Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Agricultural Farm Products
Tyson Foods, Inc. TSN
$51.89 +2.81% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $18.40B
Next earnings report: Nov 16, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.63, down 26.2% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $55.69B, up 2.9% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth29Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 48%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 32%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 36%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 37%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 30%
Quality22Very weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 27%
- Gross marginBottom 5%
- Operating marginBottom 29%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 33%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 34%
- Interest coverBottom 37%
Value65Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 45%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 47%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 28%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 15%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 26%
Momentum50Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 38%
- 6-month returnBottom 25%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 42%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 47%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Revisions63Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 42%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 43%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 41%
Stability73Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 23%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 14%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 36%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 34%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.9% | 2.9% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -49.8% | -26.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 7.2% | 6.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 2.5% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 2.4% | 2.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.9% | 3.9% | ↓ | Bottom 48% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -26.2% | -49.8% | ↑ | Bottom 32% |
| Gross margin | 6.2% | 7.2% | ↓ | Bottom 5% |
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 2.7% | ↓ | Bottom 29% |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 1.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.1% | 2.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.3% | — | Bottom 27% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.7% | — | Bottom 37% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -2.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.79×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.82%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.36%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.18%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +11.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $67.40
- Target vs current price
- +29.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 30
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 53%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | +0.1% | +2.8% | +0.1% | -4.4% | — |
| May 4, 2026 | +11.5% | +8.0% | +7.4% | -5.9% | -4.1% |
| Feb 2, 2026 | -4.0% | +0.6% | -0.1% | -1.4% | -1.9% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | +36.9% | +2.3% | +2.5% | +6.7% | +23.8% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | +13.5% | +2.4% | +8.6% | +8.1% | -0.8% |
| May 5, 2025 | +10.7% | -7.7% | -9.0% | -7.6% | -12.9% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | +27.1% | +2.2% | +2.6% | +9.5% | +7.2% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | +43.8% | +6.5% | +9.7% | +6.1% | -1.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $0.99 | $0.99 | +0.1% | $13.87B |
| May 4, 2026 | $0.87 | $0.78 | +11.5% | $13.65B |
| Feb 2, 2026 | $0.97 | $1.01 | -4.0% | $14.31B |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $1.15 | $0.84 | +36.9% | $13.86B |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $0.91 | $0.80 | +13.5% | $13.88B |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.92 | $0.83 | +10.7% | $13.07B |
| Feb 3, 2025 | $1.14 | $0.90 | +27.1% | $13.62B |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $0.92 | $0.64 | +43.8% | $13.56B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 31.8× | 19.5× | 71th | Bottom 45% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.9× | — | — | Top 28% |
| EV / Sales | 0.46× | — | — | Top 15% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.31% | — | — | Top 47% |
| Earnings yield | 3.14% | — | — | Bottom 45% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.2× – 113.4× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -4.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -26.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +50.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -13.5%
- RSI (14)
- 43.6
- Relative volume
- 0.83×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 27.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 78th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.30
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.19
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -24.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -26.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2022 | Oct 23, 2023 | -54.4% | 429 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 21, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 | -13.1% | 52 days | 6 days (Aug 13, 2021) |
| Dec 4, 2020 | Dec 22, 2020 | -10.9% | 12 days | 48 days (Mar 4, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $18.40B
- P/E (TTM)
- 31.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.63
- Revenue (TTM)
- $55.69B
- Dividend yield
- 4.91%
- 52-week range
- $49.96 – $69.48
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $47.05B | $53.28B | $52.88B | $53.31B | $54.44B |
| Gross profit | $6.53B | $6.67B | $2.63B | $3.63B | $3.56B |
| Operating income | $4.40B | $4.41B | -$395.0M | $1.41B | $1.44B |
| Net income | $3.05B | $3.24B | -$648.0M | $800.0M | $474.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $8.34 | $8.92 | -$1.87 | $2.25 | $1.36 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $13.56B | $13.62B | $13.07B | $13.88B | $13.86B | $14.31B | $13.65B | $13.87B |
| Net income | $357.0M | $359.0M | $7.0M | $61.0M | $47.0M | $85.0M | $260.0M | $182.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.00 | $1.01 | $0.02 | $0.18 | $0.13 | $0.25 | $0.73 | $0.52 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.84B | $2.69B | $1.75B | $2.59B | $2.15B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.21B | -$1.89B | -$1.94B | -$1.13B | -$978.0M |
| Free cash flow | $2.63B | $800.0M | -$187.0M | $1.46B | $1.18B |
| Dividends paid | -$636.0M | -$653.0M | -$670.0M | -$684.0M | -$697.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$67.0M | -$702.0M | -$354.0M | -$49.0M | -$175.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $740.0M
- Total assets
- $35.61B
- Total liabilities
- $17.43B
- Total debt
- $8.01B
- Net debt
- $7.27B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $18.08B
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2026 | $0.51 | Dec 15, 2026 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $0.51 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.51 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.51 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.51 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.50 | Sep 12, 2025 |
| May 30, 2025 | $0.50 | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.50 | Mar 14, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 9,494,023
- Days to cover
- 2.28
- Change vs previous report
- +9.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Feb 18, 1997
- 3-for-2
- Apr 16, 1991
- 2-for-1
- Apr 16, 1987
- 3-for-2
- Apr 16, 1986
- 2-for-1
- Apr 16, 1985
- 2-for-1