HIGHBuilt-inGeographic
70%
U.S. Foodservice Operations
“10-K Item 1: 'For our U.S. Foodservice Operations, which represents approximately 70% of our total sales'”
SYY · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted
Sysco (SYY) concentration risks
Updated
The most significant concentration Sysco discloses is U.S. Foodservice Operations at 70%, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: Sysco’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
At a glance
Disclosed-size breakdown · 1 disclosed concentration
HIGH1
MEDIUM0
LOW0
Disclosed concentrations
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis
What these concentrations mean together
updated 2026-10-04Sysco's disclosed concentration is structural and reflects its business mix rather than any single counterparty. The U.S. Foodservice Operations represent approximately 70% of total sales, a high-share exposure to one operating segment and, by extension, to the domestic foodservice market. The filing sources reviewed disclose no customer, supplier or other concentration alongside it, so this segment weighting is the one item that could move the verdict. Its character is structural: results will track conditions in U.S. foodservice demand, such as restaurant and institutional traffic, rather than the fortunes of a particular buyer or vendor. That makes it a broad, macro-sensitive exposure instead of an idiosyncratic one. On the evidence provided, the concentration is clearly disclosed and easy to understand, but it means the company's consolidated performance is closely linked to a single domestic operating unit. The remaining share of sales sits outside that unit, though the filing excerpt does not describe it.
For the engine’s reasoning on SYY’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
Industry peers · Food Distribution
Peer concentration profile
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVO | Mission Produce, Inc. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| ANDE | The Andersons, Inc. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| SYY● | Sysco Corporation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| USFD | US Foods Holding Corp. | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| PFGC | Performance Food Group Company | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| UNFI | United Natural Foods, Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.