SYY dividend analysis

SYY dividend deep dive

SYY returns 7.20% per year through the dividend at the current $82.00 share price. The payout sits at 52% of trailing earnings, leaving 48% as retained capital — the standard line for evaluating dividend safety alongside the company's free-cash-flow trajectory.

Pillar mix backing the SYY dividend: Quality 57/100, Risk 39/100, and a payout-strain adjustment that lands the dividend safety at 56/100. The Risk pillar is the place to look first if leverage or earnings cyclicality is a concern.

Reinvested-distribution math on SYY at $82.00: holding yield (7.20%) and growth (7.2%) constant, the cumulative income compounds to roughly 45.0% over 5 years, 110.3% over 10, 342.4% over 20.

On the peer line for SYY: KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The cohort-mean yield (3.13%) sets the baseline; the 7.20% read on SYY is 4.07 pp above that anchor.

For SYY cash-flow planning: ex-date 2026-03-01, settlement 2026-03-15, quarterly run-rate $1.475/share. Annualized: $5.90.

SYY synthesis: yield 7.20%, growth 7.2%, safety 56/100, payout 52%. The next earnings line will tell whether free-cash-flow conversion supports the current trajectory.