SYY Stock — Sysco Corp.

Sysco Corp. (SYY)

Updated October 16, 2026.

SYY is a Stock. its distribution rate is 2.68%, its trailing-12-month yield is 2.65%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 98/100 (Safe). Total return is 152725.3% over the past 53.4 years.

Sysco Corporation is a foodservice distributor that markets and supplies frozen and fresh food products, prepared meals, dairy, beverages, and non-food items such as paper products, tableware, and kitchen equipment to restaurants, hospitals, schools, hotels, and other foodservice venues across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and internationally. The company offers a modest current distribution rate paid quarterly. Sysco appeals to income-focused investors seeking exposure to the foodservice supply industry with regular dividend payments.

SYY performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 152725.3% over the past 53.4 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 7.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 24.0%.

SYY key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

98 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

2.63%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

05/08/1973

Distribution rate

2.68%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

2.65%

5-year average yield

2.59

Last close

$82.22 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$40,445,165,791

Average volume

2535590.0

Dividend

$0.55

Ex-dividend date

10/02/2026

Payment date

10/23/2026

Beta

0.64

Payout ratio

47.3%

P/E ratio

21.93

Forward P/E

15.2207

EPS

$3.75

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (2.68%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (2.65%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

SYY risks and drawbacks

SYY's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 24.0%.

Who may consider SYY — and who may not

SYY may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (SYY pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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