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Sysco Corp.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Weak signals across every dimension
1 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Stable quality
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
3/3
Efficiency
0/2
Profitability tells the more flattering part of the story: ROE of 99.1% runs +223% above the sector median 30.7%, and the F-Score of 6/9 out of 6 reflects sound profitability and clean leverage metrics, though the efficiency sub-score is weak. Debt/EBITDA of 3.1× exceeds the sector median 0.8× by +268%, and P/B of 21.4× sits +290% above the sector median 5.5× — a meaningful premium for a business whose EPS growth of -4.1% still trails positive territory. The forward picture is mixed: consensus models a recovery, but the beat rate over eight quarters is uneven, and the forward PEG reads as stretched — meaning the market prices in growth that the recent track record has not yet delivered. The composite of 46/100 out of 100 places SYY near the lower half of the sector on a combined view of quality, valuation, and growth.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive | 5/9 | 1 603% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is weakening; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
Sysco's F-Score flags efficiency as the weak point — 0/2 on asset turnover and gross margin change. On August 4, track revenue year over year and gross margin direction to see whether those two signals begin to recover toward the sector median.
With Debt/EBITDA at 0.83× reported here but flagged 3.7× above the sector median, open Sysco's latest 10-K on SEC EDGAR and read the Liquidity and Capital Resources section. Check how management frames refinancing risk and its ability to pass input-cost increases through to foodservice customers.
The same-sector table in section 06 lists Consumer Staples peers alphabetically. Pick two or three names yourself and line up their Debt/EBITDA and P/B ratios against Sysco's 0.83× and 5.50× figures to judge whether the valuation premium and leverage profile are typical for this part of the sector.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: +4%-26%
Over 4 years: 2.712.833.06
Over 4 years: +3%+3%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 4 of 8 recent quarters — a mixed record.
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| +1% |
| 16% |
| COST | Costco | 7/9 | 31% | +8% | 4% |
| GIS | General Mills | 5/9 | -1% | +308% | 5% |
| HSY | Hershey | 5/9 | 19% | +4% | 12% |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark | 5/9 | 173% | -2% | 14% |
| KO | Coca-Cola | 7/9 | 46% | +2% | 29% |
| KR | Kroger | 6/9 | 14% | +0% | 1% |
| MDLZ | Mondelez | 6/9 | 9% | +6% | 9% |
| MO | Altria | 6/9 | — | -3% | 43% |
| PEP | PepsiCo | 5/9 | 43% | +2% | 12% |
| PG | Procter & Gamble | 6/9 | 31% | +0% | 24% |
| PM | Philip Morris | 8/9 | — | +7% | 37% |
| SYY | Sysco Corp. | 6/9 | 99% | +3% | 4% |
| TGT | Target | 6/9 | 24% | -2% | 5% |
| WMT | Walmart | 7/9 | 23% | +5% | 4% |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.