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Tyson Foods TSN Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

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Performance Food GroupPFGC
4.9%-0.9pp
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SyscoSYY
14.9%-1.5pp
Walmart
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Walmart WMT
15.3%-1.2pp
General Mills logo
General MillsGIS
12.8%-0.7pp
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Archer Daniels MidlandADM
5.7%
PepsiCo logo
PepsiCoPEP
16.1%-1.7pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$13.7B+4.4%
Gross profit$962.0M+60.3%
Operating income$435.0M+335%
Net income$260.0M+3,614%
EPS (diluted)$0.73+3,550%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$500.0M-49.6%
Total debt$8.4B-17.0%
Total equity$18.1B-1.6%
Total assets$35.2B-3.1%

Cash flow

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CapEx$145.0M-24.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$19.79B-0.8%
Enterprise value$27.69B-4.4%
P/E43.7×+21.9×
P/S0.4×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin6.5%-0.2pp
Operating margin2.1%-0.8pp
Net margin0.8%-0.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity2.5%-2.5pp
Debt / equity0.5×-0.1×
Current ratio1.8×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Tyson Foods’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Tyson Foods’s 10-Q, filed May 4, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Tyson Foods's return on invested capital?
Tyson Foods (TSN) reported return on invested capital of 2.8% in Q1 2026.
How has Tyson Foods's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Tyson Foods's return on invested capital decreased by 34.2% year-over-year, from 4.2% to 2.8%.
What is the long-term trend for Tyson Foods's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Tyson Foods's return on invested capital has grown at a -21.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 40.6% to 15.5%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.