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Sysco Corp. (NYSE:SYY)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since August 28, 2024.

Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Sysco Corp., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Jun 29, 2024 Mar 30, 2024 Dec 30, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jul 1, 2023 Apr 1, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Oct 1, 2022 Jul 2, 2022 Apr 2, 2022 Jan 1, 2022 Oct 2, 2021 Jul 3, 2021 Mar 27, 2021 Dec 26, 2020 Sep 26, 2020 Jun 27, 2020 Mar 28, 2020 Dec 28, 2019 Sep 28, 2019 Jun 29, 2019 Mar 30, 2019 Dec 29, 2018 Sep 29, 2018
Net earnings (loss) 612 425 415 503 734 430 141 466 510 303 167 378 151 89 67 217 (618) (3) 383 454 536 440 267 431
Pension settlement charge — — — — — — 315 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Share-based compensation expense 27 24 29 24 22 21 25 27 32 30 31 29 30 19 21 26 (22) 17 25 21 27 24 25 29
Depreciation and amortization 226 221 219 206 201 196 190 189 201 194 191 186 195 177 185 181 247 186 185 187 187 184 205 188
Operating lease asset amortization 32 33 30 29 29 28 28 28 26 28 27 28 32 26 28 27 25 30 27 27 — — — —
Amortization of debt issuance and other debt-related costs 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
Goodwill impairment — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 134 69 — — — — — —
Impairment of assets held for sale — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 56 — — — — — — —
Deferred income taxes 52 3 (6) (22) 147 (40) (92) (31) 46 (37) (42) (30) 4 (54) (54) (54) (46) (69) (50) (25) (29) (9) (69) (20)
Provision for (gains) losses on receivables 14 14 12 18 14 12 6 4 (16) (1) (1) 2 (15) (43) (16) (78) 190 175 20 19 19 16 17 10
Loss on extinguishment of debt — — — — — — — — — — 116 — 294 — — — — — — — — — — —
(Gain) loss on sale of business — — — — — — — — — — — — — 11 — 12 — — — — (66) — — —
Other non-cash items (10) 1 (2) (2) (10) (9) 7 5 (4) (10) 1 — (9) 2 (3) (7) (7) 4 1 2 5 (8) 4 (4)
(Increase) decrease in receivables 215 (300) 259 (285) 135 (318) 489 (577) (63) (523) 93 (479) (532) (323) 303 (111) 573 504 75 (236) 114 (180) 45 (182)
(Increase) decrease in inventories 56 (28) 87 (185) 150 51 61 (283) (64) (287) (63) (295) (469) (120) 61 (23) 612 (218) (93) (186) 117 (27) 25 (229)
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets (25) 20 43 (39) 8 3 19 (28) 30 (13) — (13) 18 (28) (28) 6 49 — (8) (30) 2 11 (8) (24)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable 386 123 (217) (188) 107 479 (679) 289 46 681 (246) 330 659 716 (492) 577 (480) (163) (152) (39) 15 99 54 78
Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses (41) 12 57 (40) 78 8 (52) (11) 292 36 199 (103) 158 (11) (36) 56 (111) 21 43 (93) 75 (30) 203 (111)
Increase (decrease) in operating lease liabilities (41) (39) (37) (27) (33) (44) (24) (33) (26) (34) (31) (34) (48) (31) (32) (31) (28) (34) (32) (31) — — — —
Increase (decrease) in accrued income taxes 81 (13) (135) 80 (28) 117 (106) 109 32 69 (180) 69 (49) 104 (35) 99 (77) (209) 93 89 47 (31) (112) 101
(Increase) decrease in other assets 12 4 2 20 (18) 2 5 18 6 (2) 5 (9) (5) 3 13 7 (3) 10 10 3 (7) 6 (17) (4)
Increase (decrease) in other long-term liabilities 14 13 9 (10) (97) (17) 6 (17) (8) (70) (6) 46 1 — 18 21 39 (2) 52 4 (2) (54) 3 2
Additional changes in certain assets and liabilities, net of effect of businesses acquired 657 (208) 67 (673) 301 279 (281) (534) 245 (143) (229) (488) (265) 311 (229) 600 574 (90) (13) (518) 362 (205) 192 (369)
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to cash provided by operating activities 1,004 93 354 (416) 708 493 204 (307) 535 65 99 (267) 273 454 (62) 714 1,159 327 199 (282) 510 7 379 (160)
Net cash provided by operating activities 1,616 517 769 87 1,442 922 345 159 1,045 369 266 111 424 543 6 931 540 324 583 172 1,046 447 647 271
Additions to plant and equipment (302) (183) (175) (171) (319) (165) (142) (167) (305) (146) (96) (85) (220) (87) (88) (76) (117) (210) (218) (176) (309) (159) (120) (104)
Proceeds from sales of plant and equipment 58 2 7 11 14 3 3 22 8 10 — 6 40 4 8 7 15 3 5 5 5 9 3 4
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired (29) (7) (955) (219) — — (5) (33) 1 (512) (56) (714) — — — — — — (68) (75) (9) (98) — —
Proceeds from sale of business — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 150 — — —
Purchase of marketable securities (22) (10) (2) — (1) (1) (11) (3) — (1) (9) (10) (8) (9) (10) (27) — — (7) (4) (1) (116) — —
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities 29 — — — — — 9 3 — — 8 9 5 10 9 12 3 8 6 3 — — — —
Other investing activities 4 1 — — 3 1 2 3 1 6 1 6 — — — — 2 67 1 — 2 — (1) 1
Net cash used for investing activities (261) (196) (1,125) (380) (303) (162) (145) (175) (295) (642) (152) (789) (183) (82) (81) (83) (96) (132) (281) (247) (163) (363) (117) (100)
Bank and commercial paper borrowings, net (325) 25 200 300 — (155) 58 97 — — — — (415) (418) 3 3 596 (701) 188 533 (68) 90 110 —
Other debt borrowings including senior notes 101 129 1,006 127 75 34 81 59 (3) 1 1,250 — (1) (1) (2) 6 4,101 2,663 (13) 32 (2) 7 (3) 386
Other debt repayments including senior notes (108) (151) (168) (20) (748) (24) (39) (18) (456) (15) (13) (10) (514) (716) (11) (763) (1,091) (5) (7) (16) (512) (262) (9) (8)
Redemption premiums and repayments for senior notes — — — — — — — — — — (1,396) — (1,000) — — — — — — — — — — —
Cash received from termination of interest rate swap agreements — — — — — — — — — — 23 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from stock option exercises 17 46 40 17 12 20 23 25 39 53 18 18 18 46 35 32 41 45 56 85 42 73 54 84
Stock repurchases (532) (500) (100) (100) (122) (110) — (268) (84) — (416) — — — — — — (214) (281) (349) (155) (128) (535) (205)
Dividends paid (250) (253) (253) (253) (249) (249) (249) (249) (239) (238) (241) (241) (228) (231) (230) (229) (228) (229) (199) (200) (200) (196) (192) (187)
Other financing activities (1) (13) (13) (5) — (11) (1) (46) (2) (14) (16) (5) 2 (14) — — (42) (24) — (22) (2) (14) (4) (2)
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities (1,098) (717) 711 66 (1,033) (496) (127) (400) (746) (213) (790) (238) (2,138) (1,334) (205) (951) 3,377 1,536 (256) 63 (897) (429) (579) 68
Effect of exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (4) (7) 12 (11) 6 4 9 (11) (18) (3) (2) (9) 9 8 60 17 (10) (14) 11 (5) (3) (3) (6) (2)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 252 (403) 368 (238) 112 269 82 (428) (14) (490) (677) (925) (1,888) (864) (220) (86) 3,811 1,713 57 (18) (18) (347) (56) 238

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-29).


The operational cash flow profile exhibits significant volatility, characterized by a severe contraction during the 2020 period followed by a robust recovery. Net cash provided by operating activities reached a peak of 1,616 million USD in the quarter ending June 29, 2024, marking a substantial increase from the low of 6 million USD recorded in December 2020. This recovery aligns with a stabilization in net earnings, which transitioned from losses in mid-2020 to a consistent range of 400 million to 600 million USD in the most recent quarters.

Operating Activity Dynamics
Operating cash flows are heavily influenced by fluctuations in working capital, particularly within receivables and accounts payable. Significant swings in these areas often decouple net earnings from actual cash generation. For example, large inflows from accounts payable in the 2020-2021 period provided critical liquidity, while more recent periods show a more balanced interaction between asset and liability changes.
Capital Expenditure and Strategic Investment
Investment in plant and equipment remains a consistent operational requirement, with quarterly outflows generally fluctuating between 80 million and 320 million USD. Beyond maintenance Capex, the investing profile is defined by periodic, large-scale acquisitions, most notably in October 2021 and September 2023, where outflows exceeded 700 million and 900 million USD respectively, indicating a strategy of inorganic growth.
Debt Management and Liquidity
Financing activities show a distinct pivot from aggressive liquidity procurement to debt reduction. A massive influx of cash from debt borrowings occurred in early 2020 as a risk mitigation measure. Subsequently, the company shifted toward debt repayment and the redemption of senior notes, as seen in the significant outflows during 2021 and 2022.
Shareholder Returns
A disciplined and progressive dividend policy is evident, with quarterly payouts rising steadily from 187 million USD in September 2018 to 250 million USD by June 2024. Stock repurchases are utilized opportunistically rather than consistently, with substantial activity resuming in early 2024, including a 500 million USD repurchase in March 2024.

The overall cash position reflects a company that successfully navigated a liquidity crisis in 2020 by leveraging its balance sheet and has since returned to a state of strong internal cash generation. Current trends suggest a transition toward utilizing operating surpluses for both strategic acquisitions and enhanced shareholder returns.

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