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SyscoSYY

Food Distributors · Houston, Texas · In the S&P 500
$82.90+0.46%After hours: $82.90 (0.00%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 11.6% over 1 year
Sysco over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$70$80$90Nov2026MarMayJulSep$82.90$70$80$90NovMarJul$82.90
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$40.78B
Price to earnings22.7x
Forward P/E16.5x
Dividend yield2.65%
Year to date+12.5%
One year+11.6%
Next earningsTue 3 Nov, before the open
SectorConsumer Staples
52-week range (closes)
$69.30$91.16

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Quality and valuation

How Sysco compares with other consumer staples stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Sysco and 7 food distributors peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: weaker than mostValuation: in line with its sector

A weaker business than most consumer staples companies, priced about in line with them.

Sysco trades at 16.5 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 16.6x for the 35 consumer staples stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +3.9% vs +4.9%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 18.5% vs 40.5%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 3.7% vs 13.6%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 2.3% vs 10.3%
SYY trades at 16.5x forward earnings, below the sector medianForward p/e, Food Distributors peers
MO13.5xPEP16.4xSYY16.5xPG23.6xPM24.5xKO27.7xWMT41.1xCOST44.4xSector median 16.6xMO13.5xPEP16.4xSYY16.5xPG23.6xPM24.5xKO27.7xWMT41.1xCOST44.4xSector median 16.6x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 22.6x earnings, SYY is pricier than its average since Aug 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
18x20x22x24xAverage 20.6x2025202622.6x20xAverage 20.6x2025202622.6x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Sysco's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 27 Jun 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 4.7% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q4 ’26
$0bn$10bn$20bnQ1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26$22.1bnQ4 ’26$0bn$10bn$20bnQ1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26$22.1bnQ4 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to +4.7% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%2%4%Q1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’264.7%Q4 ’260%2%4%Q1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’264.7%Q4 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 4.4% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%2%4%Q1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’264.4%Q4 ’260%2%4%Q1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’264.4%Q4 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $1.9 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$500mQ1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26$936mQ4 ’26$0m$500mQ1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26$936mQ4 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsSYYSector median
Revenue growth+3.9%+4.9%
Gross margin18.5%40.5%
Operating margin3.7%13.6%
Free cash flow margin2.3%10.3%
Price to earnings22.7x24.5x

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Food Distributors, by market value.

CompanyPriceTodayYTDValue
WMTWalmart$123.51+1.86%+10.9%$980B
COSTCostco$1,012.28+1.78%+17.4%$449B
KOCoca-Cola$94.08+1.36%+34.6%$405B
PGProcter & Gamble$161.57+0.61%+12.7%$374B
PMPhilip Morris International$208.79+0.14%+30.2%$325B
PEPPepsiCo$137.34+2.65%−4.3%$187B
MOAltria$78.03+1.67%+35.3%$130B
MNSTMonster Beverage$47.34+2.14%+23.5%$92.60B