For the last 12 months the equity multiplier for Sysco was 2.83 compared to 3.64 for the industry, the economy as a whole had an equity multiplier of 2.33. This tells you how much revenue you generate for every dollar in assets. The TOT for Sysco for the trailing 12 months was 4.30 this was considerably higher than the industry which is at 1.64. This could be due to the increase in sales by Sysco and its efficient distribution network to take advantage of all available assets. It is also shown by the fact that Sysco outperforms both its industry and the Economy on ROA also known as Return on Assets.
Profit margin is determined by dividing net income by total revenues for that period.
It tells you how much profit you make for each dollar that you spend. In this area Sysco is getting beat bad by both the industry and the economy as a whole. This trend is also seen with the 5 year average. The fact that the industry was also very behind the economy means that the food processing industry as a whole is not expected to outperform the economy, but it does not look good for Sysco that they are below the industry as a whole. This suggests that perhaps they need to look at cutting some costs somehow, yet it does not mean that the stock is bad since they are still strong in many other areas, it just means they need to concetrate on their profitability.