TSNTyson Foods
Tyson Foods, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “Tyson Foods” or “Tyson”) (NYSE: TSN) is a world-class food company and recognized leader in protein. 10-K, Item 1
- Employees
- 133,000
- Headquarters
- Springdale, AR
- CEO
- Donnie King
- Next results
- around Feb 1, 2027
Dilution: new shares, stock pay and buybacks
prospectuses (S-3, 424B) of the last three years and the 10-K cash flow From EDGARShares offered
Since Nov 11, 2023: 1 shelf registration; also 3 notes offerings.
- Jun 9, 2026 Shelf registration: shares and other securities, amount not fixed S-3ASR
Every offering filing →“Contracts Units Tyson Foods, Inc. may offer from time to time Class A common stock, par value $0.10 per share, debt securities, warrants, purchase contracts or units separately or together in any combination.”
S-3ASR, Jun 9, 2026 ↗
Bought back
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no buyback line in the 10-K XBRL, year to Sep 27, 2025
Diluted shares: 357.00M in the year to Sep 27, 2025 2025 +0.3%2024 +25.4%2023 -21.8%2022 -0.5%
Change in the diluted weighted average share count from the fiscal year before, stock splits taken out. Bars use one scale for stock pay and buybacks. Prospectuses are read from their cover page; preliminary ones are left out. Cash & buybacks, year by year → · How
FY2025, from the cash flow statement in the 10-K, added up.
Came from
| Operating cash flow | $2.2B |
| Debt raised | $175.0M |
| Shares sold | $21.0M |
| Cash on hand used | $488.0M |
Went to
| Capital spending | $978.0M |
| Dividends | $697.0M |
| Other, net investments bought and sold, other financing and investing lines, and exchange rates |
$1.2B |
Each number is a line of the cash flow statement as the company tagged it. "Other, net" is what those lines do not cover (investments bought and sold, other financing and investing lines, and exchange rates); Tickdelta does not estimate it.
Each CEO's years
The CEO of each fiscal year as named in the proxy's pay versus performance table, and what the 10-Ks show for those years. Facts, not a grade.
Donnie King
- Operating cash flow
- $6.5B
- Capital spending
- $4.0B
- Acquisitions
- $262.0M
- Dividends
- $2.1B
- Stock-based pay
- $262.0M
- Diluted shares since FY2022
- -1.7%
- Revenue since FY2022
- +2%
- Debt since FY2022
- +$509.0M
- CEO pay (reported)
- $70.4M
Dean Banks, Donnie King
- Operating cash flow
- $2.7B
- Capital spending
- $1.9B
- Dividends
- $653.0M
- Stock-based pay
- $93.0M
- Diluted shares since FY2021
- -0.5%
- Revenue since FY2021
- +13%
- Debt since FY2021
- -$1.0B
- CEO pay (reported)
- $12.0M
| Fiscal year to | Buybacks | Dividends | Stock pay | Shares issued for cash | Diluted shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-27 | - | $697.0M | $100.0M | $21.0M | 357.00M |
| 2024-09-28 | - | $684.0M | $101.0M | $14.0M | 356.00M |
| 2023-09-30 | - | $670.0M | $61.0M | $11.0M | 284.00M |
| 2022-10-01 | - | $653.0M | $93.0M | $126.0M | 363.00M |
| 2021-10-02 | - | $636.0M | $91.0M | $41.0M | 365.00M |
From the XBRL of the 10-Ks (cash flow statement and diluted weighted average shares); each year as reported in the latest 10-K that includes it. Concepts: dividends = PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock; sbc = ShareBasedCompensation; issuance = ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised; diluted_shares = WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding.
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