Tyson Foods, Inc.

TSN Consumer Defensive Farm Products

Tyson Foods, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $54.4 billion, up 2.12% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS grew 194.4%, free cash flow fell 34.3% and total debt fell 11.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for three; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

54.90 0.86 +1.59%
Market cap
$18.6B
P/E
32.9×
Fwd P/E
18.3×
Dividend yield
4.64%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.04
Beneish M
−2.64
Dividend safety
47/100

Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN) Return on invested capital

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Tyson Foods, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 3.09%, up 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.66%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.91% (fiscal 2023) to 11.4% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Farm Products industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.22%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 2.66% (0.65)
FY2024 3.31% 4.22
FY2023 −0.91% (11.08)
FY2022 10.2% (0.96)
FY2021 11.1% 3.70
FY2020 7.43% 0.65
FY2019 6.78% (1.50)
FY2018 8.28% (0.65)
FY2017 8.93% (2.45)
FY2016 11.4% 2.75

Against its own ten years

Low −0.91% High 11.4%
Ten-year median 8.28%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
IBA Industrias Bachoco, S.A. de C.V. compare 14.3%
ADM Archer Daniels Midland Company compare 5.47%
DOLE Dole PLC compare 4.77%
BG Bunge Global SA compare 4.63%
AGRO Adecoagro S.A. compare 3.50%
TSN Tyson Foods, Inc. 3.09%
DMC Del Monte Corporation compare 2.01%
CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. compare 0.65%
VITL Vital Farms, Inc. compare 0.07%
Farm Products industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.22%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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