NYSE:SYYSYSCO Stock Price, Forecast & News

SYSCO's stock was trading at $55.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SYY stock has decreased by 2.6% and is now trading at $53.70. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SYSCO in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for SYSCO.

SYSCO is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 10th 2020. View our earnings forecast for SYSCO.

SYSCO Co. (NYSE:SYY) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.08. The company earned $13.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $14.04 billion. SYSCO had a net margin of 2.30% and a return on equity of 73.70%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.79 EPS. View SYSCO's earnings history.

SYSCO announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 22nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share on Friday, July 24th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 1st. View SYSCO's dividend history.

12 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for SYSCO's stock. Their forecasts range from $51.00 to $94.00. On average, they anticipate SYSCO's stock price to reach $70.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for SYSCO.

News headlines about SYY stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. SYSCO earned a coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about SYSCO.

SYSCO saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,270,000 shares, a decrease of 10.8% from the May 31st total of 15,990,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,870,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 2.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View SYSCO's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other SYSCO investors own include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Pfizer (PFE), Procter & Gamble (PG), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AbbVie (ABBV), Coca-Cola (KO), Mcdonald's (MCD) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

SYSCO trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SYY."

SYSCO's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Park National Corp OH (0.01%) and Birch Capital Management LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own SYSCO stock include Brian R Todd, Greg D Bertrand, Hans-Joachim Koerber, John M Cassaday, Joshua D Frank, Paul T Moskowitz, Richard G Tilghman, Robert S Charlton, Russell T Libby, Thomas Bene and Trian Fund Management, LP. View institutional ownership trends for SYSCO.

SYY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, and Birch Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold SYSCO company stock in the last year include Brian R Todd, Greg D Bertrand, Hans-Joachim Koerber, John M Cassaday, Paul T Moskowitz, Robert S Charlton, and Thomas Bene. View insider buying and selling activity for SYSCO.

Shares of SYY can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of SYY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.70.

SYSCO has a market capitalization of $27.26 billion and generates $60.11 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.67 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.55 on an earnings per share basis. SYSCO employs 69,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for SYSCO is www.sysco.com.

SYSCO's mailing address is 1390 ENCLAVE PKWY, HOUSTON TX, 77077. The company can be reached via phone at 281-584-1390.