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Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Tyson Foods, Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q3 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Tyson Foods, Inc.

Tyson Foods, Inc. is a food company specializing in protein products including beef, pork, chicken, and prepared foods. It operates vertically-integrated chicken production and processes live cattle and hogs into various meat cuts and value-added products. Tyson Foods markets its products primarily to grocery retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurants, and international export markets.

Snapshot

Revenue
$54.44B
Revenue growth (YoY)
2.1%
Net income
$474.0M
Diluted EPS
$1.33
Gross margin
6.5%
Operating margin
2.0%
Net margin
0.9%
FCF margin
2.2%
ROE
2.6%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
35.0×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$19.95B
Long-term debt / equity
0.43×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended September 27, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Tyson Foods

  • Revenue grew 2.1% to $54.4B in FY2025, in line with the 0.8% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 2.0% in FY2025, -7.3 pp against 9.3% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q3 FY2026: revenue $13.9B, down 0.1% from Q3 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $1.2B in FY2025, 2.2% of revenue.
  • Net income fell 40.8% to $474M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Tyson Foods’s fundamentals sit among the 131 Consumer Staples companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin6.5%
5th percentile of 113
Operating margin2.0%
36th percentile of 117
Net margin0.9%
34th percentile of 121
FCF margin2.2%
41st percentile of 114
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.1%
44th percentile of 127
ROE2.6%
38th percentile of 114
P/E35.0×
79th percentile of 77
Long-term debt / equity0.43×
48th percentile of 82
Short interest2.41d
29th percentile of 128

Tyson Foods’s gross margin of 6.5% ranks in the 5th percentile of the 113 Consumer Staples companies reporting it.

1 reported insider purchase (code P) totaling $1.0M in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 5 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
5
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
9
1 new, 8 added
Reduced / exited
2
2 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$1.12B
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$469.3M8.2MReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$155.4M2.7MAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$148.8M2.6MAdded
Yacktman Asset ManagementQ2 2026$147.6M2.6MAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$76.5M1.3MAdded
Markel GroupQ2 2026$52.3M913.5KAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$39.8M695.4KAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$30.7M536.6KAdded
Maverick CapitalQ2 2026$1.6M28.3KNew
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$1.5M27.0KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$205,3563.6KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
1
1 insider
Bought (90d)
$1.0M
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
—
Reported activity
Net buying
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-09-04
filed 2026-09-08
Jeffrey K. SchomburgerPresident & CEO ElectBuy19.4K$51.50$1.0M

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
8.7M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
-8.4%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
2.41
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
3.6M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-308.7M-8.4%2.41
2026-09-159.5M+9.7%2.28
2026-08-318.7M+17.5%3.15
2026-08-147.4M-13.8%2.35
2026-07-318.5M-10.7%2.69
2026-07-159.6M-6.5%3.64
2026-06-3010.2M+3.2%2.69
2026-06-159.9M+1.4%2.26

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$54.44B$53.31B$52.88B$53.28B$47.05B
Gross profit
Operating income$1.10B$1.41B$-395.0M$4.41B$4.40B
Pre-tax income$769.0M$1.09B$-678.0M$4.15B$4.04B
Net income$474.0M$800.0M$-648.0M$3.24B$3.05B
Diluted EPS$1.33$2.25$-1.87$8.92$8.34

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$1.23B$1.72B$573.0M$1.03B$2.51B
Current assets$9.92B$9.75B$8.72B$9.63B$9.82B
Total assets$36.66B$37.10B$36.25B$36.82B$36.31B
Current liabilities$6.39B$4.79B$6.50B$5.31B$6.33B
Long-term debt$7.92B$9.71B$7.61B$7.86B$8.28B
Total liabilities
Total equity$18.23B$18.51B$18.25B$19.81B$17.85B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$2.15B$2.59B$1.75B$2.69B$3.84B
Capital expenditure$978.0M$1.13B$1.94B$1.89B$1.21B
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q3 FY2026$13.87B-0.1%$182.0M$0.52
Q2 FY2026$13.65B4.4%$260.0M$0.73
Q1 FY2026$14.31B5.1%$85.0M$0.24
Q4 FY20252.2%
Q3 FY2025$13.88B4.0%$61.0M$0.17
Q2 FY2025$13.07B0.0%$7.0M$0.02
Q1 FY2025$13.62B2.3%$359.0M$1.01
Q4 FY20241.6%

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorConsumer Staples
SIC industryPoultry Slaughtering and Processing
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended September 27, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ3 FY2026 (ended June 27, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2014
SEC CIK100493

Selected SEC filings

10-K2025-11-10
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10-K2024-11-12
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10-Q2026-08-03
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10-Q2026-05-04
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10-Q2026-02-02
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10-Q2025-08-04
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8-K2026-09-03
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8-K2026-08-24
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.