Sysco (SYY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Sysco Corporation is a food distribution company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1969, it supplies food and related products to customers in the foodservice and hospitality industries.

The company distributes fresh and frozen foods, meat, seafood, produce, dairy products, and pantry staples, as well as kitchen equipment, cleaning supplies, and other nonfood items. Its customers include restaurants, health care and educational facilities, lodging businesses, and other organizations that prepare and serve meals.

Sysco serves customers across the United States and in international markets, including Canada and parts of Europe. Its distribution and sales operations support customers with product selection, delivery, and services for their foodservice businesses.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $76.23 to $77.07
• 50-Day Range: $74.12 to $83.88
• 52-Week Range: $68.19 to $91.85
• Volume: 438,138 shs
• Average Volume: 4.01 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $37.67 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.35
• Dividend Yield: 2.87%
• Price Target: $91.13
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Sysco Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Sysco scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 6th out of 169 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Sysco has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.56, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 11 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Sysco has a consensus price target of $91.13, representing about 19.7% upside from its current price of $76.13.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Sysco has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.13%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Sysco are expected to grow by 6.13% in the coming year, from $5.06 to $5.37 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Sysco is 20.25, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.74.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Sysco is 20.25, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 25.05.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Sysco has a PEG Ratio of 1.89. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Sysco has a P/B Ratio of 9.27. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.00% of the float of Sysco has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Sysco has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.67.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Sysco has recently increased by 19.23%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Sysco pays a meaningful dividend of 2.86%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Sysco has been increasing its dividend for 57 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Sysco is 58.51%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Sysco will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.97% next year. This indicates that Sysco will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.96

News Sentiment

Sysco has a news sentiment score of 0.96. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Sysco this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 5 people have searched for SYY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -29% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

7 people have added Sysco to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 250% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Sysco insiders have sold 287.14% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $191,550.00 in company stock and sold $741,569.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.55% of the stock of Sysco is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

83.41% of the stock of Sysco is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 10/23 Dividend: 10/02/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/23 Dividend: 10/02/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/23/2026
• Last Earnings: 11/03/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026
• AGM 2026: 11/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
• Sub-Industry: Food Distributors
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SYY
• CIK: 96021
• Web: www.sysco.com
• Phone: (281) 584-1390
• Fax: 281-584-1390
• Employees: 75,000
• Year Founded: 1969

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Sysco: $91.13
• High Price Target: $100.00
• Low Price Target: $84.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +19.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.56
• Research Coverage: 18 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.76
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.36
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.22
• P/E Growth: 1.89
• Net Income: $1.76 billion
• Net Margins: 2.12%
• Pretax Margin: 2.78%
• Return on Equity: 79.24%
• Return on Assets: 7.84%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 3.18
• Current Ratio: 1.46
• Quick Ratio: 0.95

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $84.55 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.44
• Cash Flow: $7.03 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.87
• Book Value: $8.21 per share
• Price / Book: 9.30

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 492,270,000
• Free Float: 489,564,000
• Market Cap: $37.60 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.66