About the Food Distribution Industry
The Food Distribution industry includes 11 U.S.-listed companies in the Consumer Staples sector with a combined market capitalization of $87.37B. The largest are Sysco Corporation (SYY, $39.08B), US Foods Holding Corp. (USFD, $22.25B) and Performance Food Group Company (PFGC, $14.87B), together 87% of the industry's value.
8 of the 11 companies with reported earnings are profitable, and their median P/E ratio is 31.1. 3 of 11 pay a dividend, with a median yield of 1.23% among payers.
Over the past year the median stock is up 0.8%, and 6 of 11 are higher than a year ago. Median revenue growth is 3.8% year over year.
Best 1-year performers
Weakest 1-year performers
Highest dividend yields
Profitability
- Profitable companies
- 8 of 11
- Median gross margin
- 13.7%
- Median net profit margin
- 0.4%
- Median return on equity
- 7.4%
Longest dividend growth streak: Sysco Corporation (SYY), 37 consecutive years.










