Performance Food Group Company vs Sysco Corporation, two Grocery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where PFGC and SYY diverge most: on return on equity, PFGC reads 7.3% and SYY reads 65.9%; on debt / equity, PFGC reads 1.02 and SYY reads 5.07. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What PFGC's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What SYY's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | PFGC | SYY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $94.90 | $78.16 |
| Market cap | $14.9B | $37.6B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +15.2% | — |
| P/E | — | 21.4 |
| P/B | 3.04 | 14.11 |
| P/S | 0.22 | 0.44 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.7 | 12.1 |
| Revenue growth | +7.2% | +3.9% |
| Gross margin | 12.0% | 18.7% |
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 4.5% |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 2.1% |
| Return on equity | 7.3% | 65.9% |
| Return on assets | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.6% | 14.6% |
| FCF yield | 6.9% | 5.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.8% |
| Debt / equity | 1.02 | 5.07 |
| Current ratio | 1.51 | 1.28 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.61 | 9.22 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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