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Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) Competitors

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KDP vs. PEP, KO, BUD, DEO, ABEV, COCO, CCU, WEST, BRCC, and BLNE

Should you be buying Keurig Dr Pepper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keurig Dr Pepper include PepsiCo (PEP), CocaCola (KO), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Diageo (DEO), Ambev (ABEV), Vita Coco (COCO), Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU), Westrock Coffee (WEST), BRC (BRCC), and Beeline (BLNE).

Keurig Dr Pepper vs. Its Competitors

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) and PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Keurig Dr Pepper pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. PepsiCo pays an annual dividend of $5.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Keurig Dr Pepper pays out 82.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PepsiCo pays out 103.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Keurig Dr Pepper has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and PepsiCo has increased its dividend for 54 consecutive years. PepsiCo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Keurig Dr Pepper has a net margin of 9.75% compared to PepsiCo's net margin of 8.23%. PepsiCo's return on equity of 57.81% beat Keurig Dr Pepper's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Keurig Dr Pepper9.75% 11.05% 5.09%
PepsiCo 8.23%57.81%10.63%

PepsiCo has higher revenue and earnings than Keurig Dr Pepper. Keurig Dr Pepper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PepsiCo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Keurig Dr Pepper$15.35B2.24$1.44B$1.1222.59
PepsiCo$91.85B2.08$9.58B$5.4925.45

Keurig Dr Pepper has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PepsiCo has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Keurig Dr Pepper presently has a consensus price target of $35.14, suggesting a potential upside of 38.90%. PepsiCo has a consensus price target of $158.13, suggesting a potential upside of 13.19%. Given Keurig Dr Pepper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Keurig Dr Pepper is more favorable than PepsiCo.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Keurig Dr Pepper
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42
PepsiCo
2 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10

In the previous week, PepsiCo had 82 more articles in the media than Keurig Dr Pepper. MarketBeat recorded 105 mentions for PepsiCo and 23 mentions for Keurig Dr Pepper. PepsiCo's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Keurig Dr Pepper's score of 0.42 indicating that PepsiCo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Keurig Dr Pepper
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
PepsiCo
75 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

94.0% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of PepsiCo shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PepsiCo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

PepsiCo beats Keurig Dr Pepper on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KDP vs. The Competition

MetricKeurig Dr PepperBEVERAGES IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$34.37B$42.27B$15.59B$10.62B
Dividend Yield3.56%2.83%3.21%4.70%
P/E Ratio22.5916.2617.6927.12
Price / Sales2.242.3247.86205.91
Price / Cash9.5522.2314.7431.12
Price / Book1.4210.867.146.66
Net Income$1.44B$1.40B$680.75M$275.95M
7 Day Performance-1.44%-0.97%0.85%3.32%
1 Month Performance-11.69%-1.14%1.48%10.77%
1 Year Performance-30.48%9.85%-1.65%33.55%

Keurig Dr Pepper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
4.731 of 5 stars
$25.30
-2.1%
$35.14
+38.9%
-29.0%$34.37B$15.35B22.5929,400
PEP
PepsiCo
4.6646 of 5 stars
$140.17
-0.2%
$158.13
+12.8%
-15.5%$191.90B$91.85B25.53319,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KO
CocaCola
4.8058 of 5 stars
$66.00
+0.5%
$76.93
+16.6%
-5.0%$284.04B$47.06B23.4069,700Positive News
BUD
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
3.9326 of 5 stars
$59.81
+1.1%
$71.00
+18.7%
-10.3%$116.79B$59.77B16.80143,885
DEO
Diageo
4.1407 of 5 stars
$94.91
+0.8%
$119.00
+25.4%
-30.1%$52.80B$20.25B13.8629,860Short Interest ↓
ABEV
Ambev
2.6335 of 5 stars
$2.29
-0.7%
$2.35
+2.8%
-11.9%$36.01B$16.59B14.2842,167
COCO
Vita Coco
2.452 of 5 stars
$42.82
+7.2%
$39.00
-8.9%
+49.0%$2.43B$516.01M40.02280
CCU
Compania Cervecerias Unidas
1.6703 of 5 stars
$12.15
+1.5%
$10.00
-17.7%
+4.2%$2.24B$3.08B14.299,638
WEST
Westrock Coffee
2.2673 of 5 stars
$4.76
+1.9%
$10.00
+110.1%
-18.3%$450.82M$850.73M-5.061,408
BRCC
BRC
2.2101 of 5 stars
$1.54
-1.6%
$2.88
+87.3%
-53.0%$381.03M$391.49M-10.23840
BLNE
Beeline
2.2873 of 5 stars
$3.79
-6.2%
N/AN/A$74.32M$3.77M-0.1091Short Interest ↓
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This page (NASDAQ:KDP) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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