Sysco Corporation vs US FOODS HOLDING CORP., two Grocery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Sysco and US Foods are the two biggest broad-line foodservice distributors in the country, direct rivals feeding restaurants and institutions. Sysco is nearly twice the size at $39.9B against $21.9B, and it holds a slightly wider margin, 2.08% against 1.71%, the edge of greater scale. The market prices US Foods higher at 33.11 times earnings against Sysco's 22.96, a bet on faster growth from the smaller player. US Foods carries 1.16 debt-to-equity and earns 15.62% on equity. Sysco throws off a 4.57% free cash yield against US Foods' 3.87% and pays a 2.5% dividend where US Foods pays none. Same trucks, same kitchens, two ways to value the leader and the challenger.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | SYY | USFD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $83.83 | $100.93 |
| Market cap | $40.3B | $22.5B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.5% | +23.8% |
| P/E | 23.2 | 34.0 |
| P/B | 17.56 | 5.19 |
| P/S | 0.48 | 0.57 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.0 | 16.6 |
| Revenue growth | +3.5% | +3.7% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 17.2% |
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 2.3% |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 1.7% |
| Return on equity | 75.6% | 15.6% |
| Return on assets | 6.2% | 4.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.2% | 10.4% |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 3.8% |
| Dividend yield | 2.5% | — |
| Debt / equity | 5.58 | 1.16 |
| Current ratio | 1.33 | 1.14 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.20 | 4.55 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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