Consumer Defensive
Tyson Foods, Inc.(TSN)
Live Price
Offline$57.43
+3.22% today
1Y Change
+4.21%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026
- Market Cap
- $22.69B
- Revenue Growth
- +2.1%
- EPS Growth
- -41.1%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.2%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $22.69B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $57.43 and up 4.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.1%, EPS growth of -41.1%, a dividend yield of 3.2%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.1%, EPS -41.1%, free cash flow -19.3% with operating margin 1.7% and ROIC 1.7%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.2%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 109.8 and price/sales 0.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines TSN price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+2.1% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+1.7% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
109.8 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 4, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +2.1% and EPS is at -41.1%, with operating margin around 1.7%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 3.2%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.5% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 4, 2026 | โ | -0.5% | -2.4% | -13.3% |
2026 Feb 2, 2026 | -4.0% | -1.5% | -0.5% | -4.2% |
2025 Nov 10, 2025 | +36.9% | +3.0% | -1.5% | +3.7% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
Compare this ticker against a broad index, growth benchmark, or sector ETF using a shared 1Y normalization window.
TSN
โ
Normalized return
SPY
โ
S&P 500
Excess Return
โ
Relative to SPY
TSN Max Drawdown
-19.07%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
โ
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for TSN and SPY.
Company Overview
Tyson Foods, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Tyson Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. The company processes live fed cattle and live market hogs; fabricates dressed beef and pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts, as well as case ready beef and pork, and fully cooked meats; raises and processes chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products; and supplies poultry breeding stock; sells specialty products, such as hides and meats. It also manufactures and markets frozen and refrigerated food products, including ready-to-eat sandwiches, flame-grilled hamburgers, Philly steaks, pepperoni, bacon, breakfast sausage, turkey, lunchmeat, hot dogs, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, snacks, prepared meals, ethnic foods, side dishes, meat dishes, breadsticks, and processed meats under the Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, State Fair, Aidells, and Gallo Salame brands. The company also offers its products under Tyson and ibp brands. It sells its products through its sales staff to grocery retailers, grocery wholesalers, meat distributors, warehouse club stores, military commissaries, industrial food processing companies, chain restaurants or their distributors, live markets, international export companies, and domestic distributors who serve restaurants and food service operations, such as plant and school cafeterias, convenience stores, hospitals, and other vendors, as well as through independent brokers and trading companies. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.
- Leadership
- Donnie D. King
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 138.0k
- Street Address
- 2200 West Don Tyson Parkway
- Mailing
- Springdale, AR, 72762-6999
- Region
- Springdale, AR, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 479 290 4000
- Last Updated
- May 5, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 109.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 13.3
- Price/Sales
- 0.4
- Price/Book
- 1.2
Growth
- Revenue
- +2.1%
- EPS
- -41.1%
- Free Cash Flow
- -19.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 6.0%
- Operating Margin
- 1.7%
- Net Margin
- 0.4%
- ROE
- 1.1%
- ROIC
- 1.7%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.46
- Current Ratio
- 1.53
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
After the overview, the strongest next step is usually chart context or a tighter compare set.