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Sysco Corporation (SYY) vs US Foods Holding Corp. (USFD)

Sysco Corporation and US Foods Holding Corp. are both Food Distribution companies. Sysco Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $37.0B against $23.1B — 1.6× the size. Sysco Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 20.0× against 29.6×. Sysco Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.80% against 3.14%. Sysco Corporation has the higher net margin (2.12% vs 1.97%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.8% vs 9.00%). Across the 22 metrics below, Sysco Corporation leads on 17 and US Foods Holding Corp. on 5.

Valuation

Metric SYY USFD Food Distribution median
P/E 20.00 29.59 31.34
P/S 0.43 0.57 0.25
P/B 8.96 5.34 1.58
Price to free cash flow 15.13 22.45 15.54
EV/EBITDA 10.98 15.44 10.40
EV/Sales 0.55 0.70 0.35
Earnings yield 5.00% 3.38% 3.01%
Free cash flow yield 6.61% 4.45% 4.48%

Profitability

Metric SYY USFD Food Distribution median
Gross margin 18.54% 17.84% 16.55%
Operating margin 3.54% 3.35% 1.79%
Net margin 2.12% 1.97% 0.57%
Free cash flow margin 2.81% 3.60% 1.43%
Return on equity 59.16% 18.01% 6.75%
Return on assets 6.29% 5.58% 1.63%
Return on invested capital 12.81% 9.00% 4.41%

Growth

Metric SYY USFD Food Distribution median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.80% 3.14% 3.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1.88%) 45.54% 12.85%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.51% 11.49% 10.51%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 27.37% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SYY USFD Food Distribution median
Debt to equity 3.42 1.18 0.97
Current ratio 1.46 1.11 1.54
Net debt to EBITDA 2.75 3.11 2.90

Dividend

Metric SYY USFD Food Distribution median
Dividend yield 2.90% — —
Payout ratio 0.58 — —

Size

Metric SYY USFD Food Distribution median
Market cap 37.01b 23.11b 1.46b

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