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 shares have increased by 11.7% and is now trading at $61.59. 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) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $13.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.04 billion. SYSCO had a net margin of 2.30% and a return on equity of 73.70%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.79 earnings per share. View SYSCO's earnings history.

SYSCO declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 22nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.45 per share on Friday, July 24th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 1st. View SYSCO's dividend history.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for SYSCO's stock. Their forecasts range from $47.00 to $94.00. On average, they expect SYSCO's share price to reach $69.34 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for SYSCO.

Press coverage about SYY stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. SYSCO earned a daily sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutSYSCO.

SYSCO saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,170,000 shares, an increase of 33.4% from the April 30th total of 10,620,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,280,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 2.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View SYSCO's Current Options Chain.

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

SYSCO's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.68%), Wellington Management Group LLP (5.27%), State Street Corp (5.20%), Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (2.25%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.03%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.96%). Company insiders that own SYSCO stock include Brian R Todd, Greg D Bertrand, Hans-Joachim Koerber, Joel T Grade, 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 Clearbridge Investments LLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Hexavest Inc., Bahl & Gaynor Inc., Bessemer Group Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund. 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.

SYY stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Management Group LLP, Longview Partners Guernsey LTD, Capital International Investors, Yacktman Asset Management LP, Unigestion Holding SA, Alyeska Investment Group L.P., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and APG Asset Management N.V.. Company insiders that have bought SYSCO stock in the last two years include Joshua D Frank, and Trian Fund Management, LP. 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 $61.59.

SYSCO has a market capitalization of $31.26 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.