Lowe`s Companies Inc vs SYSCO Corporation — how do they compare? Lowe`s Companies Inc trades at $221.22 (market cap $124.06B), while SYSCO Corporation trades at $84.25 (market cap $40.32B). The key difference: Lowe`s Companies Inc is far larger — about 3.1× SYSCO Corporation's market cap, and SYSCO Corporation pays the higher dividend (2.61%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LOW | SYY | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $124.06B | $40.32B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $287.39 | $91.16 |
52-Week Low | $201.92 | $69.30 |
Enterprise Value | $165.81B | $53.50B |
Dividend Yield | 2.26% | 2.61% |
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Lowe's is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world, operating 1,969 stores and servicing around 230 dealer-owned stores throughout the United States and Canada. The firm's stores offer products and services for home decorating, maintenance, repair, and remodeling, with maintenance and repair accounting for two thirds of products sold. Lowe's targets retail do-it-yourself (around 75% of sales) and do-it-for-me customers as well as commercial and professional business clients (around 25% of sales). We estimate Lowe's captures a low-double-digit share of the domestic home improvement market, based on U.S. Census data and management's estimates for market size.
Read more on LOW →Sysco is the largest U.S. food-service distributor, boasting 17% market share of the highly fragmented food-service distribution industry. Sysco distributes over 400,000 food and nonfood products to restaurants (63% of revenue), healthcare facilities (8%), education and government buildings (8%), travel and leisure (7%), and other locations (14%) where individuals consume away-from-home meals. In fiscal 2022, 82% of the firm's revenue was U.S.-based, with 7% from Canada, 4% from the U.K., 2% from France, and 4% other.
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