Sysco Corp Dividend yield

Sysco Corp is part of Food and Drug Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Sysco Corp is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Sysco Corp stock dividend

Sysco Corp paid a total dividend of 1,014 million USD last year, for a market value of 35,313 millions (Market Cap 35,287 millions). Sysco Corp dividend per share is 2.00 USD, and his stock market price 69.65 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Sysco Corp has a dividend yield of 2.87%, which is lower than the amount offered by the market average , but bigger than Consumer Services industry. Dividend yields are similar among companies from the same industry, so it is a positive sign for the company.

In addition, you should compare Sysco Corp stocks dividend with other Food and Drug Retailers companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Sysco Corp Dividend Payout

About the ability of Sysco Corp to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.00 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.87%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Sysco Corp payout on ernings is currently 53.48%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures show that Sysco Corp can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Sysco Corp is USD 5.66 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.00, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Sysco Corp, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Services industry and Food and Drug Retailers sector companies.

Sysco Corp Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Sysco Corp's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.87%	2.00	53.48%	507
2022	2.56%	1.96	66.67%	507
2021	2.39%	1.88	152.85%	512
2020	2.42%	1.80	0.00%	508
2019	1.82%	1.56	44.83%	514
2018	2.30%	1.44	50.70%	521
2017	2.17%	1.32	55.00%	523
2016	2.33%	1.24	69.66%	555
2015	2.92%	1.20	96.77%	588

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Sysco Corp dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Food and Drug Retailers stocks.

Sysco Corp Stock performance

Finally, last moth Sysco Corp showed a return of -8.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -15.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Food and Drug Retailers firms.