Market Analysts see Sysco Corp [SYY] gaining to $85. Time to buy?

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Sysco Corp [NYSE: SYY] surged by $3.22 during the normal trading session on while it closed the day at $79.49.

Sysco Corp stock has also gained 3.39% of its value over the past 7 days. However, SYY stock has inclined by 0.95% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 9.34% and gained 8.70% year-on date.

The market cap for SYY stock reached $39.05 billion, with 491.07 million shares outstanding and 489.96 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 3.31M shares, SYY reached a trading volume of 4943038 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Sysco Corp [SYY]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for SYY shares is $84.38 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on SYY stock is a recommendation set at 2.00. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Guggenheim have made an estimate for Sysco Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on May 28, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Piper Sandler raised their target price to Neutral. The new note on the price target was released on November 21, 2023, representing the official price target for Sysco Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $75, while Deutsche Bank analysts kept a Buy rating on SYY stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Sysco Corp is set at 1.45, with the Price to Sales ratio for SYY stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.49. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 17.69, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.49. Price to Free Cash Flow for SYY in the course of the last twelve months was 17.98 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.73.

SYY stock trade performance evaluation

Sysco Corp [SYY] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 3.39. With this latest performance, SYY shares gained by 5.94% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 9.34% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 9.19% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for SYY stock in for the last two-week period is set at 64.77, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 69.60, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 61.41 for Sysco Corp [SYY]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 75.84, while it was recorded at 77.18 for the last single week of trading, and 75.90 for the last 200 days.

Sysco Corp [SYY]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals

Sysco Corp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.73 and a Current Ratio set at 1.26.

Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Sysco Corp [SYY] stock

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for SYY. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Sysco Corp go to 7.47%.

Sysco Corp [SYY]: Institutional Ownership

There are presently around $88.12%, or 88.28%% of SYY stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of SYY stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 54.57 million shares, which is approximately 10.9219%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 37.1 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$2.65 billion in SYY stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$1.75 billion in SYY stock with ownership which is approximately 4.9181%.