Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN) vs Vital Farms, Inc. (VITL)

Tyson Foods, Inc. and Vital Farms, Inc. are both Farm Products companies. Tyson Foods, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $17.8B against $460.2M — 38.8× the size. Vital Farms, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Tyson Foods, Inc. trades at 30.5×. Vital Farms, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 16.4% against 2.86%. Tyson Foods, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.03% vs 0.02%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.09% vs 0.07%). Across the 20 metrics below, Tyson Foods, Inc. leads on 13 and Vital Farms, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric TSN VITL Farm Products median
P/E 30.49 n/m 21.24
P/S 0.32 0.56 0.50
P/B 0.99 1.51 1.20
Price to free cash flow 14.87 n/m 13.98
EV/EBITDA 9.53 28.15 8.14
EV/Sales 0.45 0.58 0.58
Earnings yield 3.28% (0.20%) 0.56%
Free cash flow yield 6.72% (29.23%) (3.01%)

Profitability

Metric TSN VITL Farm Products median
Gross margin 6.14% 28.12% 6.87%
Operating margin 2.26% 0.04% 0.11%
Net margin 1.03% 0.02% 0.63%
Free cash flow margin 2.16% (16.31%) 0.00%
Return on equity 3.13% 0.05% 1.52%
Return on assets 1.59% 0.03% 0.02%
Return on invested capital 3.09% 0.07% 0.00%

Growth

Metric TSN VITL Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.86% 16.37% 7.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (40.89%) 22.03% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.74% 28.80% 8.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (25.47%) 49.76% 0.00%

Health

Metric TSN VITL Farm Products median
Debt to equity 0.44 0.11 0.24
Current ratio 1.43 1.10 1.43
Net debt to EBITDA 2.71 (1.06) (0.04)

Dividend

Metric TSN VITL Farm Products median
Dividend yield 3.60% — 3.06%
Payout ratio 2.02 0.00 0.17

Size

Metric TSN VITL Farm Products median
Market cap 17.84b 460.23m 293.80m

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