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PEP vs. CELH, GOOGL, KDP, MNST, TSLA, KO, PG, SAM, STZ, and TAP

Should you be buying PepsiCo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PepsiCo include Celsius (CELH), Alphabet (GOOGL), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Monster Beverage (MNST), Tesla (TSLA), CocaCola (KO), Procter & Gamble (PG), Boston Beer (SAM), Constellation Brands (STZ), and Molson Coors Beverage (TAP).

PepsiCo vs. Its Competitors

Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) and PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) 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, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

In the previous week, PepsiCo had 85 more articles in the media than Celsius. MarketBeat recorded 98 mentions for PepsiCo and 13 mentions for Celsius. PepsiCo's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Celsius' score of 1.06 indicating that PepsiCo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Celsius
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PepsiCo
67 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Celsius currently has a consensus price target of $45.65, suggesting a potential upside of 1.24%. PepsiCo has a consensus price target of $158.19, suggesting a potential upside of 16.95%. Given PepsiCo's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PepsiCo is more favorable than Celsius.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Celsius
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
PepsiCo
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.16

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Celsius$1.36B8.57$145.07M$0.32140.91
PepsiCo$91.85B2.02$9.58B$6.8019.89

61.0% of Celsius shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of PepsiCo shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Celsius shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PepsiCo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Celsius has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PepsiCo has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

PepsiCo has a net margin of 10.24% compared to Celsius' net margin of 8.40%. PepsiCo's return on equity of 58.28% beat Celsius' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Celsius8.40% 42.12% 10.05%
PepsiCo 10.24%58.28%11.02%

Summary

PepsiCo beats Celsius on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PEP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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PEP vs. The Competition

MetricPepsiCoBEVERAGES IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$186.58B$44.32B$16.26B$9.11B
Dividend Yield4.18%1.92%3.10%4.02%
P/E Ratio19.8917.6219.7820.25
Price / Sales2.022.9746.1599.65
Price / Cash12.3923.7914.8358.16
Price / Book10.2111.146.095.49
Net Income$9.58B$1.40B$680.31M$250.27M
7 Day Performance-0.23%-2.39%1.73%4.75%
1 Month Performance2.24%0.07%1.22%7.64%
1 Year Performance-18.70%19.35%4.67%16.34%

PepsiCo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEP
PepsiCo
4.5783 of 5 stars
$135.26
-0.6%
$158.19
+17.0%
-17.5%$186.58B$91.85B19.89319,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
CELH
Celsius
3.0904 of 5 stars
$45.78
-1.7%
$45.18
-1.3%
-22.9%$11.77B$1.36B142.771,073Analyst Forecast
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.198 of 5 stars
$175.97
-2.0%
$199.95
+13.6%
-2.9%$2.13T$350.02B19.60183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
4.4243 of 5 stars
$33.86
+0.2%
$39.92
+17.9%
+3.3%$46.01B$15.52B30.8029,400Positive News
MNST
Monster Beverage
3.1512 of 5 stars
$62.80
-0.4%
$62.05
-1.2%
+17.0%$61.28B$7.49B41.346,558Analyst Downgrade
TSLA
Tesla
4.6658 of 5 stars
$292.02
-7.4%
$301.60
+3.3%
+30.1%$940.01B$95.72B160.35125,665Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
KO
CocaCola
4.4882 of 5 stars
$70.98
-0.5%
$76.27
+7.4%
+10.8%$305.53B$47.06B28.3969,700Trending News
PG
Procter & Gamble
4.8336 of 5 stars
$159.96
-0.5%
$178.45
+11.6%
-5.2%$375.41B$84.04B25.42108,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SAM
Boston Beer
4.1894 of 5 stars
$197.19
-1.9%
$276.21
+40.1%
-32.5%$2.20B$2.14B32.722,537Analyst Forecast
STZ
Constellation Brands
4.4252 of 5 stars
$171.20
-0.6%
$213.74
+24.8%
-33.6%$30.50B$10.96B-71.6910,600Analyst Revision
TAP
Molson Coors Beverage
4.5195 of 5 stars
$48.76
-1.4%
$60.46
+24.0%
-2.2%$9.86B$13.73B9.8116,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:PEP) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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