PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 8.038-8.038 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 7.882. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of PepsiCo from $160.00 to $168.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on shares of PepsiCo from $150.00 to $139.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. Evercore ISI set a $140.00 price objective on PepsiCo in a report on Thursday, April 24th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on PepsiCo from $175.00 to $169.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 25th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on PepsiCo from $140.00 to $154.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, sixteen have assigned a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, PepsiCo presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $159.50.

PepsiCo Stock Performance

NASDAQ PEP traded down $2.20 during trading on Friday, reaching $143.24. The company's stock had a trading volume of 13,738,009 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,227,960. The firm has a market cap of $196.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.06, a P/E/G ratio of 4.23 and a beta of 0.45. The business's fifty day moving average price is $131.97 and its 200-day moving average price is $141.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.13, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a current ratio of 0.83. PepsiCo has a twelve month low of $127.60 and a twelve month high of $180.91.

PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 17th. The company reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.03 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $22.73 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.28 billion. PepsiCo had a net margin of 10.24% and a return on equity of 58.28%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.28 earnings per share. As a group, analysts anticipate that PepsiCo will post 8.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

PepsiCo Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 6th were issued a $1.4225 dividend. This is an increase from PepsiCo's previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 6th. This represents a $5.69 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.97%. PepsiCo's payout ratio is presently 83.68%.

Institutional Trading of PepsiCo

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in PepsiCo stock. Caxton Associates LLP purchased a new stake in shares of PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 1,673 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $251,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.07% of the company's stock.

About PepsiCo

PepsiCo, Inc engages in the manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. The company operates through seven segments: Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; PepsiCo Beverages North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and China Region.