Consumer Defensive
Diageo plc(DEO)
Live Price
Offline$80.45
+2.04% today
1Y Change
-17.64%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $47.03B
- Revenue Growth
- -0.1%
- EPS Growth
- -38.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 4.0%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Diageo plc (DEO) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $47.03B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $80.45 and down 17.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -0.1%, EPS growth of -38.7%, a dividend yield of 4.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -0.1%, EPS -38.7%, free cash flow -41.1% with operating margin 27.3% and ROIC 9.4%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 4.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 19.4 and price/sales 2.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines DEO price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
-0.1% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+27.3% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
19.4 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report landed above expectations
2026 was reported on Feb 25, 2026 with an EPS surprise of +3.5% and a revenue surprise of -0.7%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -0.1% and EPS is at -38.7%, with operating margin around 27.3%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Aug 6, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +3.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Feb 25, 2026 | +3.5% | -0.7% | -4.5% | -14.0% |
2025 Aug 5, 2025 | -69.4% | +5.2% | +9.6% | +8.2% |
2024 Dec 31, 2024 | -18.4% | +0.7% | +5.1% | +5.7% |
Benchmark Edge
DEO vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
DEO Max Drawdown
-37.16%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for DEO and SPY.
Company Overview
Diageo plc
New York Stock Exchange
Diageo plc, together with its subsidiaries, produces, markets, and sells alcoholic beverages. The company offers scotch, whisky, gin, vodka, rum, ready to drink products, raki, liqueur, wine, tequila, Canadian whisky, American whiskey, cachaca, and brandy, as well as beer, including cider and non-alcoholic products. It provides its products under the Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cรฎroc and Ketel One vodkas, Casamigos, DeLeon and Don Julio tequilas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Tanqueray, and Guinness brands. The company operates in North America, Europe, Turkey, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1886 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
- Leadership
- Sir David John Lewis
- IPO Date
- Mar 14, 1991
- Employees
- 30.1k
- Street Address
- 16 Great Marlborough Street
- Mailing
- London, W1F 7HS
- Region
- London, GB
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 44 20 7947 9100
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 19.4
- EV/EBITDA
- 13.2
- Price/Sales
- 2.4
- Price/Book
- 4.1
Growth
- Revenue
- -0.1%
- EPS
- -38.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- -41.1%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 59.7%
- Operating Margin
- 27.3%
- Net Margin
- 12.2%
- ROE
- 21.4%
- ROIC
- 9.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.09
- Current Ratio
- 1.60
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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