Tyson Foods (TSN)
Consumer Staples · meat processing and products · NYSE
A leading global protein and prepared foods company delivering beef, pork, and chicken products to retail and foodservice markets.
What Tyson Foods does
Tyson Foods is a global food company that produces and markets protein products, including beef, pork, chicken, and prepared foods. The company operates through a complex supply chain that involves raising, processing, and distributing meat products to retail, foodservice, and international customers.
Themes: food and beverage, consumer staples, supply chain management, protein production
Fundamentals
- Price$57.87 as of 2026-08-24 close
- Market cap$19.5B as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return+0.5% 2025-08-22 close $57.61 → 2026-08-24 close $57.87
- P/E35.74 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+1.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+6.8% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+3.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.44 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+3.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+0.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.16 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-03 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +4.1%; pays a dividend.
How TSN compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 25% 94 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 116 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginbottom 25% 116 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginbottom 10% 116 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 25% 116 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 109 covered Consumer Staples peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 25% 77 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 25% 110 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Consumer Staples companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
TSN is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
Not scored for the long-term list: no shareholder return data.
Short-term score
48.9 #868 of 1,704 scored · #38 of 69 in Consumer Staples
Volume and participation 73rd: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; setup 50th: over the past year its closes ranged, and it has retraced around half of its move over the past year — 57% of it; weakest is trend 41st: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Exceeded at least one reported measure. In FY2025, TSN's dividend exceeded at least one reported measure of what it earned or generated (earnings payout 147%, free-cash-flow payout 59%). A payout above 100% in one year is not necessarily unsustainable, but it is not fully covered by that measure.
- Earnings payout147% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout59% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Tyson Foods looks technically
Tyson Foods (TSN) is trading 3.0% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 18 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 16, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 51, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 3 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 8 trading days ago. It is 15.8% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 3.0% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -3.0% |
|---|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $57.92 | $57.92 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $60.31 | $60.31 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 18 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 18 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 18 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 18 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 16, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 16.2 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 51, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 51.4 |
|---|---|---|
| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($55.65 to $59.85) — its "stochastic" reading is 67 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 67.4 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 3 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 3 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $69.48 | $69.48 |
|---|---|---|
| From the 52-week high | it is 15.8% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -15.8% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 15.7% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +15.7% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 15.8% below its highest point of the past year | 15.8% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 8 trading days ago | 8 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 45 trading days ago | 45 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $100.72 (set on 2022-02-08) | $100.72 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($50.72 to $68.75), and it has given back around half of its rise from last year’s low — 57% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $57.03 to $57.61. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 57.0% |
| From the all-time high | it is 41.9% below its all-time high | -41.9% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.0% below a resistance level at $59.08 — a price it turned at 9 times since 2025-01-03, most recently on 2026-07-17. Since 2024-08-21 it has 5 such levels below the current price and 5 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +1.0% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $4.40 (set on 2008-11-20) | $4.40 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 1229.1% above its all-time low | +1,229% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 53rd percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.52 between its high and its low — about 2.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.52 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $55.59 and $61.47 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $55.59 – $58.53 – $61.47 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.6% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.6% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (3.0% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 1.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.68× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
|---|---|---|
| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | today it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | today |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 at essentially the same price it closed at the session before — no meaningful overnight gap | -0.1% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.4% above the previous close 5 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 56.39 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +2.4% |
| Gap filled | a 3.6% gap down opened on 2026-08-03 has been "filled" 14 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 14 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 0.2 percentage points (the stock gained 2.5% while the market gained 2.3%) | +0.2% |
|---|---|---|
| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 15.1 percentage points (the stock lost 12.0% while the market gained 3.1%) | -15.1% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 19.5 percentage points (the stock lost 8.4% while the market gained 11.1%) | -19.5% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 17.8 percentage points (the stock gained 2.7% while the market gained 20.5%) | -17.8% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is moderate, spanning 6.9% of the share price. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 4% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $61.16 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -4.4% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 1% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-03 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $58.16 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 15 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +0.5% |
Price levels it has turned at before
TSN last closed at $58.48 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 5 prices below its last close and 5 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $59.08 | Resistance | 1.0% above the last close | turned there 9 times · 2025-01-03 to 2026-07-17 |
| $57.57 | Support | 1.6% below the last close | turned there 11 times · 2024-09-25 to 2026-03-23 |
| $60.56 | Resistance | 3.6% above the last close | turned there three times · 2024-10-16 to 2026-07-07 |
| $55.89 | Support | 4.4% below the last close | turned there 8 times · 2025-02-18 to 2026-08-12 |
| $62.42 | Resistance | 6.7% above the last close | turned there 9 times · 2025-03-04 to 2026-07-28 |
| $54.52 | Support | 6.8% below the last close | turned there 9 times · 2025-01-10 to 2026-08-03 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Recent death cross (50-day crossed below 200-day) · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market · Printed a doji candle | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (2.62 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 12 analysts
- Mean price target$68.75 range $56.00 – $78.00; median $67.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-17. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for TSN
- Consensus EPS estimate$1.12 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-17
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Significant volatility in commodity prices for raw materials and feed grains.","Potential supply chain disruptions affecting food production and distribution.","Risk of disease outbreaks within livestock populations affecting operations."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of TSN's 10-Q filed 2026-05-04 against the prior one filed 2026-02-02.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added second quarter fiscal 2026 results: Sales grew 4% or $579 million; Operating income $435 million, up $335 million vs Q2 FY2025 (filed 2026-05-04)
- Added second quarter FY2026 operating impacts: $46 million restructuring charges and $16 million legal contingency accruals (filed 2026-05-04)
- Added second quarter FY2025 operating impacts for comparison: $343 million legal contingency accruals, $43 million restructuring, $23 million plant closure charges, $6 million discontinuation charges (filed 2026-05-04)
- Added first six months fiscal 2026 results: Sales grew 5% or $1,269 million; Operating income $737 million, up 8% vs first six months FY2025 (filed 2026-05-04)
- Added first six months FY2026 operating impacts: $161 million restructuring charges and $171 million legal contingency accruals (filed 2026-05-04)
- Added first six months FY2025 operating impacts for comparison: $343 million legal contingency accruals, $116 million restructuring, $23 million plant closure, $12 million discontinuation (filed 2026-05-04)
- Added reference to geopolitical tensions in Middle East and Iran affecting global energy and commodity markets (filed 2026-05-04)
- Added second quarter operating margin of 3.2% with segment margins: Beef (4.6)%, Pork 2.6%, Chicken 11.8%, Prepared Foods 13.9%, International 6.6% (filed 2026-05-04)
- Removed:
- Removed first quarter fiscal 2026 results and detailed Q1 performance discussion (filed 2026-02-02)
- Removed first quarter operating margin of 2.1% and Q1 segment margins (filed 2026-02-02)
- Removed detailed network optimization plan disclosure including $140 million charge increase approval, facility closure details, and expected $226 million total charges (filed 2026-02-02)
- Removed reference to $294 million proceeds from sale of storage facilities and $42 million received in Q1 (filed 2026-02-02)
- Removed reference to $162 million recognized charges through Q1 and $64 million future charges estimate (filed 2026-02-02)
- Removed statement about expected multi-year costs for network optimization plan (filed 2026-02-02)
- Reworded:
- Changed description of Chicken segment from 'experienced reduced feed ingredient costs in the first three months of fiscal 2026' to 'experienced reduced feed ingredient costs' (removes temporal qualifier) (filed 2026-05-04)
- Expanded Market Environment section to include statement about geopolitical tensions not having material impact to date but potential for future material impacts (filed 2026-05-04)
- Notes:
- The newer filing (Q2 2026) replaced Q1 2026 discussion with Q2 2026 discussion and first six months combined results, representing normal progression through fiscal quarters
- The removal of detailed network optimization plan disclosure in newer filing may indicate the plan information was moved to a different section or the initial period of major charges has concluded
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for TSN — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Congressional trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 2 matched disclosures for TSN from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
Congressional trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding TSN as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 41,204,821
- Reported value $2,639,992,917
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 1 increased, 4 decreased, 1 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
TSN had 8,541,229 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for TSN because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 8,541,229
- Prior settlement (shares) 9,559,805
- Reported change -10.65%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.69
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- JBS S.A.
- Hormel Foods (HRL)
- Pilgrim's Pride (PPC)
- Maple Leaf Foods
- Seaboard Corporation (SEB)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Tyson Foods (TSN) do?
Tyson Foods is a global food company that produces and markets protein products, including beef, pork, chicken, and prepared foods. The company operates through a complex supply chain that involves raising, processing, and distributing meat products to retail, foodservice, and international customers.
What sector is Tyson Foods (TSN) in?
Tyson Foods (TSN) is classified in the Consumer Staples sector. Its industry is meat processing and products. It trades on NYSE.
Does TSN pay a dividend?
Yes — Tyson Foods (TSN) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 4.06% (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Tyson Foods's (TSN) competitors?
Notable peers of Tyson Foods (TSN) include JBS S.A., Hormel Foods, Pilgrim's Pride, Maple Leaf Foods and Seaboard Corporation. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent Congressional stock trading in TSN?
Yes — we hold 2 matched STOCK Act disclosures for TSN from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Tyson Foods (TSN) overbought or oversold right now?
Tyson Foods (TSN) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 51, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on TSN come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-24.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.