Food distribution giant Sysco (NYSE: SYY) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday before the bell. Here’s what you need to know.
Sysco met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $20.52 billion, up 4.7% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Sysco’s revenue to grow 3.8% year on year, in line with the 2.8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Sysco has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Sysco’s peers in the consumer discretionary segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. AMC Entertainment delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 14.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 8.7%, and Mohawk Industries reported revenues up 6.8%, topping estimates by 7.2%. AMC Entertainment traded up 13.4% following the results while Mohawk Industries was also up 3%.
Read our full analysis of AMC Entertainment’s results here and Mohawk Industries’s results here.
Over the last year or so, investors' attention has moved from one major market theme to the next, spanning AI disruption and surging infrastructure investment to geopolitical tensions, interest rates, and the health of the broader economy. While some of the consumer discretionary stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.4% on average over the last month. Sysco’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $87.64 (compared to the current share price of $84.52).
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