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Sysco SYY Return on equity

Return on equity at other companies

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29.2%-2.9pp
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21.1%-4.1pp
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7.3%-1.8pp
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15.1%+4.0pp
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23.8%-3.6pp
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Tyson FoodsTSN
2.5%-2.5pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$20.5B+4.7%
Gross profit$3.8B+6.5%
Operating income$619.0M-9.1%
Net income$340.0M-15.2%
EPS (diluted)$0.71-13.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.9B+24.4%
Total debt$15.4B+5.3%
Total equity$2.3B+19.5%
Total assets$28.0B+6.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$852.0M+4.0%
CapEx$161.0M-19.1%
Free cash flow$691.0M+11.5%

Valuation

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Market cap$37.78B-7.1%
Enterprise value$51.26B-4.4%
P/E21.8×+0.5×
P/S0.5×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin18.5%+0.2pp
Operating margin3.6%-0.3pp
Net margin2.1%-0.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity6.7×-0.9×
Current ratio1.3×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Sysco’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Sysco’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Sysco's return on equity?
Sysco (SYY) reported return on equity of 82.3% in Q1 2026.
How has Sysco's return on equity changed year-over-year?
Sysco's return on equity decreased by 13.3% year-over-year, from 94.9% to 82.3%.
What is the long-term trend for Sysco's return on equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Sysco's return on equity has grown at a 179.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 6.1% to 371.1%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.