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Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) Competitors

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$28.03 +0.31 (+1.12%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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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

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

PepsiCo pays an annual dividend of $5.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Keurig Dr Pepper pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. PepsiCo pays out 108.2% 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.

Keurig Dr Pepper has a net margin of 9.75% compared to PepsiCo's net margin of 7.82%. PepsiCo's return on equity of 57.58% beat Keurig Dr Pepper's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PepsiCo7.82% 57.58% 10.43%
Keurig Dr Pepper 9.75%11.05%5.09%

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
PepsiCo$91.85B2.29$9.58B$5.2629.22
Keurig Dr Pepper$15.35B2.48$1.44B$1.1225.03

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

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

PepsiCo currently has a consensus target price of $156.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.49%. Keurig Dr Pepper has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.87%. Given Keurig Dr Pepper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.24
Keurig Dr Pepper
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

In the previous week, PepsiCo had 70 more articles in the media than Keurig Dr Pepper. MarketBeat recorded 95 mentions for PepsiCo and 25 mentions for Keurig Dr Pepper. PepsiCo's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Keurig Dr Pepper's score of 1.16 indicating that PepsiCo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PepsiCo
69 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Keurig Dr Pepper
17 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$38.08B$44.50B$16.41B$10.56B
Dividend Yield3.28%2.63%3.20%4.81%
P/E Ratio25.0318.7917.7327.12
Price / Sales2.482.9047.58132.79
Price / Cash10.3622.6814.6460.81
Price / Book1.5711.147.226.52
Net Income$1.44B$1.47B$680.68M$276.93M
7 Day Performance8.56%3.40%2.04%1.93%
1 Month Performance3.05%0.90%0.01%2.19%
1 Year Performance-24.12%12.34%-0.87%34.99%

Keurig Dr Pepper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
4.6707 of 5 stars
$28.03
+1.1%
$35.00
+24.9%
-23.2%$38.08B$15.35B25.0329,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PEP
PepsiCo
4.3068 of 5 stars
$139.70
-1.6%
$158.13
+13.2%
-12.0%$191.26B$91.85B25.45319,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
KO
CocaCola
4.82 of 5 stars
$66.09
-0.8%
$76.93
+16.4%
-2.0%$284.43B$47.06B23.4469,700Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
BUD
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
3.3121 of 5 stars
$58.52
-1.7%
$71.00
+21.3%
-5.0%$114.27B$58.52B16.44143,885
DEO
Diageo
3.9304 of 5 stars
$94.36
-2.0%
$119.00
+26.1%
-29.2%$52.50B$20.25B13.7829,860Short Interest ↓
ABEV
Ambev
2.1988 of 5 stars
$2.19
+0.9%
$2.35
+7.3%
-1.7%$34.51B$16.59B13.6942,167
COCO
Vita Coco
2.2704 of 5 stars
$42.91
+0.9%
$39.75
-7.4%
+41.3%$2.44B$559.88M40.10280Insider Trade
CCU
Compania Cervecerias Unidas
1.0451 of 5 stars
$11.70
+0.6%
$10.00
-14.5%
+12.2%$2.16B$3.08B13.769,638
WEST
Westrock Coffee
2.3653 of 5 stars
$4.69
-3.5%
$10.00
+113.2%
-30.0%$444.19M$850.73M-4.991,408
BRCC
BRC
1.9162 of 5 stars
$1.51
-3.8%
$2.88
+90.4%
-58.8%$374.83M$391.49M-10.07840
BLNE
Beeline
0.957 of 5 stars
$3.68
+0.3%
N/AN/A$72.28M$3.77M-0.1091Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:KDP) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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