Tyson Foods (TSN)

Consumer Defensive · Farm Products · S&P 500
$51.97 +0.50% on the day Market cap $18.2B 52-week range $49.96 to $69.48 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
2% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $18.2B, Tyson Foods's free cash flow of $1.2B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 2% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Tyson Foods's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price1.6% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years-5.8% a year
Revenue, same period4.4% a year
Price to free cash flow15.5x

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from TSN's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation7
Profitability3
Growth4
Financial health4
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)40.7x
P/E (forward)12.8x
Price / free cash flow15.5x
EV / EBITDA9.91x
Price / sales0.33x
Price / book1.00x
Revenue growth-0.1%
Operating margin2.3%
Net margin1.0%
Return on equity3.2%
Dividend yield3.9%
Debt / equity0.96x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Tyson Foods's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$47.0B$53.3B$52.9B$53.3B$54.4B
Net income$3.0B$3.2B-$648M$800M$474M
Free cash flow$2.6B$800M-$187M$1.5B$1.2B
EPS (diluted)$8.34$8.92-$1.87$2.25$1.33
Operating margin9.3%8.3%-0.75%2.6%2.0%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Beef$21.6B38%
Chicken$16.8B30%
Prepared Foods$9.9B18%
Pork$5.8B10%
Corporate and Other$2.3B4%

Superinvestors who own TSN

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 8 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Richard Pzena
Pzena Investment Management
Trimmed $974M2.9%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $469M0.16%Q2 2026
Donald Yacktman
Yacktman Asset Management
Added $148M1.8%Q2 2026
Tom Gayner
Markel Group Inc.
Added $52M0.40%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $40M0.09%Q2 2026
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
Held $24M0.01%Q2 2026
Charles Brandes
Brandes Investment Partners, LP
Added $3M0.02%Q2 2026
Lee Ainslie
Maverick Capital
New position $2M0.01%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Tyson Foods's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Sep 4, 2026 Jeffrey K Schomburger
President & CEO Elect
19,450$51.50$1M

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Questions

What growth does Tyson Foods's stock price imply?

At a market value of $18.2B, Tyson Foods would need its free cash flow to grow about 2% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -6% a year.

Are Tyson Foods insiders buying the stock?

1 open-market insider purchase of TSN in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Tyson Foods?

8 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold TSN in their latest 13F, including Richard Pzena, Cliff Asness, Donald Yacktman.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.