Tyson Foods (TSN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Tyson Foods' (TSN) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 3.76% in Q1 2026, down 118.0% year-on-year from 20.87% in Q1 2025, and up 38.07% quarter-over-quarter from 2.72% in Q4 2025.

Tyson Foods (TSN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Tyson Foods has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 3.76% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 3.76%, down 118.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.76% (down 118.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 3.6%, down 82.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 3.76% for Q1 2026 at Tyson Foods, up from 2.72% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 17.69% in Q3 2022 to a low of 2.08% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 4.55% (2024), against an average of 6.3%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 1544 bps in 2023 and surged 750 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Tyson Foods' Return on Capital Employed stood at 10.82% in 2022, then slumped by 119 bps to 2.08% in 2023, then jumped by 361 bps to 5.42% in 2024, then sank by 50 bps to 2.72% in 2025, then jumped by 38 bps to 3.76% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 3.76% (Q1 2026), 2.72% (Q4 2025), and 3.64% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Archer-Daniels-Midland 36.33 Bn 35.72 Bn 1.22 Bn 3.18%
2 Bunge Global 21.79 Bn 22.33 Bn 766.00 Mn 4.51%
3 Tyson Foods 3.86 Bn 3.46 Bn 962.00 Mn 3.76%
4 Cal-Maine Foods 3.68 Bn 3.29 Bn 119.28 Mn 28.85%
5 Adecoagro 2.04 Bn 1.74 Bn 97.80 Mn 2.52%
6 Dole 1.33 Bn 1.17 Bn 184.99 Mn 7.26%
7 Fresh Del Monte Produce 1.30 Bn 1.25 Bn 89.00 Mn 4.26%
8 Vital Farms 463.27 Mn 426.30 Mn 53.01 Mn -1.27%
9 Alico 310.30 Mn 262.17 Mn -4.59 Mn -29.46%
10 Forafric Global 269.03 Mn 270.07 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 3.76%
Dec 27, 2025 2.72%
Sep 27, 2025 3.64%
Jun 28, 2025 4.77%
Mar 29, 2025 4.94%
Dec 28, 2024 5.42%
Sep 28, 2024 4.32%
Jun 29, 2024 1.32%
Mar 30, 2024 -0.86%
Dec 30, 2023 -2.08%
Sep 30, 2023 -1.32%
Jul 1, 2023 2.62%
Apr 1, 2023 7.06%
Dec 31, 2022 10.82%
Oct 1, 2022 14.13%
Jul 2, 2022 17.69%
Apr 2, 2022 17.61%
Jan 1, 2022 16.85%
Oct 2, 2021 14.82%
Jul 3, 2021 11.94%