Company Analysis

Sysco Corporation (SYY)

NYSE: SYY · Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.4
◀ Past 7.0● Present 6.9▶ Future 5.3

The grade of Sysco Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.4/10
◀ Past7.025% of the headline
● Present6.945% of the headline
▶ Future5.330% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 71st percentile among 36 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sysco Corporation's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 7 of 7.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sysco Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $55 billion in fiscal 2017 to $85 billion in fiscal 2026, up 4.8% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 15% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 7 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.8%bottom 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 33% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak14.7%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.9% a year. 70% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 8 sales, 2 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 81st percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-06-27, Sysco Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 1.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 70% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 8 sales (7 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10, buying about $1 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 21% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.9/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 66%: 66¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 91%: owes 91¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-06-27, Sysco Corporation earned about 66 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 55 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 91 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 14% of its family
  • return on equitytop 2% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 11% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 21% of 35 in its family; net margin 2.1%.

weight 45% of this tense · 79th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sysco Corporation's standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $85 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 1% by size; a net margin of 2.1% ranks in the top 30%; revenue growth of 3.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 33% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$84.55Btop 1% of its family
  • net margin2.1%top 30% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth3.5%top 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 48% of 22 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Sysco Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Hourican, Kevin (Chair and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-02-07, 6.8 years (top 30% of its family); the 26 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.2 years (bottom 16%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 26 people in charge now (top 44%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 26 peopletop 44% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.2 yearsbottom 16% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.8 yearstop 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 46% of 35 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sysco Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $1.8 billion against debt of $12 billion leaves -37.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 13% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2.3% of revenue (top 36%); a gross margin of 18.5% (top 41%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-37.1%bottom 13% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2.3%top 36% of its family
  • gross margin18.5%top 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 44% of 35 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sysco Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 3.5% a year over the last three filed years against 4.8% over all 10, slowing (top 41% of its family); the newest year grew 3.9% (top 41%); capital spending grew -4.1% a year (top 48%) (its annual reports). Sysco Corporation reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2026: U.S.Foodservice Operations at $59 billion (70%), International Foodservice Operations at $16 billion (19%), Sygma at $8.6 billion (10%), and 1 more; 3 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.3 points a yeartop 41% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth3.9%top 41% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-4.1%top 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 42% of 32 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Sysco Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $85 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 0.6% above the $84 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 42% of its family); net income of $1.8 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.9 billion (top 39%); a net margin of 2.1% against 2.3% before (top 45%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.6%top 42% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-5%top 39% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.3 pointstop 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SYY · research, not advice