Sysco FY2026: $84.6 billion sales, adjusted EPS up 3.4%
Sysco closed fiscal 2026 with $84.553 billion of sales, up 3.9%, adjusted EPS of $4.61, up 3.4%, and GAAP EPS of $3.66, down 1.9%. Read it this way: the operating business got better, with case volumes positive and free cash flow up 16.3% to $2.1 billion, while deal and transformation costs dragged reported profit. The debate is whether cost-outs and volume gains outrun those drags.
1 · Expected vs. Actual
Free preview belowGAAP diluted EPS was $3.66 for the year, down 1.9%, while adjusted EPS was $4.61, up 3.4%, a gap of $0.95 per share built from restructuring, transformation and acquisition costs. In the fourth quarter, adjusted EPS of $1.53 came in a hair above the $1.5263 consensus estimate, and GAAP EPS rose 4.5% to $1.15. The gap is the story: reported profit fell 3.9% to $1.757 billion while the adjusted figure rose 1.4% to $2.215 billion.
Full-year sales reached $84.553 billion, up 3.9%, with U.S. Foodservice volume up 1.4% and U.S. local volume up 1.7%. The fourth quarter was the stronger one: sales rose 4.7% to $22.124 billion and case volumes rose across local, national and international businesses. One data caution: this filing's raw feed mixes the 13-week figure ($22.124 billion) with the full-year figure ($84.553 billion), so always anchor on the 52-week number.
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Figures on this page come from the company's original SEC filings. The analysis is generated automatically and checked against validation rules, but may still contain errors or omissions. Not investment advice. · Generated 2026-09-17
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