Tyson Foods dividend history

Tyson Foods paid $697m in dividends in fiscal 2025. That was 147.0% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

Dividends (TTM): $702M
Diluted share count: −0.6%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 3.5%; dividends 3.5% + buybacks 0.0% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 122%; of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending: 3.9%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 16 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Tyson Foods: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Oct 2009	2010Oct 2010	2011Oct 2011	2012Sept 2012	2013Sept 2013	2014Sept 2014	2015Oct 2015	2016Oct 2016	2017Sept 2017	2018Sept 2018	2019Sept 2019	2020Oct 2020	2021Oct 2021	2022Oct 2022	2023Sept 2023	2024Sept 2024	2025Sept 2025	LTMJun 2026
Dividends paid	60	59	59	57	104	104	147	216	319	431	537	601	636	653	670	684	697	702
Share buybacks	19	48	207	264	614	295	495	1,944	860	427	252	207	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dividends ÷ net income	—	7.6%	7.9%	9.8%	13.4%	12.0%	12.0%	12.2%	18.0%	14.5%	27.1%	29.2%	20.9%	20.2%	—	85.5%	147.0%	122.3%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	10.1%	6.7%	14.6%	11.5%	13.8%	19.0%	8.6%	10.7%	20.8%	24.4%	42.8%	22.5%	24.2%	81.6%	—	46.9%	59.2%	60.5%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Tyson Foods's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Tyson Foods.