KDP vs. PEP, KO, BUD, DEO, ABEV, CCU, COCO, 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), Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU), Vita Coco (COCO), 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Keurig Dr Pepper pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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.
In the previous week, PepsiCo had 50 more articles in the media than Keurig Dr Pepper. MarketBeat recorded 83 mentions for PepsiCo and 33 mentions for Keurig Dr Pepper. PepsiCo's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Keurig Dr Pepper's score of 0.99 indicating that PepsiCo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Keurig Dr Pepper currently has a consensus price target of $38.15, suggesting a potential upside of 41.52%. PepsiCo has a consensus price target of $158.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.31%. Given Keurig Dr Pepper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Keurig Dr Pepper is more favorable than PepsiCo.
94.0% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of PepsiCo shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PepsiCo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Keurig Dr Pepper has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PepsiCo has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PepsiCo beats Keurig Dr Pepper on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:KDP) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
