What is Tyson Foods's chicken — inventory recall expense?

Tyson Foods (TSN) reported chicken — inventory recall expense of $0 in Q3 2025.

What does chicken — inventory recall expense mean?

This represents the direct costs incurred by the chicken segment to remove products from the market due to safety, quality, or regulatory concerns. These expenses include logistics, disposal, and potential customer refunds or legal liabilities. It is a critical metric for assessing operational quality control and food safety risk management.

Tyson Foods TSN Chicken — Inventory Recall Expense

Other segment segments

Prepared Foods

-$66M—

Beef

$0—

Corporate and Other

$0—

Pork

$0—

Similar metrics at other companies

YETIReportable Segment — Product recalls

$176K—

BDXProduct remediation-related charges

$24.5M+158%

NEOGFood Safety — Restructuring Charges

$100K-66.7%

NEOGFood Safety — Cost Of Revenue

$77.6M+17.6%

NEOGAnimal Safety — Cost Of Revenue

$34.6M-22.6%

NEOGAnimal Safety — Restructuring Charges

$0+100%

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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Operating cash flow$942.0M-8.6%

CapEx$145.0M-24.9%

Free cash flow$690.0M-9.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$20.16B+5.8%

Enterprise value$28.06B+1.7%

P/E44.5×+20.2×

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

FCF margin0.2%—

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

Reported directly by Tyson Foods in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:InventoryRecallExpense.

The official record: Tyson Foods’s 10-K, filed November 10, 2025, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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What is Tyson Foods's chicken — inventory recall expense?: Tyson Foods (TSN) reported chicken — inventory recall expense of $0 in Q3 2025.
What does chicken — inventory recall expense mean?: This represents the direct costs incurred by the chicken segment to remove products from the market due to safety, quality, or regulatory concerns. These expenses include logistics, disposal, and potential customer refunds or legal liabilities. It is a critical metric for assessing operational quality control and food safety risk management.