Sysco Stock Analysis – Key Insights and Trends

By Kim Brooks • Thursday, March 20 15:11 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Consumer Discretionary company Sysco has moved -1.6% so far today on a volume of 2,621,351, compared to its average of 3,478,624. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved -0.0%.

Sysco trades -14.84% away from its average analyst target price of $83.67 per share. The 16 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $77.0 to $95.0, and on average have given Sysco a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying SYY should be aware of the facts below:

Sysco's current price is 296.1% above its Graham number of $17.99, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Sysco has moved -11.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 8.3%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 3.9, Sysco has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.3 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
SYY has a forward P/E ratio of 14.5 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $4.92 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 17.32 compared to its sector average of 3.19
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.
Based in Houston, the company has 76,000 full time employees and a market cap of $34.86 Billion. Sysco currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.8%.

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