread of 96 bp.
Short interest Short interest is 3.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 16 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $55.7B | $54.4B | $53.3B | $52.9B | $53.3B |
| Revenue growth | — | +2% | +1% | -1% | — |
| Gross profit | $3.46B | $3.68B | $3.68B | $2.78B | $6.46B |
| EBITDA | $2.78B | $2.90B | $2.88B | $1.96B | $5.44B |
| Net income | $574M | $474M | $800M | -$648M | $3.24B |
| Free cash flow | $1.16B | $1.18B | $1.46B | -$187M | $800M |
| Capital expenditure | $843M | $978M | $1.13B | $1.94B | $1.89B |
| Total debt | $8.01B | $9.70B | $10.5B | $10.0B | $8.82B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Foods TSN | $20.6B | -13% | +3% | 3% | 17.4× | 6.7% |
| JBS JBS | $13.4B | -23% | +334% | 4% | 11.8× | -6.5% |
| Smithfield Foods SFD | $7.60B | -26% | -2% | 7% | 13.0× | -11.5% |
| Pilgrim's Pride PPC | $6.79B | -2% | 0% | 5% | 13.0× | -4.8% |
| Hormel Foods HRL | $12.1B | +7% | +1% | 7% | 14.4× | 0.9% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | TSN | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +14.0% | +10.1% | 3rd highest of 13 |
| 6-month return | -12.7% | +7.0% | 4th lowest of 13 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -14.1% | -13.8% | 7th highest of 13 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.9% | +0.6% | 6th highest of 13 |
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 7.5% | lowest of 13 |
| Forward P/E | 17.4× | 17.0× | 5th most expensive of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 6.7% | -0.8% | 3rd most demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.7% | +2.4% | 3rd highest of 11 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +2.0 pp | -3.8 pp | 3rd most demanding of 11 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.0 pp | +3.7 pp | lowest of 13 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.6× | 1.7× | 4th most indebted of 12 |
| Bond spread | 96 bp | 81 bp | 3rd tightest of 5 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Foods TSN | United States | $20.6B | -13% | +3% | 3% | 17.4× | 6.7% | +4.7% |
| JBS JBS | United States | $13.4B | -23% | +334% | 4% | 11.8× | -6.5% | n/a |
| Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development 000895.SZ | China | $12.7B | -12% | -4% | 11% | 17.3× | -4.6% | -4.3% |
| Mowi MOWI.OL | Norway | $12.4B | +12% | +10% | 13% | 17.8× | 7.5% | +10.7% |
| Saputo SAP.TO | Canada | $12.4B | +7% | -5% | 6% | 21.2× | -1.9% | +4.2% |
| Magnum Ice Cream MICC.AS | Netherlands | $12.1B | +35% | +1% | 8% | 17.9× | 10.9% | +1.8% |
| Hormel Foods HRL | United States | $12.1B | +7% | +1% | 7% | 14.4× | 0.9% | +4.7% |
| Wh Group 0288.HK | Hong Kong | $10.8B | -31% | +6% | 9% | 8.4× | -16.4% | +1.9% |
| Mengniu Dairy 2319.HK | Hong Kong | $10.5B | +28% | +3% | 5% | 14.7× | 6.7% | +0.9% |
| Danone BN.PA | France | $48.3B | +8% | 0% | 15% | 17.0× | -0.8% | +2.9% |
| Smithfield Foods SFD | United States | $7.60B | -26% | -2% | 7% | 13.0× | -11.5% | +1.9% |
| Emmi EMMN.SW | Switzerland | $6.32B | +16% | +4% | 7% | 21.8× | 0.3% | +5.1% |
| Yakult Honsha 2267.T | Japan | $5.15B | +3% | -1% | 9% | 17.0× | n/a | n/a |
Tyson Foods has 11 bonds outstanding with $7.30B face value. The agencies rate it BBB; its bonds trade like BBB+. Weighted yield 5.88%, a spread of 96 bp over government bonds.