---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000096021-26-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SYY"
cik: "0000096021"
company_name: "SYSCO CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:39:47.518661+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sysco Q3 FY2026 sales +4.7%, U.S. local volumes +3.3% YoY; adj EPS down 2.1% to $0.94

## Summary
- Sales +4.7%; U.S. Foodservice volume +2.3%, U.S. local volume +3.3% (highest quarterly rate in over 3 years).
- Gross profit +6.5% to $3.8B; operating income -9.1% to $619M, adj. operating income -0.6% to $768M.
- Net earnings -15.2% to $340M; adj. net earnings -3.6% to $452M; adj. EPS $0.94 (down 2.1%).
- YTD cash flow from operations +11% to $1.5B; free cash flow +19% to $1.1B.
- Higher incentive comp costs of $63M ($0.10 EPS headwind) as previously disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000096021-26-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SYY
- cik: 0000096021
- company_name: SYSCO CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96021/000009602126000019/0000096021-26-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96021/000009602126000019/syy-20260428.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000096021-26-000019
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000096021-26-000019.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000096021-26-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SYSCO CORP reported third quarter of fiscal year 2026 ended March 28, 2026 results: net income $340 million, EPS $0.71.
  - Period: third quarter of fiscal year 2026 ended March 28, 2026
  - Net income: $340 million
  - EPS: $0.71
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Key financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026 include the following (comparisons are to the same period in fiscal year 2025): • Sales increased 4.7%; U.S. Foodservice volume increased 2.3%, U.S. local volume increased 3.3%; • Gross profit increased 6.5% to $3.8 billion; • Operating income decreased 9.1% to $619 million, and adjusted operating income decreased 0.6% to $768 million 1 ; • Net earnings decreased 15.2% to $340 million, and adjusted net earnings decreased 3.6% to $452 million 1 ; • Cash flow from operations increased 11% to $1.5 billion and free cash flow 2 increased 19% to $1.1 billion on a year-to-date basis; • EBITDA decreased 5.1% to $864 million 3 , and adjusted EBITDA increased 0.1% to $970 million 1,3 ; and • EPS 4 decreased 13.4% to $0.71, and adjusted EPS 1 decreased 2.1% to $0.94, inclusive of higher incentive compensation costs of $63 million, as previously disclosed, representing a $0.10 impact to EPS.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96021/000009602126000019/0000096021-26-000019-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.