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Tyson Foods, Inc.

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Tyson Foods, Inc. • NYSE
$58.05 ▲ 0.24% (+0.14)
Market Cap $20.72 B
52w High $64.56
52w Low $50.56
Dividend Yield 1.50%
P/E 43.65
Volume 1.15M
Outstanding Shares 357.00M

Income Statement

Period Revenue Operating Expense Net Income Net Profit Margin Earnings Per Share EBITDA
Q4-2025 $13.86B ▼ $568M ▼ $47M ▼ 0.339% ▼ $0.14 ▼ $506M ▼
Q3-2025 $13.884B ▲ $881M ▲ $61M ▲ 0.439% ▲ $0.18 ▲ $635M ▲
Q2-2025 $13.074B ▼ $500M ▼ $7M ▼ 0.054% ▼ $0.02 ▼ $492M ▼
Q1-2025 $13.623B ▲ $515M ▼ $359M ▲ 2.635% ▲ $1.03 $946M ▲
Q4-2024 $13.565B $535M $357M 2.632% $1.03 $923M

Balance Statement

Period Cash & Short-term Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Equity
Q4-2025 $1.229B ▼ $36.658B ▲ $18.431B ▲ $18.085B ▼
Q3-2025 $1.547B ▲ $36.464B ▲ $17.996B ▲ $18.338B ▼
Q2-2025 $992M ▼ $36.28B ▼ $17.749B ▼ $18.4B ▼
Q1-2025 $2.292B ▲ $37.31B ▲ $18.683B ▲ $18.503B ▲
Q4-2024 $1.717B $37.1B $18.586B $18.39B

Cash Flow Statement

Period Net Income Cash From Operations Cash From Investing Cash From Financing Net Change Free Cash Flow
Q4-2025 $47M ▼ $535M ▼ $-260M ▼ $-600M ▼ $-318M ▼ $248M ▼
Q3-2025 $69M ▲ $774M ▲ $9M ▲ $-245M ▲ $555M ▲ $547M ▲
Q2-2025 $14M ▼ $-185M ▼ $-181M ▲ $-937M ▼ $-1.3B ▼ $-378M ▼
Q1-2025 $366M ▲ $1.031B ▲ $-233M ▼ $-195M ▲ $575M ▲ $760M ▲
Q4-2024 $364M $617M $-34M $-1.464B $-852M $369M

Revenue by Products

Product Q1-2025Q2-2025Q3-2025Q4-2025
Beef
Beef
 $5.33Bn ▲$5.20Bn ▼$5.60Bn ▲$5.49Bn ▼
Chicken
Chicken
 $4.07Bn ▲$4.14Bn ▲$4.22Bn ▲$4.41Bn ▲
Corporate and Other
Corporate and Other
 $580.00M ▲$0 ▼$560.00M ▲$1.15Bn ▲
Pork
Pork
 $1.62Bn ▲$1.24Bn ▼$1.51Bn ▲$1.41Bn ▼
Prepared Foods
Prepared Foods
 $2.47Bn ▲$2.40Bn ▼$2.52Bn ▲$2.55Bn ▲

Five-Year Company Overview

Income Statement

Income Statement Tyson’s sales have held up reasonably well over the last few years, but profitability has swung sharply. After very strong margins in 2021–2022, earnings fell hard in 2023 as costs rose and some protein markets turned unfavorable. Results improved meaningfully in 2024, but profits are still well below prior peaks. This pattern highlights that Tyson can move a lot with the meat cycle and input costs: revenue is fairly steady, while margins and net income are quite volatile.

Balance Sheet

Balance Sheet The balance sheet looks broadly stable over time. Total assets and shareholder equity have stayed in a similar range, suggesting no extreme expansion or contraction. Debt has inched up compared with a few years ago but not in a way that drastically changes the company’s profile. Cash levels dipped when conditions were tougher and then recovered, leaving Tyson with a reasonable but not excessive liquidity cushion. Overall, the financial foundation appears solid, though not bulletproof if a deep downturn were to persist.

Cash Flow

Cash Flow Tyson continues to generate solid cash from its day‑to‑day operations, even in weaker years. Free cash flow has been choppy because the company is spending heavily on capital projects like plant modernization and automation. That investment push temporarily squeezed free cash flow, even turning it slightly negative at one point, but it has since recovered to positive territory. The picture is of a business that can usually fund its own growth and upgrades, but whose cash flow can tighten when both margins and capex demands are high at the same time.

Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge Tyson holds a powerful position as one of the largest protein producers, with scale, vertical integration in chicken, and a portfolio of well‑known brands across retail and foodservice. This gives it cost advantages, supply chain control, and strong shelf presence that smaller rivals struggle to match. At the same time, a big part of its business still behaves like a commodity: it is exposed to swings in livestock prices, feed costs, and global meat supply and demand. That means its moat is strongest in branded and value‑added products, and weaker in basic, undifferentiated protein where pricing power is limited.

Innovation and R&D

Innovation and R&D The company is leaning heavily into automation, robotics, and data analytics to cut costs, improve yields, and manage its complex operations more intelligently. Highly automated plants, sensor data from the factory floor, and AI‑driven planning are all aimed at making Tyson a more efficient and safer producer over time. On the product side, Tyson is pushing harder into prepared foods, snacks, and convenient, higher‑margin items, while selectively exploring alternative proteins and new formats. These moves could gradually shift the mix toward more stable, branded, and value‑added categories, but they require sustained investment and careful execution to fully pay off.

Summary

Tyson today looks like a large, systemically important food company going through a margin recovery phase after a tough downturn. Sales have been resilient, but earnings show how sensitive the business can be to the protein cycle and cost shocks. The balance sheet and cash generation provide enough strength to support ongoing automation, plant optimization, and product innovation efforts, though not without periods of pressure when conditions tighten. Strategic emphasis on technology, prepared foods, and brand strength may, over time, reduce some of the inherent volatility of a meat‑centric model, but investors should assume earnings will remain cyclical and keep an eye on execution of its modernization and portfolio shift efforts.

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