Sysco Corporation · SYY · FY2025 Q3 · Calendar Q2 2025

Sysco faces near-term pressure as management lowers guidance

The call provides mixed evidence for a durable growth case: operational initiatives and international performance support the outlook, but near-term demand, tariff and execution risks weigh on confidence.

Reported Before market openNYSEConsumer Defensive $37.63B market cap
80quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $1.03
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $20.09B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -0.3% Event window
SPY move +0.6% Same window
Abnormal move -0.9% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.7× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +1.8% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

The narrative shifted from confidence in accelerating momentum to a more cautious outlook, with guidance lowered and greater emphasis on managing external pressure and execution.

Guidance delta

Management lowered full-year guidance and adopted a more cautious tone.

Key takeaways

  • Management cited weather, traffic deceleration and tariff uncertainty as headwinds.
  • International profit growth and sales-consultant productivity remain key supports.
  • New distribution capacity, pricing tools and a cash-and-carry pilot are execution priorities.

Management priorities

  • Improve sales-consultant hiring, retention and productivity
  • Advance distribution-center expansion and international capacity
  • Execute pricing agility, cost savings and the Houston pilot

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
SYY EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q2 '24 estimate $0.88 Q2 '24 actual $0.89, match Q3 '24 estimate $0.95 Q3 '24 actual $0.96, match Q4 '24 estimate $1.38 Q4 '24 actual $1.39, match Q1 '25 estimate $1.13 Q1 '25 actual $1.09, miss Q4 '25 estimate $1.39 Q4 '25 actual $1.48, beat Q1 '26 estimate $1.12 Q1 '26 actual $1.15, beat Q2 '26 estimate $0.98 Q2 '26 actual $0.99, beat Q3 '26 estimate $0.94 Q3 '26 actual $0.94, match Q4 '26 estimate $1.51 Q4 '26 actual $1.53, beat Q1 '27 estimate $1.19 Q2 '27 estimate $1.06 Q3 '27 estimate $1.00
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold30 ratings
Bullish1860.0%
Neutral930.0%
Bearish310.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$78.89Current
$82Low
$89.91Average
$102High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 13, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainSep 29, 2026
UBS Buy BuyMaintainAug 5, 2026
Piper Sandler Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 5, 2026
Citigroup Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 5, 2026
Morgan Stanley Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainJul 16, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $78.89. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
GuggenheimJohn Heinbockel$90$79.6 +14.1%Sep 16, 2026
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$84$82.79 +6.5%Aug 5, 2026
BernsteinAnalyst unavailable$85$73.37 +7.7%Apr 29, 2026
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$84$73.37 +6.5%Apr 28, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$100$89.28 +26.8%Feb 19, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Sysco Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the marketing and distribution of various food and related products to the foodservice or food-away-from-home industry in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and internationally. It operates through U.S. Foodservice Operations, International Foodservice Operations, SYGMA, and Other segments. The company distributes frozen food, such as meat, seafood, fully prepared entrées, fruits, vegetables, and desserts; canned and dry food products; fresh meat and seafood products; dairy products; beverages; imported specialties…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-04-15T00:03:42.498162+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-13T14:00:43.633958+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-13T14:00:43.631225+00:00

Methodology

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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-13. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.