TSN TYSON FOODS, INC.

Overview and Growth

TYSON FOODS, INC. generated $54.44B of revenue in fiscal 2025, with net income of $474.00M and an operating cash inflow of $2.15B. Revenue of $54.44B sets the scale for evaluating how effectively sales translated into profit and cash during the year. The top line expanded 2.1% from $53.31B in fiscal 2024, increasing the company’s operating scale. Diluted earnings per share were $1.33, translating the period’s attributable earnings into the amount reported for each diluted share. Diluted EPS decreased by 40.9% from $2.25 in fiscal 2024, showing how the earnings change reached shareholders on a per-share basis. Revenue equaled 1.49x of total assets, indicating how much reported top-line activity the company produced relative to its period-end asset base.

Profitability

The first profit layer was $3.56B of gross profit, the amount available after reported direct revenue costs to absorb operating expenses. The gross-profit relationship equaled 6.5% of revenue, quantifying the portion retained before operating expenses were recognized. Operating income was $1.10B, the earnings remaining from reported operations after the company’s recognized operating cost structure. Operating margin measured 2.0%, showing the portion of revenue preserved after the full set of operating costs. The bottom-line result was net income of $474.00M, after the operating, financing, tax, and other items recognized for the period. Measured against reported revenue, net income produced a 0.9% margin after operating costs and the remaining recognized items. Before income taxes, the company reported $769.00M of earnings, providing a bridge between the operating result and final net income. Pretax income represented 1.4% of revenue, placing earnings before tax in the context of the company’s operating scale. The reported income-tax provision was $262.00M, the amount recognized between pretax income and the final net-income result. Relative to pretax income, the tax provision measured 34.1%, quantifying the portion of pre-tax earnings paid in income tax. Net income equaled 2.6% of period-end equity, showing the earnings generated on shareholders’ book capital.

Liquidity and Capital Structure

Total assets were $36.66B, supported by $18.43B of liabilities and $18.23B of shareholder equity. At period end, current assets of $9.92B compared with current liabilities of $6.39B, defining the company’s short-term resource position. The current ratio was 1.55x, with current assets exceeding current liabilities and providing a short-term liquidity cushion. The company held $1.23B in cash and equivalents, a narrower liquidity measure than total current assets. The cash balance equaled 19.2% of current liabilities, showing how much near-term coverage came from cash alone. Relative to total assets, liabilities measured 50.3%, complementing the separate equity-based view of the company’s capital structure. The cash-to-assets relationship was 3.4%, comparing reported cash and equivalents with the full positive asset balance. Total assets were 1.2% lower than fiscal 2024 assets of $37.10B, measuring the company’s own balance-sheet change.

Cash Flow and Earnings Quality

Operating activities produced a cash inflow of $2.15B, giving the cash-flow counterpart to the accrual-based profit measures reported for the year. The operating-cash-flow-to-net-income relationship was 4.55x, comparing cash generated by operations with the bottom-line earnings result. Capital spending was $978.00M, absorbing part of the cash generated from operations before free cash flow. Capital expenditures represented 45.4% of operating cash flow, leaving the remainder available as free cash flow. After capital spending, free cash flow was $1.18B, leaving cash available for debt reduction, shareholder returns, or further investment. Free cash flow represented 2.2% of revenue, linking post-investment cash generation with the company’s operating scale. Free cash flow equaled 3.2% of total assets, relating post-investment cash generation to the company’s resource base.

Based on the annual report for the fiscal year ending Sep 27, 2025. Analysis generated Oct 21, 2026.