Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN)

Consumer Staples · Packaged Foods & Meats · US stock · S&P 500 component

$57.07 ▲ +1.17 (2.09%)

At close 22 Oct 2026 · USD · Volume 3,337,748

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Fair valueUndervalued

$71 +23.8% to fair value

$35fair band $60–$86$106

Day's range

$55.89 – $57.18

52-week range

$49.96 – $69.48

About Tyson Foods, Inc.

Tyson Foods processes and markets chicken, beef and pork, and a range of prepared foods under brands including Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park and State Fair. Customers are grocery retailers, restaurants, foodservice distributors, club stores and international customers. It is organised around beef, pork, chicken and prepared foods operations, and is headquartered in Arkansas.

Revenue comes from supplying fresh and processed meat and prepared foods to retail and foodservice customers. It totals $55.7 billion over the last twelve months, with growth of 0.7% a year across three years. The operating margin is 2.3%, and the business earns a profit of 4% on the capital invested in it. Tyson has net debt of 2.8 times EBITDA, and the dividend yield is 3.6%. On the site's X-Ray Score it receives 43 out of 100.

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52-wk range $49.96 – $69.48Volume 3,337,748Daily, split-adjusted

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Market cap$20.3B

52-week range$49.96 – $69.48

Volume (last day)3,337,748

P/E (TTM)35.3

EBIT / EV yield4.5%

Free-cash-flow yield5.7%

Dividend yield3.6%

Revenue (TTM)$55.7B

Net income (TTM)$574M

Operating margin2.3%

Return on capital3.6%

Debt incl. leases$8.0B

Cash & securities$740M

Debt = borrowings plus lease liabilities. Cash & securities = cash, equivalents and short-term marketable securities (long-term securities are not counted, so net cash can be understated for companies that hold large long-term investments). Net debt = debt minus cash & securities. Source: latest SEC 10-Q/10-K. EBIT / EV yield = operating profit divided by market cap plus net debt.

Fair value estimate

$71middle half of models $61 – $83

Undervalued +23.8% to fair value

Average of the 14 valuation models that pass our checks: multiples, discounted cash flow, dividend discount and earnings power value. A model more than 100% above or 60% below the price is left out as unrealistic. Model uncertainty is Medium, based on how far apart the models are. Undervalued or Overvalued means the gap to fair value is more than 17.5%.

Price $57

Undervalued < $60Fair $60 – $86Overvalued > $86

P/E multiple

$54

P/B multiple

$61

P/S multiple

$86

EV/EBITDA multiple

$68

EV/EBIT multiple

$52

EV/revenue multiple

$92

10-year DCF, EBITDA exit

$75

5-year DCF, EBITDA exit

$68

10-year DCF, revenue exit

$76

5-year DCF, revenue exit

$71

10-year DCF, growth exit

$62

5-year DCF, growth exit

$52

Dividend discount, stable

$86

Dividend discount, multi-stage · not used

$129

Earnings power value

$86

Growth the price implies

12.7%/yr

A model estimate, not a price target or recommendation. Inputs: risk-free 5.13%, equity risk premium 4.30% (Damodaran). How it works.

What this means

Weak business, but the price is low

Our models put fair value above today's price, but models can be wrong, so check the business first. A high score does not guarantee a good outcome; it shifts the odds a little. Use the checklist as a prompt for your own research.

Before you invest · decision checklist

I understand how this company makes money Business quality is average or better 28 The price is not above fair value $71 fair value Debt looks manageable 2.8× EBITDA Revenue has been growing 0.7% a year Profits are backed by cash There are no red flags none raised I know what share of my savings this would be

Ticked boxes are filled in from our data; the rest are yours to answer.

The five-lens scan

Every score explained in one sentence, ranked against Consumer Staples peers. Open a lens to see the numbers behind it.

Strong: 70 to 100Fair: 50 to 69Weak: under 50No score: not enough data

Valuation Strong

70/100

Cheap against its sector on earnings and cash flow.

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EBIT / EV yield4.5%

Free-cash-flow yield5.7%

Fair value vs price1.2×

Growth Weak

42/100

Growing slower than most of its sector.

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Revenue growth (3y)0.7%

EPS growth (3y)-47.0%

Growth consistency80%

Profitability Weak

18/100

Earns lower returns on its capital than most peers.

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Return on invested capital3.6%

Operating margin2.3%

Gross profitability9.6%

Financial health Weak

37/100

Balance sheet is more stretched than most peers.

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Piotroski F-Score5 / 9

Net debt / EBITDA2.8×

Interest cover3.1×

Dividends Fair

51/100

Dividend is typical for its sector.

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Dividend yield3.6%

Dividends vs free cash flow62%

Dividend growth2.2%

Quarterly results: last 6 quarters

+0.0%

Mar '25

+4.0%

Jun '25

+2.2%

Sep '25

+5.1%

Dec '25

+4.4%

Mar '26

-0.1%

Jun '26

Revenue against the same quarter a year earlier. Latest quarter revenue $13.9B, diluted EPS $0.52.

Compare with peers

MKC Mccormick & Co Inc54 HRL Hormel Foods Corp42 MDLZ Mondelez International...36 KHC Kraft Heinz Co29

Other Packaged Foods & Meats companies by X-Ray Score.

SWOT analysis: Tyson Foods, Inc.

Strengthsinside the company

Free cash flow equals 5.7% of the market value, which funds dividends, buybacks or debt paydown.

Weaknessesinside the company

Return on invested capital is only 3.6% (median 4.1% for industry peers), so the business earns little above its cost of capital.
Operating margin of 2.3% is thin against 4.7% for industry peers.
Earnings per share have declined 47.0% a year over three years.

Opportunitiesvaluation and setting

The price is 24% below our fair value estimate, with the gap larger than the margin we allow for error.

Threatsvaluation and setting

No specific threat is flagged by our checks; general market and interest-rate risk still applies.

Written by fixed rules from the figures on this page and the peer table below: filings, our fair value, the sector climate and the price trend. It summarises the data, it is not a forecast or advice.

Compare TSN with peers and sector

Medians of 5 Packaged Foods & Meats peers and of 28 Consumer Staples stocks in our universe. Largest peers (X-Ray Score): MDLZ 36, KHC 29, GIS 28, MKC 54, HRL 42.

Metric	TSN	Peers	Sector
X-Ray Score (out of 100)	43	36	51
Valuation	70	44	53
Growth	42	29	49
Profitability	18	29	53
Financial health	37	19	54
Dividends	51	54	50

Sector leaders: highest X-Ray Score in Consumer Staples

TSN ranks #20 of 29 in Consumer Staples and #2 of 6 in Packaged Foods & Meats by X-Ray Score. A higher score is stronger on our five pillars; it is a ranking of facts, not a forecast.

Company	X-Ray Score
#1 MNST Monster Beverage Corp	77
#2 DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc.	71
#3 DG Dollar General Corp	66
#4 CASY Caseys General Stores Inc	62
#5 MO Altria Group, Inc.	61
…
#20 TSN Tyson Foods, Inc. (this stock)	43

Metric	TSN	Peers	Sector
P/E ratio	35.3x	32.1x	24.0x
PEG ratio	–	–	2.43
Price / book	1.1x	1.9x	5.0x
Price / sales	0.4x	1.2x	1.9x
EV / EBITDA	10.5x	18.4x	15.4x
Price / free cash flow	17.5x	14.2x	20.7x
Dividend yield	3.6%	5.5%	2.8%
Gap to our fair value	+23.8%	+1.8%	+3.0%

Metric	TSN	Peers	Sector
Price change, 1 month	+10.1%	+4.5%	+7.6%
Price change, 3 months	+1.0%	−2.9%	+6.3%
Price change, 6 months	−10.0%	+3.6%	+17.8%
Price change, 1 year	+12.1%	−6.6%	+14.7%

Metric	TSN	Peers	Sector
Market value	$20.3B	$18.9B	$39.0B
Revenue (last 12 months)	$55.7B	$18.3B	$23.5B
EBITDA (last 12 months)	$2.6B	$846M	$3.4B
Net income (last 12 months)	$574M	$343M	$1.7B
Free cash flow (last 12 months)	$1.2B	$1.5B	$2.0B

Metric	TSN	Peers	Sector
Revenue growth, last year	+2.1%	+1.6%	+2.3%
Revenue growth, 3 years a year	+0.7%	−1.0%	+2.5%
EPS growth, 3 years a year	−47.0%	−1.2%	+3.0%
Free cash flow growth, 3 years a year	+13.7%	+2.5%	+9.3%
Dividend growth	+2.2%	+4.3%	+4.1%

Metric	TSN	Peers	Sector
Gross margin	6.1%	33.4%	38.9%
EBITDA margin	4.7%	7.0%	14.5%
Operating margin	2.3%	4.7%	12.2%
Net margin	1.0%	2.8%	7.1%
Return on invested capital	3.6%	4.1%	16.0%
Return on equity	3.2%	4.4%	18.9%

Metric	TSN	Peers	Sector
Net debt / EBITDA	2.8x	3.7x	2.0x
Interest cover	3.1x	5.3x	12.3x
Current ratio	1.4x	0.7x	1.0x
Piotroski F-score (0 to 9)	5	5	6

Green means better than the peer median, red worse (only where a higher or lower figure is clearly better). A dash means too few companies report the figure. P/E, EV/EBITDA and price changes are not graded: a different level is not good or bad by itself.

Factor ratings for TSN

Each factor is rated by where TSN stands among the 29 Consumer Staples stocks in our universe.

Rating against the sector

Goodthe top third of these stocks

Averagethe middle third of these stocks

Badthe bottom third of these stocks

"Beats" is the share of those stocks it is ahead of.

Against its own history

The last columns set today's figure against the company's own median of its last five financial years:

▲ Betterbetter than its usual level

▼ Worseworse than its usual level

≈ In linewithin its usual range

For valuation factors Good means cheaper than most of the sector and Better means cheaper than usual for this company, which is not the same as a bargain.

In total: 8 Good · 4 Average · 11 Bad of 23 Growth: 0 · 2 · 1 Profitability: 0 · 0 · 5 Financial strength: 1 · 0 · 3 Valuation: 4 · 0 · 1 Cash flow: 1 · 2 · 1 Efficiency: 2 · 0 · 0

Factor	TSN	Rating	Sector median	Own 5-year median	Against own history
Growth
Revenue growth, 3 years a year	+0.7%	Average beats 41%	+2.3%	–	–
Revenue growth, last year	+2.1%	Average beats 48%	+2.2%	+2.1%	≈ In line
EPS growth, 3 years a year	−47.0%	Bad beats 2%	+2.0%	–	–
Profitability
Gross margin	6.1%	Bad beats 6%	38.7%	6.8%	≈ In line
Operating margin	2.3%	Bad beats 13%	11.0%	2.6%	≈ In line
Net margin	1.0%	Bad beats 13%	6.9%	1.5%	≈ In line
Return on invested capital	3.6%	Bad beats 9%	15.2%	–	–
Return on equity	3.2%	Bad beats 10%	18.6%	4.4%	≈ In line
Financial strength
Net debt / EBITDA	2.8x	Bad beats 30%	2.0x	2.9x	≈ In line
Interest cover	3.1x	Bad beats 13%	11.8x	2.7x	≈ In line
Current ratio	1.43	Good beats 84%	1.04	1.55	≈ In line
Piotroski F-score	5 / 9	Bad beats 21%	6 / 9	–	–
Valuation
P/E ratio	35.3x	Bad beats 17%	25.0x	18.0x	▼ Worse
Price / book	1.1x	Good beats 94%	4.5x	1.2x	≈ In line
Price / sales	0.4x	Good beats 95%	1.8x	0.4x	≈ In line
EV / EBITDA	10.5x	Good beats 90%	15.2x	10.5x	≈ In line
Free cash flow yield	5.7%	Good beats 67%	4.8%	6.1%	≈ In line
Cash flow
Free cash flow margin	2.1%	Bad beats 13%	9.3%	2.2%	≈ In line
Cash from operations / net income	3.49	Good beats 94%	1.54	2.25	▲ Better
Free cash flow growth, 3 years a year	+13.7%	Average beats 58%	+11.0%	–	–
Accruals (lower is better)	−4.0%	Average beats 48%	−4.2%	–	–
Efficiency
Inventory turnover	9.0x	Good beats 94%	5.3x	9.2x	≈ In line
Days sales outstanding	16 days	Good beats 79%	35 days	17 days	≈ In line

These ratings compare companies with each other and describe the past; they are not a forecast, a recommendation or part of the X-Ray Score. A factor is left out when its data is missing or meaningless (for example a P/E on negative earnings). A dash in the history columns means fewer than three usable years.

Fundamentals checklist

● 4 Good · ● 5 Average · ● 7 Bad

Cash quality

Earnings backed by cashAverage

Free-cash-flow yieldGood

Risk models

Altman Z''Good

Piotroski F-ScoreBad

Growth

EPS growth (3y)Bad

Free-cash-flow growth (3y)Average

Revenue growth (3y)Average

Growth consistencyAverage

Balance sheet

Current ratioGood

Net debt / EBITDABad

Interest coverBad

Valuation

Fair value vs priceGood

EBIT / EV yieldAverage

Profitability

Return on invested capitalBad

Operating marginBad

Gross profitabilityBad

Each check is graded against the company's sector, not a fixed number. Checklist score 41/100.

Financials

	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Revenue	$47.0B	$53.3B	$52.9B	$53.3B	$54.4B
Operating income	$4.4B	$4.4B	−$395M	$1.4B	$1.1B
Net income	$3.0B	$3.2B	−$648M	$800M	$474M
Operating cash flow	$3.8B	$2.7B	$1.8B	$2.6B	$2.2B
Operating margin	9.3%	8.3%	-0.7%	2.6%	2.0%
Free cash flow	$2.6B	$800M	−$187M	$1.5B	$1.2B
Diluted EPS	$8.34	$8.92	$-1.87	$2.25	$1.33

Fiscal years, from SEC filings.

Technical summary

Daily

Bullish

11 bullish · 0 neutral · 5 bearish

Weekly

Bullish

8 bullish · 1 neutral · 3 bearish

Monthly

Strongly bullish

6 bullish · 1 neutral · 1 bearish

Moving averages (daily)

SMA 10	54.63	Bullish
EMA 10	54.74	Bullish
SMA 20	52.99	Bullish
EMA 20	53.87	Bullish
SMA 50	53.79	Bullish
EMA 50	54.13	Bullish
SMA 100	55.55	Bullish
EMA 100	55.57	Bullish
SMA 200	58.90	Bearish
EMA 200	56.67	Bullish

Oscillators (daily)

RSI (14)	71.06	Bearish
MACD (12, 26)	0.76	Bullish
Momentum (12)	9.81	Bullish
Stochastic %K (14)	98.11	Bearish
Williams %R (14)	-1.89	Bearish
CCI (20)	159.7	Bearish

Pivot points (classic, last session)

54.96

55.42

56.25

Pivot

56.71

57.54

58.00

58.83

Signals describe what the chart is doing, not what to do. Moving averages: price above the average is bullish. Oscillators use the usual thresholds (RSI 30/70, Stochastic 20/80, CCI ±100, Williams %R −80/−20; MACD and momentum above zero are bullish). Weekly and monthly views use closing prices only.

Dividends

Paid, last 12 months

2.04 USD

Yield on today's price

3.57%

Frequency

Quarterly

Next ex-dividend date

1 Dec 2026

Ex-dividend date	Amount per share
1 Dec 2026 (upcoming)	0.5100
1 Sep 2026	0.5100
1 Jun 2026	0.5100
27 Feb 2026	0.5100
1 Dec 2025	0.5100
29 Aug 2025	0.5000
30 May 2025	0.5000
28 Feb 2025	0.5000
29 Nov 2024	0.5000
30 Aug 2024	0.4900
31 May 2024	0.4900
29 Feb 2024	0.4900

Ex-dividend dates and amounts from EODHD. Shown as declared, before tax.

ETFs that hold TSN

ETF	Share of the fund
RSPS Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer...	3.12%
RPV Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value	1.61%
GUNR FlexShares Morningstar Global Upstream...	1.57%
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR	1.05%
IYK iShares US Consumer Staples	0.72%
VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples	0.71%
FSTA Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index	0.67%
VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor	0.39%

The eight funds with the largest weight in TSN among the ETFs we cover, from each fund's latest SEC Form N-PORT (quarter-end positions, so they can be months old). All ETFs.