Sysco Corp. (SYY) Raises Quarterly Dividend 6.5% to $0.33; 2.5% Yield

Sysco Corp. (NYSE: SYY) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share, or $1.32 annualized. This is a 6.5% increase from the prior dividend of $0.31.

The dividend will be payable on January 27, 2017, to stockholders of record on January 6, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of January 4, 2017.

The annual yield on the dividend is 2.5 percent.

“The two cent per share quarterly dividend step up from the one cent increase in recent years reflects Sysco’s continued strong generation of cash flow and demonstrates our long-standing commitment to return value to its stockholders,” said Bill DeLaney, Sysco’s chief executive officer. “Sysco has paid a quarterly cash dividend every quarter since its founding as a public company in 1970 and has increased its dividend 48 times in that period.”

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