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Sysco key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Sysco had return on equity of 78.2% and a net margin of 2.1%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2008Jun 20082009Jun 20092010Jul 20102011Jul 20112017Jul 20172018Jun 20182019Jun 20192020Jun 20202021Jul 20212022Jul 20222023Jul 20232024Jun 20242025Jun 20252026Jun 2026
Net margin2.9%2.9%3.2%2.9%2.1%2.4%2.8%0.4%1.0%2.0%2.3%2.5%2.2%2.1%
Return on equity32.4%30.8%32.4%27.0%32.2%58.5%66.8%11.8%38.7%92.6%104.4%101.1%99.1%78.2%
Return on assets11.0%10.5%11.5%10.6%7.8%8.0%9.3%1.1%2.4%6.2%7.9%8.2%7.1%6.4%
Effective tax rate38.3%40.4%36.2%37.0%35.3%26.9%16.5%26.6%10.3%22.2%22.5%23.8%24.3%22.8%
Dividends ÷ net income45.0%51.9%49.1%51.8%61.2%50.5%46.3%397.4%175.0%70.6%56.3%51.6%54.7%59.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 5 checks passed · June 27, 2026
What it owns · $28.4bn
Short-term assets $13.4bnLonger-term assets $15.0bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $13.2bn
Short-term liabilities $10.5bnShareholders' equity $2.7bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $13.4bn of assets due within a year against $10.5bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $1.8bn of cash against $12.3bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 462% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 868% to 462% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $2.6bn of operating cash flow against $12.3bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Sysco's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

53 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Sysco's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 9 / 20

    Net income has been a median 6.6% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 18.5%, moving by 0.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 5 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 3.8%; its worst year was 1.4%.

  • Cash conversion 11 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 2.4% of revenue.

  • Discipline 19 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 6.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.1% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Sysco's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Sysco.