Tyson Foods, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
TSN · Consumer Defensive
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 17 days, change +0 days YoY
AR growth 4.9% vs revenue growth 2.1%
Revenue 2.1%, CFFO -16.8%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 9.4% vs COGS 2.4%. Normal
CapEx growth -13.6% vs revenue 2.1%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 59.5%. Normal
Gross margin 6.5%, change -0.3pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 4.55. Profits backed by cash
FCF $1.2B, FCF/NI = 2.48
Accruals ratio = -4.6%. Low accruals
Cash $1.2B covers only 14% of debt $8.8B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $15.1B = 83% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 3.4x. Healthy
Other assets 10.5% vs revenue 2.1%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -4% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.62 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
Beneish M-Score
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-10