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logoArgusNovember 18, 2020

Sysco Corporation: Maintaining HOLD on weak foodservice demand

Symbols
SYY
Sector(s)
Consumer Defensive
Rating
Current Price
$81.94
Price Target
Earnings Estimate
Summary

Based in Houston, Sysco is the largest foodservice marketing and distribution company in North America. The company's major customers include restaurant chains as well as schools and colleges, hotels, hospitals, and other foodservice outlets. The company distributes more than 400,000 products, including approximately 40,000 Sysco-branded items. Sysco's private-label products range from seafood and ethnic foods to meat, delicatessen items and condiments.

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Analyst Profile

John D. Staszak, CFA

Securities Analyst: Consumer Discretionary & Consumer Staples
John's specialty at Argus includes the gaming, lodging and restaurant groups within the Consumer Discretionary sector. John earned an MBA from the University of Texas and a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. In the financial services industry, he has worked as an analyst and consultant for firms including Standard & Poor's, the Bank of New York, Harris Nesbitt Gerard and Merrill Lynch. John is a CFA charterholder. Forbes magazine named John as the second-best stock picker among restaurant analysts in 2006. He was also ranked the second-best analyst covering the restaurant sector by the Wall Street Journal in 2007, a year in which a Financial Times/StarMine survey also ranked John that same way. In 2008, the Journal again listed John as an award winner, with a third-best designation among hotel industry analysts and a fifth-best designation among restaurant analysts.