Sysco Corporation (SYY): Today's Featured Wholesale Winner

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Sysco Corporation (SYY) pushed the Wholesale industry higher today making it today's featured wholesale winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Sysco Corporation rose 52 cents (1.7%) to $31 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.3 million shares of Sysco Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.9 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $30.53-$31 after having opened the day at $30.58 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $30.48. Other companies within the Wholesale industry that increased today were: Global Partners (GLP), up 5.6%, Peerless Systems Corporation (PRLS), up 4.5%, MWI Veterinary Supply (MWIV), up 3.8%, and VOXX International (VOXX), up 3.5%.

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Sysco Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the marketing and distribution of a range of food and related products primarily to the foodservice or food-away-from-home industry. Sysco Corporation has a market cap of $17.92 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.2, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 3.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there is one analyst that rates Sysco Corporation a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Sysco Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, increase in stock price during the past year, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, reasonable valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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