PepsiCo (PEP) Competitors $133.48 -2.10 (-1.55%) As of 12:25 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock PEP vs. KO, MNST, COKE, FIZZ, DEO, KDP, ABEV, STZ, BF.B, and COCOShould you be buying PepsiCo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PepsiCo include Coca-Cola (KO), Monster Beverage (MNST), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), National Beverage (FIZZ), Diageo (DEO), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Ambev (ABEV), Constellation Brands (STZ), Brown-Forman (BF.B), and Vita Coco (COCO). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector. PepsiCo vs. Coca-Cola Monster Beverage Coca-Cola Consolidated National Beverage Diageo Keurig Dr Pepper Ambev Constellation Brands Brown-Forman Vita Coco PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) and Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) 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, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation. Does the media favor PEP or KO? In the previous week, Coca-Cola had 29 more articles in the media than PepsiCo. MarketBeat recorded 125 mentions for Coca-Cola and 96 mentions for PepsiCo. Coca-Cola's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat PepsiCo's score of 0.24 indicating that Coca-Cola is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment PepsiCo 31 Very Positive mention(s) 12 Positive mention(s) 20 Neutral mention(s) 20 Negative mention(s) 7 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Coca-Cola 69 Very Positive mention(s) 15 Positive mention(s) 24 Neutral mention(s) 11 Negative mention(s) 2 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PEP or KO? 73.1% of PepsiCo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Coca-Cola shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of PepsiCo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Coca-Cola shares are owned by company 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. Which has more risk & volatility, PEP or KO? PepsiCo has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is PEP or KO a better dividend stock? PepsiCo pays an annual dividend of $5.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Coca-Cola pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. PepsiCo pays out 79.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Coca-Cola pays out 81.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PepsiCo has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years and Coca-Cola has raised its dividend for 64 consecutive years. PepsiCo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do analysts rate PEP or KO? PepsiCo presently has a consensus price target of $160.69, suggesting a potential upside of 19.83%. Coca-Cola has a consensus price target of $75.59, suggesting a potential upside of 5.62%. Given PepsiCo's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PepsiCo is more favorable than Coca-Cola.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score PepsiCo 1 Sell rating(s) 13 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.17Coca-Cola 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 17 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.05 Which has better earnings & valuation, PEP or KO? Coca-Cola has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PepsiCo. PepsiCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca-Cola, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPepsiCo$91.52B2.01$9.58B$6.8019.72Coca-Cola$46.89B6.57$10.63B$2.5028.63 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PEP or KO? Coca-Cola received 96 more outperform votes than PepsiCo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.28% of users gave Coca-Cola an outperform vote while only 67.19% of users gave PepsiCo an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPepsiCoOutperform Votes112067.19% Underperform Votes54732.81% Coca-ColaOutperform Votes121668.28% Underperform Votes56531.72% Is PEP or KO more profitable? Coca-Cola has a net margin of 22.59% compared to PepsiCo's net margin of 10.43%. PepsiCo's return on equity of 58.87% beat Coca-Cola's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets PepsiCo10.43% 58.87% 11.28% Coca-Cola 22.59%45.37%12.24% SummaryCoca-Cola beats PepsiCo on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Get PepsiCo News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PEP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart PEP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPepsiCoBeverages IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$183.83B$51.66B$17.34B$7.93BDividend Yield4.06%2.64%2.92%4.22%P/E Ratio19.2917.2915.4918.49Price / Sales2.0129.414.13102.66Price / Cash13.5821.9616.3934.62Price / Book10.125.306.294.25Net Income$9.58B$2.61B$731.54M$248.31M7 Day Performance-0.90%-3.39%0.75%1.12%1 Month Performance-10.41%45.73%-0.10%3.68%1 Year Performance-23.44%-4.24%-1.66%5.19% PepsiCo Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PEPPepsiCo4.3771 of 5 stars$133.80-1.3%$160.69+20.1%-22.9%$183.61B$91.52B19.27315,000Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastKOCoca-Cola4.0729 of 5 stars$71.46-0.6%$75.06+5.0%+17.5%$307.61B$47.06B28.9482,500Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastMNSTMonster Beverage3.1008 of 5 stars$58.20-0.8%$58.39+0.3%+12.5%$56.67B$7.49B37.334,090Positive NewsCOKECoca-Cola Consolidated0.7081 of 5 stars$1,360.21-0.6%N/A+64.1%$11.86B$6.90B19.4717,000Earnings ReportShort Interest ↑News CoverageFIZZNational Beverage0.9615 of 5 stars$43.27-0.6%$41.00-5.2%-0.2%$4.05B$1.19B21.751,580Positive NewsDEODiageo2.3244 of 5 stars$110.99+0.4%$129.00+16.2%-18.9%$61.74B$20.21B16.2028,600Positive NewsKDPKeurig Dr Pepper4.5488 of 5 stars$34.03-1.1%$39.33+15.6%+2.6%$46.20B$15.35B20.6428,000Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastABEVAmbev1.2231 of 5 stars$2.48+0.2%$2.45-1.0%+8.8%$39.00B$89.45B13.7552,000Short Interest ↑STZConstellation Brands3.7512 of 5 stars$185.280.0%$224.42+21.1%-25.9%$33.50B$10.21B49.8210,000Short Interest ↑Positive NewsBF.BBrown-Forman2.7675 of 5 stars$33.92-0.1%$43.06+27.0%-27.2%$16.06B$4.05B16.035,200News CoverageCOCOVita Coco1.2248 of 5 stars$29.85-3.1%$34.57+15.8%+36.3%$1.70B$516.01M30.15280Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Coca-Cola Alternatives Monster Beverage Alternatives Coca-Cola Consolidated Alternatives National Beverage Alternatives Diageo Alternatives Keurig Dr Pepper Alternatives Ambev Alternatives Constellation Brands Alternatives Brown-Forman Alternatives Vita Coco Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PEP) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredThis Is How Empires FallThe headlines scream tariffs and export bans — but the real damage is happening in retirement portfolios. 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