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Tyson FoodsTSN

Packaged Foods & Meats · Springdale, Arkansas · In the S&P 500
$57.04+1.40%After hours: $56.06 (−1.72%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 12.5% over 1 year
Tyson Foods over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$50$55$60$65Nov2026MarMayJulSep$57.04$50$60NovMarJul$57.04
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$20.07B
Price to earnings35.0x
Forward P/E16.8x
Dividend yield3.58%
Year to date−2.7%
One year+12.5%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorConsumer Staples
52-week range (closes)
$50.47$68.75

Quality and valuation

How Tyson Foods compares with other consumer staples stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Tyson Foods and 7 packaged foods & meats peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: weaker than mostValuation: in line with its sector

A weaker business than most consumer staples companies, priced about in line with them.

Tyson Foods trades at 16.8 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 16.6x for the 35 consumer staples stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +2.9% vs +4.9%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 6.1% vs 40.5%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 2.3% vs 13.6%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 2.1% vs 10.3%
TSN trades at 16.8x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Packaged Foods & Meats peers
GIS11.1xKHC12.3xSJM12.8xHRL13.9xMKC15.5xTSN16.8xHSY18.4xMDLZ20.2xSector median 16.6xGIS11.1xKHC12.3xSJM12.8xHRL13.9xMKC15.5xTSN16.8xHSY18.4xMDLZ20.2xSector median 16.6x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets

Financials

From Tyson Foods's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 27 Jun 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue fell 0.1% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q3 ’26
$0bn$5bn$10bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$13.9bnQ3 ’26$0bn$5bn$10bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$13.9bnQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to −0.1% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%2%4%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25−0.1%Q3 ’260%2%4%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25−0.1%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 2.6% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%2%4%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’252.6%Q3 ’260%2%4%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’252.6%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $1.2 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$500mQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$481mQ3 ’26$0m$500mQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$481mQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsTSNSector median
Revenue growth+2.9%+4.9%
Gross margin6.1%40.5%
Operating margin2.3%13.6%
Free cash flow margin2.1%10.3%
Price to earnings35.0x24.5x

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Packaged Foods & Meats, by market value.

CompanyPriceTodayYTDValue
MDLZMondelez International$64.94+3.85%+20.6%$82.88B
HSYHershey$165.61+3.33%−9.0%$33.27B
KHCKraft Heinz$24.34+1.84%+0.4%$28.86B
GISGeneral Mills$34.29+2.91%−26.3%$18.33B
SJMJ.M. Smucker$129.90+2.88%+32.8%$13.88B
MKCMcCormick &$47.29+1.05%−30.6%$12.72B
HRLHormel Foods$21.28+1.82%−10.2%$11.71B