Sysco Corp vs United Natural Foods Inc

Sysco Corp (SYY) is fairly valued and United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI) is slightly overvalued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. SYY is the closer of the two: -4%, against -15% for UNFI.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Sysco Corp (SYY)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.9% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $75.42; the price of $78.67 is 4% above that value, and 80% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 58/100 on 10 of 12 signals

United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.5% (average of 2 methods) values the shares at $39.75; the price of $45.86 is 15% above that value.

Leak Score 0/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricSYYUNFI
VerdictFairly valuedSlightly overvalued
Price$78.67$45.86
Intrinsic value$75.42$39.75
Margin of safety-4%-15%
Leak Score58/100 (10/12)0/100 (3/12)
Market cap$38.7B$2.8B
Revenue growth, 5 years10.5%2.9%
Operating margin4.2%1.1%
Net margin2.1%0.3%
Return on equity78.1%5.3%
Debt to equity5.611.87
P/E21.5x34.3x
Forward P/E14.6x11.3x
P/B14.1x1.7x
Dividend yield2.8%

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