PepsiCo (PEP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) is a multinational food and beverage company headquartered in Purchase, New York. The company develops, manufactures, markets and sells a broad portfolio of branded food and beverage products, including carbonated and noncarbonated soft drinks, bottled water, sports drinks, juices, ready-to-drink teas and coffees, salty snacks, cereals, and other convenient foods. Its leading consumer brands include Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Tropicana, Quaker, Lay’s, Doritos and Cheetos, among others.

Formed through the 1965 merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay, PepsiCo has grown into a global business with integrated manufacturing, distribution and marketing operations. The company organizes its operations across beverage and convenient foods segments and distributes products through a combination of company-owned bottling and manufacturing facilities, independent bottlers and third-party distributors. PepsiCo also invests in research and development, brand marketing and packaging innovation to respond to changing consumer preferences.

PepsiCo serves consumers worldwide, with a presence in more than 200 countries and territories and sales across North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. The company’s portfolio strategy balances global flagship brands with regional and local offerings to address diverse tastes and retail channels, from supermarkets to convenience and foodservice.

Ramon Laguarta has served as PepsiCo’s chief executive officer since 2018. Under its current leadership, the company continues to pursue growth through product innovation, geographic expansion and initiatives aimed at sustainability and operational efficiency while maintaining a focus on its core beverage and snack categories.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $140.81 to $142.89
• 50-Day Range: $141.52 to $158.49
• 52-Week Range: $127.60 to $171.48
• Volume: 7.85 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.87 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $194.08 billion
• P/E Ratio: 22.29
• Dividend Yield: 4.01%
• Price Target: $170.11
• Consensus Rating: Hold

PepsiCo Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

PepsiCo scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 26th out of 151 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

PepsiCo has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.37, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 8 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

PepsiCo has a consensus price target of $170.11, representing about 19.8% upside from its current price of $142.00.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

PepsiCo has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.26%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for PepsiCo are expected to grow by 6.26% in the coming year, from $8.63 to $9.17 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of PepsiCo is 22.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.61.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of PepsiCo is 22.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 25.94.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

PepsiCo has a PEG Ratio of 2.56. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

PepsiCo has a P/B Ratio of 9.45. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.82% of the float of PepsiCo has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

PepsiCo has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.45.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in PepsiCo has recently increased by 4.74%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

PepsiCo is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.02%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

PepsiCo has been increasing its dividend for 54 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of PepsiCo is 89.32%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, PepsiCo will have a dividend payout ratio of 62.05% next year. This indicates that PepsiCo will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.13

News Sentiment

PepsiCo has a news sentiment score of 1.13. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.74 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 61 news articles for PepsiCo this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 85 people have searched for PEP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -9% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

49 people have added PepsiCo to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 96% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, PepsiCo insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.12% of the stock of PepsiCo is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

73.07% of the stock of PepsiCo is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/31 Dividend: 3/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend: 3/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/31/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/15/2026
• Today: 6/02/2026
• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/05/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/05/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/16/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: BEVERAGES - SOFT
• Sub-Industry: Soft Drinks
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PEP
• CIK: 77476
• Web: www.pepsico.com
• Phone: (914) 253-2000
• Fax: 914-253-2070
• Employees: 306,000
• Year Founded: 1965

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for PepsiCo: $170.11
• High Price Target: $195.00
• Low Price Target: $132.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +19.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.37
• Research Coverage: 19 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.37
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 22.29
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.45
• P/E Growth: 2.56
• Net Income: $8.24 billion
• Net Margins: 9.15%
• Pretax Margin: 11.39%
• Return on Equity: 56.61%
• Return on Assets: 10.56%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.98
• Current Ratio: 0.90
• Quick Ratio: 0.72

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $93.93 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.07
• Cash Flow: $11.27 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.60
• Book Value: $15.03 per share
• Price / Book: 9.45

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,366,770,000
• Free Float: 1,365,128,000
• Market Cap: $194.08 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.35