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Tyson Foods

TSN
33
Agricultural Farm Products · Consumer Defensive
Price
$57.77
-0.06 (-0.10%)
Market Cap
$20.57B
Winston Score
33
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

4.7% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 365.0M (2021) → 348.0M (2025)

Tyson Foods is one of the largest meat companies in the world. It raises, processes, and sells chicken, beef, and pork to grocery stores, restaurants, and fast-food chains across the United States. The company owns well-known brands like Jimmy Dean, Ball Park, and Hillshire Farm.

Tyson makes money by buying livestock, processing it into packaged meat products, and selling those products to retailers and foodservice customers. It operates mainly in the United States but also exports to international markets, generating roughly $53 billion in annual revenue. The company's scale and brand portfolio give it some competitive advantage, but its margins are very thin — as the numbers above show — because feed costs, labor, and commodity prices are hard to control. The biggest risk Tyson faces is continued cost pressure from volatile grain and cattle prices, which can quickly squeeze already narrow profits.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+4.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

>+1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$126M/ year

Rising (+19% vs prior year)

0.2% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

2.6%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~6 months

$500M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Tyson Foods has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin
7.0%
Thin — 7.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
3.2%
Thin — 3.2% operating margin
ROCE
1.7%
Weak — 1.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+0.3%
Nearly flat sales (0.3% YoY)
EPS YoY
-51.1%
Earnings shrinking (-51.1% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
270%
Turns 270% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
0.3%
Thin free cash flow (0.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.45
Conservative — low debt load (0.45)
Interest Cover
2.24x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.2x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
53.0x
Expensive — P/E 53.0

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
+39.9
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (53.0 → 13.2)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
3.45%
Moderate income — 3.45% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth
+2.0%
Dividend flat

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