Tyson Foods TSN
NYSE TSN
$50.47 -0.06 (-0.12%)
As of: Oct 1, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Tyson Foods (TSN) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026)

Updated

Tyson Foods (TSN) reported Free Cash Flow of $481 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), down 12.1% from $547 million a year earlier.

Analysis

Tyson Foods (TSN) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Over the twelve months ended Jun 27, 2026, Tyson Foods' Free Cash Flow came in at $1.16 billion, down 10.6% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it was $1.18 billion, down 19.3% from FY2024.

  • Free Cash Flow has a five-year compound annual growth rate of -15.1% (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • By fiscal year, Free Cash Flow came in at $1.46 billion in FY2024, -$187 million in FY2023, $800 million in FY2022 (-69.6%) and $2.63 billion in FY2021 (-1.6%).
  • Five-year quarterly Free Cash Flow spans a low of -$647 million in fiscal Q2 2022 and a high of $1.02 billion in fiscal Q1 2022.
  • Year over year, Free Cash Flow gained in 1 of the last five quarters, with an average decline of 14.2%.
  • The high point for year-over-year Free Cash Flow in five years was fiscal Q1 2024 (growth of 446.8%); the low point was fiscal Q1 2023 (a decline of 83.1%).
  • Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at -$258 million (Q2 2026), $690 million (Q1 2026) and $248 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF (Qtr)
1 Archer-Daniels-Midland 38.27 Bn 34.56 Bn 1.94 Bn 877.00 Mn
2 Bunge Global 20.55 Bn 18.06 Bn 1.68 Bn -1.03 Bn
3 Tyson Foods 17.78 Bn 14.14 Bn 921.00 Mn 481.00 Mn
4 Jbs 12.53 Bn -20.58 Bn 2.59 Bn -893.24 Mn
5 Darling Ingredients 9.59 Bn 9.18 Bn 503.37 Mn 404.64 Mn
6 Smithfield Foods 7.37 Bn 2.32 Bn 478.00 Mn 192.00 Mn
7 Pilgrims Pride 6.43 Bn 4.26 Bn 339.75 Mn 76.83 Mn
8 Ingredion 6.05 Bn 2.22 Bn 426.00 Mn -10.00 Mn
9 Seaboard 3.78 Bn -1.04 Bn 221.00 Mn -78.00 Mn
10 Cal-Maine Foods 3.18 Bn 2.21 Bn 403,000.00 -128.00 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 27, 2026 481.00 Mn
Mar 28, 2026 -258.00 Mn
Dec 27, 2025 690.00 Mn
Sep 27, 2025 248.00 Mn
Jun 28, 2025 547.00 Mn
Mar 29, 2025 -378.00 Mn
Dec 28, 2024 760.00 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 369.00 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 533.00 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 -390.00 Mn
Dec 30, 2023 946.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -52.00 Mn
Jul 1, 2023 193.00 Mn
Apr 1, 2023 -501.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 173.00 Mn
Oct 1, 2022 233.00 Mn
Jul 2, 2022 190.00 Mn
Apr 2, 2022 -647.00 Mn
Jan 1, 2022 1.02 Bn
Oct 2, 2021 834.00 Mn
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