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Sysco Cash Flow Statement

Operating, investing, and financing cash movements

Sysco generated $2.7B in operating cash flow over the trailing twelve months. After $835.0M in capital expenditures, free cash flow was $1.8B. Free cash flow decreased 0.1% year-over-year. Based on the Q1 2026 filing.

Latest FilingQ1 2026
Report Date2026-04-29
Market Cap$38.1B
P/E Ratio21.94
ROE82.29%

Operating

MetricQ2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26Q2 '26Q3 '26
Amortization of debt issuance costs$4M$3M$4M$4M$3M$4M
Change in accounts payable-$437M$282M$271M$82M-$536M$497M
Change in accrued liabilities-$81M-$83M$122M$61M
Change in income taxes payable/receivable-$101M$66M-$88M-$47M
Change in operating lease liabilities-$46M-$44M-$45M-$49M-$57M-$52M
Change in other assets$7M-$21M-$2M$11M$4M
Change in other liabilities$9M$13M$25M-$7M$12M-$15M
Other working capital changes$48M-$8M$43M$5M
Change in receivables$145M$349M$234M
Deferred income taxes$127M$122M-$417M$124M$121M$105M
Depreciation and amortization$238M$238M$236M$233M$240M$251M
Net cash from operating activities$445M$819M$1.2B$86M$525M$852M
Net income$406M$401M$531M$476M$389M$340M
Amortization expense related to capitalized debt issuance costs$4M$3M$4M$4M$3M$4M
Depreciation$199.5M$199.5M$199.5M
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts and Notes Receivable$145M$349M$234M
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Income Taxes$5M$5M$5M$8M$1M
Increase Decrease In Finished Goods And Work In Process Inventories$107M$116M$335M$45M
Operating lease liabilities-$46M-$44M-$45M-$49M-$57M-$52M
Other long-term liabilities$9M$13M$25M-$7M$12M-$15M
Increase (Decrease) in Prepaid Expense and Other Assets$8M$11M$42M
Non-cash operating lease expense$34M$34M$39M$37M$37M$39M
Minority Interest Change In Redemption Value-$4M-$12M-$3M-$16M-$8M-$3M
Operating lease right-of-use asset amortization$34M$34M$39M$37M$37M$39M
Other Noncash Income (Expense)$48M$0$16M-$8M$43M$5M
Accounts Receivable, Credit Loss Expense (Reversal)$36M$15M$13M$30M$15M$17M
Provision for credit losses$36M$15M$13M$30M$15M$17M
Stock-based compensation$30M$14M$19M$31M$33M$31M

Free Cash Flow

MetricQ2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26Q2 '26Q3 '26
Free cash flow$234M$620M$819M-$74M$385M$691M

Other

MetricQ2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26Q2 '26Q3 '26
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash-$32M$12M$29M-$6M$7M-$6M
Net increase (decrease) in cash$709M-$222M$272M$657M
Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Receivable Other Adjustments$4M$4M$4M
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments$5M-$1M$1M$0$0$0
Interest expense-$8M-$10M-$15M-$15M-$15M-$21M
(Increase) decrease in fair value of debt$34M-$25M-$9M-$4M$4M$36M
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared$0.51$0.51$0.54$0.54$0.54$0.54
Cost Of Revenue$16.5B$16B$17.2B$17.2B$17B$16.7B
Currency Translation And Other-$40.3M-$40.3M-$40.3M
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit)$150.5M$150.5M$150.5M
Customer Accounts Written off, Net Of Recoveries$26.5M$26.5M$26.5M
Defined Contribution Plan, Cost$50.8M$50.8M$50.8M
Earnings per common share - basic (in dollars per share)$0.83$0.82$1.09$0.99$0.81$0.71
Earnings per common share - diluted (in dollars per share)$0.82$0.82$1.09$0.99$0.81$0.71
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent23.8%23.3%24.3%20.6%23.8%23.6%
U.S. federal statutory tax21.0%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Prior Year Income Taxes, Percent0.6%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, State and Local Income Taxes, Percent3.4%
Tax benefit$3.8M$3.8M$3.8M
U.S. federal income taxes$108M$108M$108M
Foreign income taxes$12.8M$12.8M$12.8M
Gross Profit$3.7B$3.6B$4B$3.9B$3.8B$3.8B
Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic$516.5M$516.5M$516.5M
Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign$87.3M$87.3M$87.3M
Income before provision for income taxes$533M$523M$716M$600M$510M$445M
State and local taxes$20.5M$20.5M$20.5M
Interest Income (Expense), Nonoperating-$160M-$149M-$166M-$172M-$173M-$168M
Multiemployer Plan Employer Contribution Cost$16.5M$16.5M$16.5M
All other plans$4.5M$4.5M$4.5M
Individually significant plans$12M$12M$12M
Number of customers182500.00182500.00182500.00
Number of distribution facilities84.2584.2584.25
Operating Income Loss$712M$681M$888M$800M$692M$619M
Change in marketable securities-$2M$2M$1M$1M$0-$1M
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Defined Benefit Plan, Gain (Loss) Arising During Period, after Tax$0$0-$44M$4M$0$0
Other Comprehensive Income Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Gain Loss Before Reclassification And Tax-$257M$136M$238M-$65M$53M-$62M
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), before Tax, Portion Attributable to Parent-$222M$142M$129M-$20M$36M$65M
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Cash Flow Hedge, Gain (Loss), Reclassification, after Tax-$2M-$1M-$1M-$1M-$1M-$1M
Change in excluded components of fair value hedge-$2M$0$0$0
Change in net investment hedges$16M-$6M-$46M$13M-$8M$27M
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Defined Benefit Plan, Gain (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, after Tax-$5M-$5M-$5M-$5M-$6M-$6M
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Tax, Portion Attributable to Parent$8M$1M-$28M$11M-$5M$32M
Cash paid for the purchase of federal tax credits$47.5M$47.5M$47.5M$200M$241M
Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax$20.2B$19.6B$21.1B$21.1B$20.8B$20.5B
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Volatility Rate26.6%
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Risk Free Interest Rate3.7%
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Dividend Rate2.8%
State and local income taxes$26M$26M$26M
Diluted (in shares)492.8M489.3M489.8M480.4M480.7M481.2M
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic (in shares)490.7M487.5M488.1M478.8M479.3M479.3M