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Tyson Foods stock

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Tyson Foods, Inc., Consumer DefensiveISIN US9024941034

$59.26▼ $0.61 (−1.0%)Closing price of 12 Nov 2026

51Score 51 out of 100, Neutral

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Price and trend

64 / 100

Price history

+9.6% in one year

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Long-term trend

Below the 200-day line: the price is 0.4% below it.

Trend change

Since July 2026 the 50-day line has been below the 200-day line; the trend has turned down.

Momentum

Normal: the price is neither overheated nor sold off (RSI 65).

Distance to the high

The price is 14% below its 52-week high. Largest decline in 20 years: 82% (June 2007 to November 2008).

Chart figures for advanced users
SMA 50$54.25
Average price of the last 50 trading days, shows the short-term trend.
SMA 200$59.51
Average price of the last 200 trading days, shows the long-term trend.
RSI (14)65
Relative strength over the last 14 days on a scale from 0 to 100. Above 70 the price counts as overheated, below 30 as sharply fallen.
MACDabove the signal line
Compares a fast and a slow price average. Above its signal line momentum is rising, below it momentum is fading.
Support$50.47
The lowest closing price of the last twelve months.
Resistance$68.75
The highest closing price of the last twelve months.
Market cap
$21.06B
Div. yield
3.41%
12 months
36.3
on reported earnings of the last twelve months
14.7
on earnings for the next twelve months ($4.06 per share)
Fair value
$53.86

Snapshot

Computed from the data by fixed rules, no AI

  • Tyson Foods, Inc. belongs to the Agricultural Farm Products industry (United States) and, with a market value of $20.85B, is number 4 of 24 companies in its industry on MEQIRI.
  • In fiscal 2025 it reported revenue of $54.44B (up 2.1% year on year) and earnings of $474M (down 40.8%).
  • For fiscal 2026, analysts expect on average revenue of $56.11B (up 3.1%) and adjusted earnings per share of $3.34 (down 18.9%).
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  • MEQIRI Score 51 out of 100 (Neutral): rank 231 of 295 in Consumer Defensive, median 62.
  • The P/E is 35.9 (Agricultural Farm Products median 16.6, own median of recent years 14.3).
  • Our model puts fair value at $53.86, with the price 11% above it.

In plain words

The numbers on this page in plain words, written by an AI

Strengths

  • Reliable dividendNo dividend cut for 36 years.Capital allocation 61
  • Share buybacksShare count down 21% since 2020.Capital allocation 61
  • Earnings turn into cashFree cash flow 202% of earnings over the last 12 months.Fundamentals 74

Weaknesses

  • Margin fallingOperating margin 2%, average of the prior years 7% (to 2024).Profitability 21
  • Earnings per share fallingDown 24.9% a year since 2020.Growth 23
  • Richly valuedP/E 35.9, Agricultural Farm Products median 16.6, own median 14.3.Valuation 46
51/ 100
MEQIRI Score
Neutral

Its standout strengths are fundamentals and stability, while growth and profitability hold the score back.

Daily figure as of 12 Nov 2026

How the score is calculated

Score overview

Fundamentals are strong, with stable profits and strong cash generation.

Profit consistency90% of years
Cash conversion (free cash flow to earnings, 12 months)202%
ROIC (12 months)3.6%
Positive free cash flow90% of years
How this category is measured

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Crash risk low

How well MEQIRI warns

One of the 30% with the lowest crash risk among stocks ranked 101 to 1,000.

From 2016 to 2025, 9 in 100 such stocks fell 30% or more within a year, against a group average of 15 in 100.

What lowers it

  • low growth grade (crashed less often in the backtest)

Valuation

Valuation signal

Fairly valued
Price
$59.87
Fair value
$53.86
Gap to fair value
+11%

Closing price of 11 Nov 2026, used by the daily score.

In our model the price counts as cheap below $38.47 and expensive above $89.76 (uncertainty high, one part of the fair value is more than twice the other).

The two parts of the fair value come to $80.27 (cash-flow model) and $27.44 (industry comparison), and the gap between them shows how uncertain the estimate is.

Calculated with a cost of equity of 8.8%. At 9.8% the fair value would be $46.73, at 7.8% it would be $64.58.

Valuation metrics

2.7
9.4
Fair value (model)
$53.86
Earnings part $27.44 (earnings per share $1.65 × 16.6)

Half from the cash-flow model, half from earnings times the industry P/E (16.6).

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Company performance

This shows several years of history with an automatic assessment.

Revenue

20 years

In the twelve months to 27 Jun 2026, revenue rose 2.9% on the twelve months before. Revenue has grown solidly since 2006, at about 4% per year.

Margins

20 years
  • Gross margin
  • Operating margin
  • Net margin

In fiscal 2025: gross 7%, operating 2%, net 1%.

Debt & balance sheet

latest quarter
0.44
2.7x
1.43
Cash & equivalents
$740M

Debt is moderate, but interest coverage is weak. Keep an eye on the interest burden and refinancing.

Earnings

Next earnings
16 Nov 2026in 4 days
Last reported
3 Aug 2026EPS reported $0.99 (expected $0.99)in line with expectations

Analyst estimates

Analysts have cut their 2027 earnings estimate by 4.5% since 15 Oct 2026. Falling estimates often precede bad news.

Fiscal 20278 analysts
Earnings per share
$3.94−4.5%
Revenue
$55.44B−0.2%
Fiscal 20288 analysts
Earnings per share
$4.90−2.9%
Revenue
$56.1B−0.3%

MEQIRI has stored the estimates since 15 Oct 2026. Until 30 days are available, the card shows the change since that day. Mean estimate according to Financial Modeling Prep. No price target and no recommendation.

Company outlook mixed

Share price after the results: +1.3%

Sales growth guidance narrowed to 2.5% to 3.5%; Prepared Foods raised ($1.3 billion to $1.35 billion) while Beef now expects a loss of $500 million to $650 million and Chicken, Pork and International are reaffirmed.

Supporting passage from the call, verbatim
“Prepared Foods raised its guidance at midpoint to $1.3 billion to $1.35 billion on a third straight quarter of volume and share growth.”

The outlook is not part of the score and not a recommendation to buy or sell.

From the earnings call on 3 Aug 2026 (fiscal Q3 2026), read by AI.

Insiders

Open-market purchases and sales by executives, board members and major holders

All insider purchases

One insider bought on the open market in the last 6 months, $1M in total.

  • Schomburger Jeffrey KPurchase

    4 Sept 2026, President & CEO Elect

    Shares
    19,450
    Price
    $51.50
    Value
    $1M

Source: Form 4 filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Grants, option exercises, gifts and tax withholdings are hidden. Not a recommendation to buy.

What happened at Tyson Foods

The key events of the last six months from our own data. A click takes you to the matching card.

Sector comparison

295 rated companies in Consumer Defensive

Rank 231 of 295
231/ 295
This company
51
Sector median
62

Categories against the sector median

ProfitabilityMedian of 295 companies21 (median 54)33 below the median
GrowthMedian of 295 companies23 (median 50)27 below the median
FundamentalsMedian of 295 companies74 (median 79)5 below the median
ValuationMedian of 290 companies with a value46 (median 65)19 below the median
StabilityMedian of 295 companies70 (median 68)2 above the median
Capital allocationMedian of 295 companies61 (median 62)1 below the median
Technical analysisMedian of 295 companies64 (median 65)1 below the median
MomentumMedian of 295 companies61 (median 60)1 above the median

The median is the middle value: half of the companies in the sector lie above it, half below. Categories with too few comparable companies are left out.

Competitors in Agricultural Farm Products

The next larger and next smaller companies by market value

All 24 Agricultural Farm Products stocks

ETFs that hold Tyson Foods

Held by 104 ETFs on Xetra. Shown per index: the ETF with the largest weight.

ETFWeightCostFund size
WisdomTree US High Dividend UCITS ETF AccWTD90.54%0.29%€182.46M
Xtrackers MSCI USA Consumer Staples UCITS ETF 1DXUCS0.52%0.12%€107.01M
WisdomTree US Equity Income UCITS ETF EUR Hedged AccWTDY0.51%0.35%€204.34M
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Holdings as reported by the funds via FMP, excluding swap ETFs (their holdings are only collateral).

Data status and sources

Score
Daily value of 12 Nov 2026, recalculated nightly
Price
Closing price of 12 Nov 2026
Latest annual report
Fiscal year 2025, period end 27 Sep 2025
Source
Financial statements, ratios and prices from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), based on the company's reports. MEQIRI calculates the score and fair value from them.

Mandatory disclosures for this rating

  • ; time horizon around 12 months
  • Rated Neutral, published since 7 Nov 2026 (in the score history since 23 Oct 2026)
  • Valuation signal Fairly valued since 7 Nov 2026
  • End-of-day prices, metrics cached for up to 24 hours
  • Score and fair value are estimates from a disclosed model. They are not facts and not a price target.
  • Produced by SSM Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt), responsible person Sven Brostmeyer, Managing Director, automatically according to the disclosed model.
  • Not investment advice. Losses up to and including a total loss are possible. Personal circumstances are not considered.

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