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$33.90 +0.49 (+1.47%)
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KDP vs. PEP, KO, BUD, DEO, ABEV, CCU, COCO, WEST, BRCC, and WVVI

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 Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.

Keurig Dr Pepper vs. Its Competitors

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

PepsiCo pays an annual dividend of $5.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Keurig Dr Pepper pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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 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 has increased its dividend for 54 consecutive years and Keurig Dr Pepper has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. PepsiCo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

PepsiCo currently has a consensus target price of $158.73, indicating a potential upside of 10.29%. Keurig Dr Pepper has a consensus target price of $39.77, indicating a potential upside of 17.31%. Given Keurig Dr Pepper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Keurig Dr Pepper is more favorable than PepsiCo.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PepsiCo
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.16
Keurig Dr Pepper
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93

In the previous week, PepsiCo had 67 more articles in the media than Keurig Dr Pepper. MarketBeat recorded 86 mentions for PepsiCo and 19 mentions for Keurig Dr Pepper. PepsiCo's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Keurig Dr Pepper's score of 1.11 indicating that PepsiCo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PepsiCo
70 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Keurig Dr Pepper
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
PepsiCo8.23% 57.81% 10.63%
Keurig Dr Pepper 9.75%11.05%5.09%

PepsiCo has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keurig Dr Pepper has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PepsiCo$91.85B2.15$9.58B$5.4926.21
Keurig Dr Pepper$15.35B3.00$1.44B$1.1230.27

73.1% of PepsiCo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of PepsiCo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Keurig Dr Pepper beats PepsiCo on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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KDP vs. The Competition

MetricKeurig Dr PepperBEVERAGES IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$45.39B$43.49B$15.90B$9.56B
Dividend Yield2.75%2.68%3.19%4.14%
P/E Ratio30.2717.8218.6325.14
Price / Sales3.002.3945.5076.15
Price / Cash12.3523.0814.4958.58
Price / Book1.8410.375.725.59
Net Income$1.44B$1.40B$690.19M$265.48M
7 Day Performance1.74%2.32%0.96%1.22%
1 Month Performance-0.38%-3.76%-0.93%0.39%
1 Year Performance-1.82%26.13%5.14%23.47%

Keurig Dr Pepper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
3.7461 of 5 stars
$33.90
+1.5%
$39.77
+17.3%
-2.0%$45.39B$15.35B30.2729,400Positive News
Insider Trade
PEP
PepsiCo
4.5377 of 5 stars
$141.57
-1.3%
$158.73
+12.1%
-16.2%$193.82B$91.75B25.79319,000Positive News
KO
CocaCola
4.713 of 5 stars
$68.10
-1.5%
$77.21
+13.4%
+2.8%$293.12B$47.06B24.1569,700Positive News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
BUD
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
2.9042 of 5 stars
$66.39
-5.4%
$71.50
+7.7%
+1.4%$119.32B$59.77B19.24143,885
DEO
Diageo
3.1629 of 5 stars
$104.19
-2.7%
$129.00
+23.8%
-10.8%$57.96B$20.27B15.2130,367Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
ABEV
Ambev
2.4106 of 5 stars
$2.31
-3.3%
$2.60
+12.6%
+1.6%$36.40B$91.67B14.4442,167Positive News
Dividend Increase
CCU
Compania Cervecerias Unidas
1.0689 of 5 stars
$11.64
-2.2%
$9.70
-16.7%
+12.2%$2.15B$2.98T12.389,638
COCO
Vita Coco
2.5052 of 5 stars
$37.28
-1.7%
$38.00
+1.9%
+29.8%$2.11B$516.01M36.91280
WEST
Westrock Coffee
2.5162 of 5 stars
$7.16
+0.8%
$10.40
+45.3%
-30.3%$677.63M$872.02M-7.871,408News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BRCC
BRC
2.127 of 5 stars
$2.01
-1.2%
$2.88
+43.4%
-71.2%$285.87M$391.49M-22.28840Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
WVVI
Willamette Valley Vineyards
N/A$4.80
-0.2%
N/A+23.5%$23.81M$39.78M-9.41270Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:KDP) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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