# Sysco Corporation (SYY) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Consumer Defensive / Food & Staples Retailing. Price $80.05, market value $38.4 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 21.9×** (5-yr avg 21.6×, 3-yr avg 19.7×). Sysco Corporation trades at 21.9× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 21.6×. The Consumer Defensive median in the September 2026 study was 20.1×. Forward P/E is 14.9×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 0.5×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.5×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 14.4×**. The shares trade at 14.4× book value; most of the value is in earnings power and intangibles rather than the balance sheet.
- **EV / EBITDA: 12.3×**. Enterprise value is 12.3× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 5.1%** (5-yr avg 4.9%). Free cash flow equals 5.1% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 4.9%. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 4.6%**. The inverse of the P/E: 4.6% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 18.5%**. Sysco Corporation keeps 18.5% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells, a thin margin typical of retail, distribution and commodity businesses.
- **Operating margin: 3.7%**. 3.7% of revenue is left after running the business, which leaves little cushion in a downturn.
- **Net margin: 2.1%**. 2.1% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 65.9%**. A 65.9% return on equity is extremely high; check whether buybacks or debt have shrunk the equity base, which flatters the ratio.
- **Return on invested capital: 17.0%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 17.0%: comfortably above what that capital costs.
- **Return on assets: 6.2%**. Each dollar of assets produces 6.2% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 3.9%** (3-yr 3.5%/yr, 5-yr 10.5%/yr). Revenue grew 3.9% over the last year, against 10.5% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -1.9%** (3-yr 1.8%/yr, 5-yr 29.1%/yr). Earnings per share fell 1.9%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -2.3%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -2.3% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 5.07**. Debt is 5.07 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 2.9×**. It would take 2.9 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Current ratio: 1.28** (quick 1.28). Current assets cover the next year's liabilities 1.28 times.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 2.75%** ($2.17 per share, trailing). Sysco Corporation yields 2.75%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 59%** (54% of free cash flow). 59% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 10**. 10 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 3.1%/yr** (1-yr 4.0%). The dividend has grown 3.1% a year over five years.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (13 analysts). 13 analysts cover Sysco Corporation; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $90.31 (+13% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -0.2%** (YTD 11.0%, 3-mo 5.6%). The shares are down 0.2% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -12.8%** (17.4% above the low). Trading 13% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 37**. An RSI of 37 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.20** (volatility 27%). Beta of 0.20 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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