SYY · Consumer Defensive
What a holder would want to know before buying SYY: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 13% above the lowest point of the past year and 14% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 48% of days and more expensive on 52%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 74% of days.
2% below its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 4 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 64%; the longest took 3.8 years to get back to its peak. Every one recovered.
Now 14% below the Feb 2026 peak.
Sysco Corporation · Consumer Defensive · Food Distribution · a large company worth $38.44B
Sysco Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the sale, marketing, and distribution of food and related products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments, and other…
revenue profit
Sales of $84.55B in 2026, with $1.76B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 2 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 7.9 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $21 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $15 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 2.81% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Oct 2.
14 analysts: 7 say buy, 6 hold, 1 sell. Their average 12-month target is $90.83 (range $78.00–$100.00).
Insiders made 1 purchase and 3 sales in the last 6 months.
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