sysco corp on tuesday said profit rose 23 for the fiscal first quarter on higher sales as it continued gaining market share and seeing increased volumes houstonbased sysco which serves businesses including restaurants hotels and hospitals said net income for the 13 weeks ended oct 1 increased to 4656 million or 91 cents a share compared with 3780 million or 73 cents a share in the prioryear period strippingout onetime items the companys earnings came in at 97 cents a share analysts polled by factset had been forecasting adjusted earnings of 1 a share sales rose 16 to 1912 billion analysts polled by factset had been expecting sales of 187 billion we are upbeat about our business while remaining appropriately cautious about the macroenvironment and are reaffirming our expectations to grow adjusted earnings per share by between 26 and 35 to between 409 and 439 and to return 15 billion to our shareholders during fiscal year 2023 said aaron alt syscos chief financial officer