For the quarter ended December 2025, Sysco (SYY) reported revenue of $20.76 billion, up 3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.99, compared to $0.93 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.2% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $20.8 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.98, the EPS surprise was +1.43%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Sysco performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Sales- International Foodservice Operations: $4 billion versus $3.86 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +7.3% change.
- Sales- U.S. Foodservice Operations: $14.38 billion compared to the $14.48 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +2.4% year over year.
- Sales- Other: $254 million versus $261.69 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.4% change.
- Sales- SYGMA: $2.13 billion versus $2.16 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +0.5% change.
- Operating income (GAAP)- Other: $6 million compared to the $3.57 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating income (GAAP)- SYGMA: $21 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $23.01 million.
- Gross Profit- Other: $66 million versus $65.11 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Gross Profit- SYGMA: $163 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $168.02 million.
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Shares of Sysco have returned +1.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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