Performance Food Group
PFGC · Food Distributors
$94.71
3.2%Sysco
SYY · Food Distributors
$81.37
3.1%The short version
- Sysco is the larger business, with $84.6B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $67.8B for Performance Food Group.
- Performance Food Group grew revenue faster (7.2%, against 3.9%).
- Sysco kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (3.7% operating margin, against 1.3% operating margin).
- Sysco turned more of its sales into free cash flow (2.3% FCF margin, against 1.5% FCF margin).
- Sysco earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (16.8%, against 5.7%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Performance Food Group’s earnings: a P/E of 41.4x against 22.2x for Sysco.
| Latest fiscal year | PFGC · FY26 | SYY · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $14.9B | $39.1B |
| Revenue | $67.8B | $84.6B |
| Free cash flow | $1.0B | $1.9B |
| Net income | $359M | $1.8B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 7.2% | 3.9% |
| 5-year growth | 17.4% | 10.5% |
| Share count change | 0.4% | −1.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 11.9% | 18.5% |
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 2.1% |
| FCF margin | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| Return on capital | 5.7% | 16.8% |
| Return on equity | 7.7% | 78.2% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $6.7B | $11.7B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.0x | 2.9x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.5M | $1.2B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 41.4x | 22.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 |
FY17
PFGC $16.8B
SYY $55.4B
FY18
PFGC $17.6B
SYY $58.7B
FY19
PFGC $19.7B
SYY $60.1B
FY20
PFGC $25.1B
SYY $52.9B
FY21
PFGC $30.4B
SYY $51.3B
FY22
PFGC $50.9B
SYY $68.6B
FY23
PFGC $57.3B
SYY $76.3B
FY24
PFGC $58.3B
SYY $78.8B
FY25
PFGC $63.3B
SYY $81.4B
FY26
PFGC $67.8B
SYY $84.6B
PFGC
SYY
FY17
PFGC 1.3%
SYY 3.7%
FY18
PFGC 1.4%
SYY 3.9%
FY19
PFGC 1.4%
SYY 3.9%
FY20
PFGC −0.4%
SYY 1.4%
FY21
PFGC 0.7%
SYY 2.8%
FY22
PFGC 0.6%
SYY 3.4%
FY23
PFGC 1.3%
SYY 4.0%
FY24
PFGC 1.4%
SYY 4.1%
FY25
PFGC 1.3%
SYY 3.8%
FY26
PFGC 1.3%
SYY 3.7%
PFGC
SYY
FY17
PFGC $61.5M
SYY $1.5B
FY18
PFGC $227M
SYY $1.5B
FY19
PFGC $178M
SYY $1.7B
FY20
PFGC $466M
SYY $898M
FY21
PFGC −$124M
SYY $1.4B
FY22
PFGC $61.0M
SYY $1.2B
FY23
PFGC $562M
SYY $2.1B
FY24
PFGC $767M
SYY $2.2B
FY25
PFGC $704M
SYY $1.6B
FY26
PFGC $1.0B
SYY $1.9B
PFGC
SYY
FY17
PFGC 6.4%
SYY 15.9%
FY18
PFGC 11.5%
SYY 16.9%
FY19
PFGC 8.9%
SYY 19.1%
FY20
PFGC −2.3%
SYY 6.0%
FY21
PFGC 3.4%
SYY 15.0%
FY22
PFGC 3.6%
SYY 17.9%
FY23
PFGC 7.3%
SYY 20.6%
FY24
PFGC 7.6%
SYY 19.7%
FY25
PFGC 6.2%
SYY 17.2%
FY26
PFGC 5.7%
SYY 16.8%
PFGC
SYY
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