SYY vs USFD vs PFGC
161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
SYY51.3
Sysco Corporation
Consumer Defensive · Food Distribution
$82.22 +0.09%$40.4B mkt cap
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USFD57.1
US Foods Holding Corp.
Consumer Defensive · Food Distribution
$101.96 +0.47%$22.1B mkt cap
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PFGC51.8
Performance Food Group Co
Consumer Defensive · Food Distribution
$97.78 +0.49%$15.4B mkt cap
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Price, rebased to 100 three years ago
SYY USFD PFGC · weekly adjusted closesSmart money 8Valuation 16Profitability (TTM) 12Returns on capital 11Growth 17Margin history & stability 7Liquidity (latest quarter) 7Leverage & solvency (latest quarter) 13Efficiency 11Cash flow & earnings quality 7Dividends & buybacks 9Scores & forensic checks 15Per share 7Size (TTM) 8Price performance 9Technicals 4
● marks the highest or lowest value where that direction is plainly stronger (margins, returns, coverage, leverage); multiples and yields are left unmarked. Bars show each stock's percentile within its own industry. n/a: the measure does not apply to lenders and insurers.
Smart money
8 measures| Measure | SYY | USFD | PFGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insider open-market buys, 180d | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Insider $ bought, 180d | $1.00M | — | — |
| Congress purchases, 180d | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Congress purchase | 2026-09-22 | — | — |
| 13F net change in holders | +72 | −5 | +64 |
| ETFs adding shares, 30d | 1,099 | 338 | 305 |
| ETFs trimming, 30d | 833 | 310 | 205 |
| Net ETF funds, 30d | +266 | +28 | +100 |
Valuation
16 measures| Measure | SYY | USFD | PFGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (TTM) | 23.0x
0th
|
30.3x
20th
|
42.7x
60th
|
| PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) | 13.99 | 1.43 | — |
| Price / sales | 0.5x
40th
|
0.5x
60th
|
0.2x
20th
|
| Price / book | 15.2x
100th
|
5.2x
60th
|
3.1x
40th
|
| Price / tangible book | — | — | — |
| Price / free cash flow | 20.9x
50th
|
23.3x
75th
|
14.9x
25th
|
| Price / operating cash flow | 15.3x
40th
|
16.1x
60th
|
10.9x
20th
|
| Enterprise value | $53.6B
100th
|
$27.2B
80th
|
$23.0B
60th
|
| EV / sales | 0.6x
40th
|
0.7x
60th
|
0.3x
20th
|
| EV / EBITDA | 13.0x
40th
|
15.7x
80th
|
13.5x
60th
|
| EV / EBIT | 17.9x
0th
|
21.5x
20th
|
25.6x
40th
|
| EV / free cash flow | 27.7x
50th
|
28.8x
75th
|
22.4x
25th
|
| Earnings yield | 4.3%
100th
|
3.3%
80th
|
2.3%
40th
|
| FCF yield | 4.8%
60th
|
4.3%
40th
|
6.7%
80th
|
| Operating cash flow yield | 6.5%
60th
|
6.2%
40th
|
9.2%
80th
|
| Graham number (per share) | $21.36
20th
|
$37.97
80th
|
$40.09
100th
|
Profitability (TTM)
12 measures| Measure | SYY | USFD | PFGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 18.5%
80th
|
17.6%
60th
|
11.9%
20th
|
| EBITDA margin | 4.9%
60th
|
4.3%
40th
|
2.5%
20th
|
| Operating margin | 3.7%
80th
|
3.2%
40th
|
1.3%
20th
|
| EBIT margin | 3.5%
80th
|
3.2%
60th
|
1.3%
20th
|
| Net margin | 2.1%
80th
|
1.8%
60th
|
0.5%
40th
|
| NOPAT margin | 2.8%
80th
|
2.4%
60th
|
1.0%
40th
|
| FCF margin | 2.3%
60th
|
2.4%
80th
|
1.5%
40th
|
| Operating cash flow margin | 3.1%
60th
|
3.4%
80th
|
2.1%
20th
|
| R&D / revenue | 0.0%
0th
|
0.0%
0th
|
0.0%
0th
|
| SG&A / revenue | 0.0%
0th
|
14.3%
80th
|
0.0%
0th
|
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.1%
20th
|
0.2%
60th
|
0.0%
0th
|
| Effective tax rate | 22.8%
20th
|
24.2%
40th
|
26.0%
60th
|
Returns on capital
11 measures| Measure | SYY | USFD | PFGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROE (on average equity) | 78.2%
100th
|
16.4%
80th
|
7.7%
40th
|
| ROA | 6.4%
100th
|
5.2%
80th
|
2.0%
40th
|
| ROIC | 15.1%
100th
|
10.3%
80th
|
5.2%
20th
|
| ROCE | 16.7%
100th
|
12.2%
80th
|
6.6%
40th
|
| Return on tangible assets | 10.8%
100th
|
9.0%
80th
|
4.9%
40th
|
| Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) | 16.6%
100th
|
14.5%
80th
|
11.2%
40th
|
| Gross profitability (GP / assets) | 55.1%
80th
|
49.1%
40th
|
42.9%
20th
|
| ROIC, 3-yr average | 12.5%
100th
|
6.1%
80th
|
3.9%
40th
|
| ROIC, 5-yr average | 14.1%
100th
|
5.5%
80th
|
4.4%
40th
|
| ROE, 5-yr average | 91.5%
100th
|
10.8%
80th
|
7.9%
40th
|
| Incremental ROIC | 74.7%
80th
|
-456.4%
0th
|
189.5%
100th
|
Growth
17 measures| Measure | SYY | USFD | PFGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM YoY) | 3.9%
60th
|
3.8%
40th
|
7.2%
80th
|
| Revenue growth (QoQ) | 7.8%
20th
|
9.6%
40th
|
10.7%
80th
|
| Revenue CAGR, 3 yr | 3.5%
20th
|
4.7%
40th
|
5.8%
60th
|
| Revenue CAGR, 5 yr | 10.5%
60th
|
9.1%
20th
|
17.4%
80th
|
| Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr | 3.9%
20th
|
5.9%
40th
|
9.0%
60th
|
| Operating income CAGR, 3 yr | 0.6%
0th
|
11.9%
40th
|
5.0%
20th
|
| Net income growth (TTM YoY) | -3.9%
25th
|
31.6%
75th
|
5.6%
50th
|
| Net income CAGR, 3 yr | -0.2%
25th
|
16.0%
50th
|
-3.3%
0th
|
| EPS growth (TTM YoY) | -3.3%
25th
|
39.5%
100th
|
5.3%
50th
|
| EPS CAGR, 3 yr | 1.6%
25th
|
21.2%
50th
|
-3.4%
0th
|
| EPS CAGR, 5 yr | 29.2%
50th
|
91.3%
100th
|
49.8%
75th
|
| FCF growth (TTM YoY) | 8.8%
50th
|
1.5%
0th
|
46.2%
100th
|
| FCF CAGR, 3 yr | -2.2% | 0.6% | 22.3% |
| Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr | -2.7%
20th
|
5.7%
40th
|
19.3%
80th
|
| Book value CAGR, 3 yr | 12.0%
80th
|
1.9%
20th
|
9.3%
40th
|
| Dividend CAGR, 3 yr | 3.1% | — | — |
| Sustainable growth rate | 32.0%
100th
|
16.4%
80th
|
7.7%
40th
|
Margin history & stability
7 measures| Measure | SYY | USFD | PFGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin, 3-yr average | 18.5%
80th
|
17.4%
60th
|
11.6%
20th
|
| Operating margin, 3-yr average | 3.8%
80th
|
3.0%
40th
|
1.3%
20th
|
| Net margin, 3-yr average | 2.3%
100th
|
1.6%
40th
|
0.6%
20th
|
| FCF margin, 3-yr average | 2.4%
100th
|
2.3%
60th
|
1.3%
20th
|
| Revenue stability (0-1) | 0.86
40th
|
0.93
80th
|
0.89
60th
|
| Earnings stability (0-1) | 0.61
60th
|
0.93
100th
|
0.57
40th
|
| Margin stability (0-1) | 0.99
100th
|
0.96
60th
|
0.97
80th
|
Liquidity (latest quarter)
7 measures| Measure | SYY | USFD | PFGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & short-term investments | $1.8B
100th
|
$56.0M
40th
|
$92.4M
60th
|
| Net cash (− = net debt) | −$13.2B
0th
|
−$5.2B
40th
|
−$7.7B
20th
|
| Working capital | $2.9B
100th
|
$536.0M
40th
|
$2.7B
80th
|
| Current ratio | 1.28
20th
|
1.14
0th
|
1.51
60th
|
| Quick ratio | 0.77
60th
|
0.70
40th
|
0.67
20th
|
| Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) | 0.17
60th
|
0.01
0th
|
0.02
40th
|
| Defensive interval (days) | 223 days
60th
|
161 days
20th
|
163 days
40th
|
Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)
13 measures| Measure | SYY | USFD | PFGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total debt | $15.0B
100th
|
$5.2B
60th
|
$7.8B
80th
|
| Debt / equity | 5.61
100th
|
1.22
20th
|
1.59
60th
|
| Net debt / equity | 4.94
100th
|
1.21
20th
|
1.57
60th
|
| Debt / assets | 52.7%
100th
|
36.5%
20th
|
41.3%
40th
|
| Debt / capital | 84.9%
100th
|
55.0%
20th
|
61.4%
60th
|
| Debt / EBITDA | 3.63
40th
|
3.01
20th
|
4.54
60th
|
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.20
40th
|
2.98
20th
|
4.49
60th
|
| Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) | 4.2x
80th
|
4.1x
60th
|
2.2x
20th
|
| Cash interest coverage | 3.7x
20th
|
4.5x
100th
|
3.4x
0th
|
| Debt payback (years of OCF) | 5.7 yrs
60th
|
3.8 yrs
0th
|
5.5 yrs
20th
|
| Liabilities / assets | 90.6%
100th
|
70.2%
40th
|
74.0%
60th
|
| IS credit model rating | BBB | BBB+ | BBB |
| Implied credit spread (bps) | 275
40th
|
225
20th
|
275
40th
|
Efficiency
11 measures| Measure | SYY | USFD | PFGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset turnover | 3.07
60th
|
2.85
40th
|
3.69
80th
|
| Fixed asset turnover | 11.48
60th
|
14.79
100th
|
11.94
80th
|
| Inventory turnover | 13.3
40th
|
20.2
100th
|
14.5
80th
|
| Receivables turnover | 14.9
40th
|
18.5
60th
|
23.0
80th
|
| Days sales outstanding | 25 days
60th
|
20 days
40th
|
16 days
20th
|
| Days inventory outstanding | 28 days
60th
|
18 days
0th
|
25 days
20th
|
| Days payables outstanding | 35 days
100th
|
29 days
80th
|
21 days
20th
|
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 17 days
40th
|
8 days
0th
|
20 days
60th
|
| Capex / revenue | 0.8%
60th
|
1.1%
80th
|
0.6%
0th
|
| Capex / depreciation | 0.62
40th
|
0.90
80th
|
0.47
20th
|
| Operating expense ratio | 14.2%
80th
|
14.0%
60th
|
10.2%
20th
|
Cash flow & earnings quality
7 measures| Measure | SYY | USFD | PFGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow / net income | 1.50
0th
|
1.88
40th
|
3.93
60th
|
| FCF / net income | 1.10
20th
|
1.30
40th
|
2.87
80th
|
| FCF / operating cash flow | 73.5%
80th
|
69.1%
40th
|
72.8%
60th
|
| Capex / operating cash flow | 26.5%
20th
|
30.9%
60th
|
27.2%
40th
|
| Accruals ratio | -3.2%
80th
|
-4.6%
40th
|
-5.7%
20th
|
| Sloan accruals ratio | -1.0%
80th
|
-3.8%
60th
|
-4.3%
40th
|
| Earnings quality score (0-1) | 1.00
40th
|
1.00
40th
|
0.75
0th
|
Scores & forensic checks
15 measures| Measure | SYY | USFD | PFGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS score | 51
20th
|
57
80th
|
52
40th
|
| IS profitability | 37
100th
|
28
60th
|
13
40th
|
| IS growth | 48
20th
|
60
80th
|
48
40th
|
| IS value | 43
80th
|
37
40th
|
30
0th
|
| IS momentum | 70
20th
|
87
80th
|
78
40th
|
| IS risk (safety) | 100
20th
|
100
20th
|
100
20th
|
| IS quality | 52
0th
|
65
80th
|
58
60th
|
| IS balance sheet | 33
40th
|
38
60th
|
29
20th
|
| IS earnings quality | 87
100th
|
85
80th
|
84
40th
|
| IS cash flow | 52
40th
|
50
20th
|
59
100th
|
| Piotroski F-score (0-9) | 7
20th
|
7
20th
|
7
20th
|
| Altman Z-score | 5.0
80th
|
4.7
20th
|
4.8
40th
|
| Beneish M-score | −2.39
80th
|
−2.65
20th
|
−2.52
60th
|
| Ohlson O-score | −6.06
100th
|
−7.04
0th
|
−6.88
20th
|
| IS credit score | 59
60th
|
62
80th
|
57
20th
|
Size (TTM)
8 measures| Measure | SYY | USFD | PFGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $40.4B
100th
|
$22.1B
80th
|
$15.4B
60th
|
| Revenue | $84.6B
100th
|
$40.1B
60th
|
$67.8B
80th
|
| EBITDA | $4.1B
100th
|
$1.7B
80th
|
$1.7B
60th
|
| Net income | $1.8B
100th
|
$728.0M
80th
|
$359.3M
60th
|
| Free cash flow | $1.9B
100th
|
$946.0M
60th
|
$1.0B
80th
|
| Total assets | $28.4B
100th
|
$14.3B
60th
|
$18.8B
80th
|
| Shareholders' equity | $2.7B
60th
|
$4.3B
80th
|
$4.9B
100th
|
| Employees | 75,000
100th
|
30,000
60th
|
43,780
80th
|
Price performance
9 measures| Measure | SYY | USFD | PFGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | +0.1% | +0.5% | +0.5% |
| 1 week | +5.2% | +4.6% | +3.1% |
| 1 month | +4.7% | +10.6% | +8.2% |
| 3 months | +2.5% | +7.3% | −10.6% |
| 6 months | +9.3% | +8.8% | +4.6% |
| Year to date | +15.6% | +36.6% | +11.1% |
| 1 year | +5.6% | +32.0% | −5.5% |
| 3 years, cumulative | +39.4% | +172.4% | +74.8% |
| 5 years, cumulative | +12.8% | +167.1% | +104.4% |
Technicals
4 measures| Measure | SYY | USFD | PFGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSI 14 | 65.3 | 65.2 | 61.4 |
| From 52-week high | −8.6% | −8.5% | −16.8% |
| From 52-week low | +23.2% | +45.9% | +21.0% |
| Beta | 0.64 | 0.86 | 0.87 |
InsiderStreet reports findings from filings and market data. A comparison is not a recommendation to buy or sell either stock.Every figure is computed in code · data as of 2026-10-17