$29.88

0.35 (1.19%)

7/23/2008 4:02 PM

SYSCO Corp (SYY)

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The Company through its subsidiaries and divisions distributes food and related products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other foodservice customers.

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SYSCO Corp At A Glance

Current Price:	$29.88
Last Trade Time:	7/23/2008 4:02 PM
Open:	$0.00
Previous Close:	$29.53
Daily Range:	$29.18 - $30.08
52-Week Range:	$26.45 - $35.90
Volume:	2,562,759
Market Cap:	$17.74B
P/E Ratio:	16.78
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Other News Headlines for SYY

Foodservice group spent $172,442 lobbying in 1Q
6/27/2008 5:12:00 PM - AP
Sysco sales up ahead of Mother's Day week
5/16/2008 8:26:00 AM - AP
Sysco sets quarterly dividend of 22 cents
5/15/2008 3:58:00 PM - AP
As food costs soar, restaurants swap ingredients to get by
5/6/2008 5:52:00 PM - AP

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Avatar rd80 (99.73) Submitted: 6/19/08 9:27 PM

SYY is one of the 319 Mergent Dividend Achievers, meaning they have a long track record of annual dividend hikes. If I did the math correctly, the last 10-years' dividend hikes have all been double digit increases. Fundamentals are reasonable; forward PE a little under 15, PEG of 1.26, and dividend ...More

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Avatar bsteam (< 20) Submitted: 12/07/07 6:00 PM

Margins will continue to be squeezed due to high gas costs and lower sales to restaurants. I think it is a long term buy and DRIP and will outperform in time, just not the next little while. It just depends on your time horizon and goals. I'll be buying on dips and bad sentiment.

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Recs 4 (SYY) rd80 (99.73) Submitted: 6/19/08 9:27 PM : Start Price: $29.04 SYY Score: 7.77 SYY is one of the 319 Mergent Dividend Achievers, meaning they have a long track record of annual dividend hikes. If I did the math correctly, the last 10-years' dividend hikes have all been double digit increases. Fundamentals are reasonable; forward PE a little under 15, PEG of 1.26, and dividend yield of 3% with a 45% payout ratio. SYY reported fiscal third quarter earnings of 0.40 a share on 28 April, beating estimates by a penny. Revenue was up over the year ago quarter, but slightly below estimates. The market apparently liked the news and took the stock price up nearly 8.5% and it's now pulled back to near the pre-earnings price. I scanned through the earnings transcript at Seeking Alpha and didn't see anything earth shattering. Just solid execution and a company on track to keep growing revenues in the high single digits and earnings in the low double digits For those following inflation, the COO, Ken Spitler, had this comment "Food inflation as measured by our internal measure of product cost inflation remained high, averaging about 6.2% for the quarter." Quote taken from Seeking Alpha's transcript. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (SYY) hiBo (86.82) Submitted: 6/16/08 12:51 AM : Start Price: $29.77 SYY Score: 6.31 top dog in fieldgood management & shareholder friendle-history of increasing dividend Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (SYY) Matoke (66.06) Submitted: 6/13/08 2:03 PM : Start Price: $29.78 SYY Score: 5.43 Provides food to the necessary institutions, like hospitals, plus largest seller to restaurants. Good moat. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (SYY) Richthofen80 (82.46) Submitted: 5/14/08 1:45 PM : Start Price: $30.83 SYY Score: 6.76 Almost everything you eat at a restaurant came from Sysco somehow. Some items are straight from freezer to plate, like desserts. Even though food prices are going up, restaurants still need a sysco to source foods for them. The days of restaurants buying local is dwindling. Sysco can source the items locally for them, cutting their overhead. It would be nice if they upgraded their ordering and technology on the backend. Most stores still have to call a sales rep and order via email. Where's the integration? Also, Sysco was built by a bunch of regional acquisitions and the ability to get something in one market might not be there in the next. But overall, thumbs up. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (SYY) Shaunhill (< 20) Submitted: 5/05/08 1:38 PM : Start Price: $31.29 SYY Score: 4.43 This one has what it takes to be a winner. there are many restaurants starting up in mid sized towns and many use sysco to vend their foods. Pays good div's too!!! Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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