Consumer Staples · Packaged Foods & Meats · US stock · price as of 16 Oct 2026
Key indicators
Price
$54.90
52-week range
$48.84 – $68.26
Market cap
$19.5B
P/E (trailing)
34.0×
EV / EBITDA
10.2×
Free-cash-flow yield
6.0%
Dividend yield
3.7%
Revenue (last 12 months)
$55.7B
Revenue growth (3y a year)
0.7%
Operating margin
2.3%
Return on invested capital
3.6%
Net debt / EBITDA
2.8×
Fair value
Blended fair value$51.65 range $48 – $55
Versus priceFair−6% to fair value
Peer multiples
$52.99
Fundamentals-adjusted multiple
$61.01
10-year DCF (market-scaled)
$40.96
Earnings power value (floor, not blended)
$51.96
Model uncertainty
Low
X-Ray Score
38/ 100 · High confidence · ahead of 21% of sector peers
Valuation51
Growth42
Profitability18
Financial health37
Dividends51
Five-year price chart navy: price · brown: 200-day average · blue band: fair value range
Executive summary
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 3.7%.
StocksXray gives Tyson Foods, Inc. an X-Ray Score of 38 out of 100 (high confidence), ahead of 21% of the S&P 500 stocks in its sector. Its strongest lens is dividends (51) and its weakest is profitability (18).
Our fair value blend is $51.65 (range $48.18 to $55.04). At $54.90 the stock trades 6% above that blend, so the label is "Fair" with low model uncertainty. Fair value is a range, not a price target.
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Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN)
Valuation history multiples at each fiscal year-end price; the last column uses today's price and the last twelve months
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023
FY2024
FY2025
Now
Price
$66.78
$57.45
$45.49
$55.74
$52.35
$54.90
Market cap
$24.4B
$20.9B
$12.9B
$19.8B
$18.7B
$19.5B
P/E
8.0×
6.4×
–
24.8×
39.4×
34.0×
EV / revenue
0.7×
0.5×
0.4×
0.5×
0.5×
0.5×
EV / EBITDA
5.6×
5.0×
23.5×
10.0×
10.8×
10.2×
Price / free cash flow
9.3×
26.1×
–
13.6×
15.9×
16.8×
Free-cash-flow yield
10.8%
3.8%
−1.4%
7.3%
6.3%
6.0%
Price / book
1.4×
1.1×
0.7×
1.1×
1.0×
1.1×
Dividend yield
–
–
–
–
–
3.72%
Fundamentals checklist ● 3 Good · ● 6 Average · ● 7 Bad · each check graded against the sector
Cash quality
Earnings backed by cash−4.0%Average
Free-cash-flow yield6.0%Good
Risk models
Altman Z score3.6×Good
Piotroski F-Score5 of 9Bad
Growth
EPS growth (3y)−47.0%Bad
Free-cash-flow growth (3y)13.7%Average
Revenue growth (3y)0.7%Average
Growth consistency80%Average
Balance sheet
Current ratio1.4×Good
Net debt / EBITDA2.8×Bad
Interest cover3.1×Bad
Valuation
Fair value vs price0.9×Average
EBIT / EV yield4.7%Average
Profitability
Return on invested capital3.6%Bad
Operating margin2.3%Bad
Gross profitability9.6%Bad
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Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN)
Financials US$ millions, from SEC filings; last column is the last twelve months
Income statement
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
LTM
Revenue
47,049
53,282
52,881
53,309
54,441
55,694
Gross profit
6,526
6,668
2,631
3,627
3,562
3,417
Operating income
4,396
4,410
-395
1,409
1,098
1,257
Net income
3,047
3,238
-648
800
474
574
Diluted EPS ($)
8.34
8.92
-1.87
2.25
1.33
1.62
Free cash flow
2,631
800
-187
1,458
1,177
1,161
Gross margin
13.9%
12.5%
5.0%
6.8%
6.5%
6.1%
Operating margin
9.3%
8.3%
−0.7%
2.6%
2.0%
2.3%
Net margin
6.5%
6.1%
−1.2%
1.5%
0.9%
1.0%
Balance sheet
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
LTM
Total assets
36,309
36,821
36,251
37,100
36,658
35,612
Cash
2,507
1,031
573
1,717
1,229
740
Total debt
9,348
8,321
9,506
9,787
8,830
8,006
Equity
17,723
19,702
18,133
18,390
18,085
18,079
Dividend per share ($)
–
–
–
–
–
–
Revenue and net income US$ billions: navy revenue, teal net income
Every number comes from SEC filings, end-of-day prices and the StocksXray models described on the methodology page. The X-Ray Score ranks each metric against the company's own sector. Fair value blends three models and carries a typical error of about 40%, so treat it as a range. Analyst ratings, price targets and earnings-call summaries are not part of this report. Educational research, not financial advice; read the disclaimer.