Company Dossier · Consumer Staples
Sysco
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Sysco is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 27, 2026: $84.5 billion, up 3.9% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 27, 2026: $1.94 billion, up 21% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 27, 2026: $0.70 billion, down 23% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to June 27, 2026: $0.20 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to June 27, 2026: $1.25 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 4, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Latest annual report (filed August 21, 2026): 11 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $1.3 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,643 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+68 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 11 (8 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 1 — latest OSHA inspection, Nov 25, 2025 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Sysco is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Retrenching · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Retrenching
- Capital spending12th pct
- Debt raised32nd pct
- Buybacks vs capex74th pct
- Hiring filings17th pct
- Deals and private raises49th pct
- Patent publications19th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment97th pct
- Call confidence90th pct
- Guidance changes42nd pct
- Risk factors added6th pct
- Insider open-market trades80th pct
- + Call sentiment
- + Call confidence
- − Risk factors added
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver30th pct
- Stress filings48th pct
Credit
How these are built →Sysco's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$13.5B
- Due within a year $1.2B
- Longer term $12.3B
- Default point $7.4B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 27, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
$15.9B
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | C$750M | 4.800% | 2034 (8y) | +110bp | 4.803% |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $1B | 6.400% | 2046 (20y) | +112bp | 6.447% |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $1.75B | 6.500% | 2056 (30y) | +122bp | 6.511% |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $750M | 6.600% | 2066 (40y) | +132bp | 6.611% |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $1.5B | 7.100% | 2056 (30y) | +228bp | 7.100% |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $1B | 7.250% | 2056 (30y) | +237bp | 7.250% |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $1.4B | 7.350% | 2056 (30y) | +240bp | 7.350% |
| Sep 22, 2026 | €1B | 6.000% | 2056 (30y) | +272bp | 6.000% |
| Sep 22, 2026 | C$750M | 4.250% | 2030 (4y) | +78bp | 4.294% |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $1.75B | 5.450% | 2029 (3y) | +65bp | 5.454% |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $2B | 5.600% | 2031 (5y) | +80bp | 5.620% |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $1.5B | 5.800% | 2033 (7y) | +95bp | 5.828% |
From the pricing term sheets Sysco filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Sysco: guidance raised minus lowered
Guidance Ledger statements by quarter
Sysco: earnings call sentiment
Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (FEROX STRATEGIES)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 15, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (DENTONS US LLP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 14, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (SYSCO CORPORATION)third_quarter 2026 · $0.2 million
- Oct 6, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Sep 25, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Sep 4, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Sep 4, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Aug 25, 2026PatentPatent granted: PALLET AND HANDTRUCKUS 12715492
- Aug 21, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)11 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Aug 20, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (FEROX STRATEGIES)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (SYSCO CORPORATION)second_quarter 2026 · $0.2 million
- Jul 17, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 7, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (DENTONS US LLP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Apr 20, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Apr 2, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Mar 30, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Mar 5, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 13, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Nov 25, 2025Risk event
- Nov 21, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Nov 17, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Sep 16, 2025Patent
- Sep 8, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Aug 22, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Aug 5, 2025Patent
- Jun 24, 2025Risk event
- Jun 17, 2025Patent
- Jun 6, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Mar 11, 2025Risk event
- Mar 3, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 25, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Feb 19, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jan 7, 2025Patent
- Nov 19, 20248-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Aug 28, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Performance Food Group PFGC | $67.8B | $1.0B | Jun 27, 2026 |
| Procter & Gamble PG | $87.0B | $15.2B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Tyson Foods TSN | $55.7B | $1.2B | Jun 27, 2026 |
| Coca-Cola Co. KO | $49.3B | $12.6B | Apr 3, 2026 |
| Philip Morris Intl. PM | $42.5B | $12.7B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| US Foods USFD | $40.1B | $0.9B | Jun 27, 2026 |
| Mondelez International MDLZ | $39.3B | $2.6B | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Archer Daniels Midland ADM | $25.0B | $1.7B | Jun 30, 2026 |