Sysco Corporation (SYY) Stock

About Sysco Corporation

Sysco Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the marketing and distribution of various food and related products to the foodservice or food-away-from-home industry in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and internationally. It operates through U.S. Foodservice Operations, International Foodservice Operations, SYGMA, and Other segments. The company distributes frozen food, such as meat, seafood, fully prepared entrées, fruits, vegetables, and desserts; canned and dry food products; fresh meat and seafood products; dairy products; beverages; imported specialties; and fresh produce products. It also supplies various non-food items, including paper products comprising disposable napkins, plates, and cups; tableware consisting of glassware and silverware; cookware, such as pots, pans, and utensils; restaurant and kitchen equipment and supplies; and cleaning supplies. It serves restaurants, hospitals and nursing facilities, schools and colleges, hotels and motels, industrial caterers, and other foodservice venues. Sysco Corporation was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Sysco Corporation is led by CEO Kevin Hourican, employs 75,000 people, headquartered in Houston, US, publicly traded since 1973.

Sysco Corporation (SYY) stock trades at $84.98 with a market capitalization of $40.64B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.00, price-to-book of 16.61, price-to-sales of 0.45. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $68.19 and $91.85, and currently trades 7.5% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.73%.

On profitability, Sysco Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 81.89% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 166.29%, an operating margin of 3.59%, a net profit margin of 2.08%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Sysco Corporation reported annual revenue of $81.4B, net profit of $1.8B, revenue has compounded at 9.0% a year over the last five years, profit at 53.4% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.76 — a leveraged balance sheet worth monitoring, a current ratio of 1.21, total assets of $26.8B, $1.1B in cash and equivalents.

SYY has an average daily trading volume of 3,724,415 shares, a beta of 0.66 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.sysco.com