Sysco Financial Ratios
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Sysco ratio analysis
Sysco earned a net margin of 2.1% in FY 2026, down from 2.2% a year earlier. Gross margin was 18.5% compared with a median of 18.5% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 65.9%, meaning Sysco generated 0.66 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity, an unusually high figure that often reflects a small equity base after share buybacks.
Debt-to-equity stood at 5.07 versus 7.27 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.28. At the end of FY 2026, SYY traded at 22.6 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 18.4 to 124.5, with a median of 23.4. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Sysco financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2026 | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 22.63 | 20.11 | 18.35 | 21.38 | 32.70 | 75.09 | 124.52 | 22.10 | 25.29 | 24.20 |
| Price / sales | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.64 | 0.76 | 0.50 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.49 |
| Price / book | 14.88 | 20.01 | 19.24 | 18.74 | 31.89 | 25.19 | 23.03 | 14.61 | 14.24 | 11.49 |
| Gross margin | 18.5% | 18.4% | 18.5% | 18.3% | 17.9% | 18.2% | 18.7% | 19.0% | 18.9% | 19.1% |
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 3.8% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 3.4% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.7% |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 1.7% | 2.8% | 1.7% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 65.9% | 99.9% | 105.1% | 88.1% | 98.3% | 33.8% | 18.6% | 66.9% | 57.1% | 48.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 6.2% | 6.8% | 7.8% | 7.8% | 6.2% | 2.4% | 1.0% | 9.3% | 7.9% | 6.4% |
| Debt / equity | 5.07 | 7.27 | 6.44 | 5.18 | 7.70 | 7.14 | 12.47 | 3.26 | 3.32 | 3.44 |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 1.21 | 1.20 | 1.24 | 1.20 | 1.47 | 1.84 | 1.33 | 1.21 | 1.32 |
| Revenue growth | 3.9% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 11.2% | 33.8% | -3.0% | -12.0% | 2.4% | 6.1% | 9.9% |
| EPS growth | -1.9% | -4.1% | 12.1% | 31.4% | 158.8% | 142.9% | -86.9% | 18.5% | 29.8% | 26.8% |