As of today (2024-04-23), Sysco's share price is $77.47.
Sysco's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.70. Hence, Sysco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 16.48.
The historical rank and industry rank for Sysco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
SYY'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.23 Med: 22.73 Max: 73.33
Current: 16.49
During the past 13 years, Sysco's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 73.33. The lowest was 13.23. And the median was 22.73.
SYY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 60% of 225
companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 13.35
vs SYY: 16.49
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Sysco was 108.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 32.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 3.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.20% per year.
During the past 13 years, Sysco's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 256.50% per year. The lowest was -52.40% per year. And the median was 13.00% per year.
Sysco Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Sysco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Food Distribution subindustry, Sysco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Sysco Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Sysco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sysco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Sysco Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Sysco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Sysco's Share Price of today is $77.47.
Sysco's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4.70.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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Sysco is the largest U.S. foodservice distributor with 17% share of the highly fragmented $350 billion domestic market. Sysco distributes roughly 500,000 food and nonfood products to restaurants (62% of fiscal 2023 revenue), education and government buildings (8%), travel and leisure (8%), healthcare facilities (7%) and other locations (15%) where individuals consume away-from-home meals. In fiscal 2023, 70% of the firm's revenue was derived from its U.S. foodservice operations, while its international (18%), quick-service logistics (10%), and other (2%) segments made up the difference.
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