Consumer Defensive
PepsiCo, Inc.(PEP)
Data coverage status · 6 need attention
Quote through 2026-08-05T13:30:00Z · Stale
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Daily bars through 2026-08-04 · Delayed
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Fundamentals through 2025-12-31 · Stale
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Forecasts: Stale
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Ownership through 2025-12-31 · Stale
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Short interest through 2025-12-31 · Stale
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News through 2026-07-21T13:00:00Z · Stale
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Company profile: Delayed
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Regular-session price
Offline$138.78
-0.23% regular session
1Y Change
-0.25%
Window
Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 4, 2026
- Market Cap
- $215.17B
- P/E
- 24.6
- Trailing
- 52W Range
- $133.73 - $171.48
- Volume
- 5.13M
- 0.5x RVOL
Investment Snapshot
Valuation, growth, profitability, catalysts, and benchmark context.
1D
-0.2%
1M
-2.9%
6M
-16.3%
YTD
-2.2%
1Y
-0.3%
- Market Cap
- $215.17B
- NASDAQ
- P/E
- 24.6
- Trailing valuation
- Revenue Growth
- +2.3%
- TTM growth
- EPS Growth
- -13.7%
- TTM earnings growth
- Operating Margin
- 14.4%
- TTM profitability
- Forward P/E
- —
- Waiting on consensus EPS
- Next Earnings
- Sep 2, 2026
- In 28 days
- 52W Position
- 13%
- $133.73 - $171.48
- Volume
- 0.5x
- 5.13M shares latest
- Benchmark
- -23.08 pts
- vs SPY over 1Y
- Next Dividend
- 3.6%
- Ex-date Sep 4, 2026
Coverage: 250 bars · Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 4, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) is a Consumer Defensive stock with listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $138.78 and down 0.3% across the available one-year price window (Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 4, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.3%, EPS growth of -13.7%, a dividend yield of 3.6%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.3%, EPS -13.7%, free cash flow +6.7% with operating margin 14.4% and ROIC 13.2%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.6%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 24.6 and price/sales 2.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines PEP 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
Above sector median
+2.3% vs -3.8% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+14.4% vs +6.2% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
24.6 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report came in below the EPS bar
Q3 2026 was reported on Jul 9, 2026 with an EPS surprise of -0.5%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +2.3% and EPS is at -13.7%, with operating margin around 14.4%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Sep 2, 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 +0.7% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS Delta | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q3 2026 Jul 9, 2026 | -0.5% | -0.3% | +1.1% | -- |
Q2 2026 Apr 16, 2026 | +3.9% | -0.4% | -1.7% | -6.1% |
Q1 2026 Feb 3, 2026 | +0.9% | +2.0% | +2.5% | +0.7% |
Benchmark Edge
PEP vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
PEP trails SPY
PEP is 23.08 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
PEP had 11.71 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
PEP beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.
PEP
-0.25%
Normalized return
SPY
+22.83%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-23.08 pts
Relative to SPY
PEP Max Drawdown
-20.85%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for PEP and SPY.
| Year | PEP | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -2.20% | +12.67% | -14.87 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | +3.38% | +9.40% | -6.02 pts | SPY |
Company Overview
PepsiCo, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
PepsiCo, Inc. manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. The company operates through seven segments: Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; PepsiCo Beverages North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and China Region. It provides dips, cheese-flavored snacks, and spreads, as well as corn, potato, and tortilla chips; cereals, rice, pasta, mixes and syrups, granola bars, grits, oatmeal, rice cakes, simply granola, and side dishes; beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods; ready-to-drink tea, coffee, and juices; dairy products; and sparkling water makers and related products. It serves wholesale and other distributors, foodservice customers, grocery stores, drug stores, convenience stores, discount/dollar stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, hard discounters, e-commerce retailers and authorized independent bottlers, and others through a network of direct-store-delivery, customer warehouse, and distributor networks, as well as directly to consumers through e-commerce platforms and retailers. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.
- Leadership
- Ramon Luis Laguarta
- IPO Date
- Jun 1, 1972
- Employees
- 319.0k
- Street Address
- 700 Anderson Hill Road
- Mailing
- Purchase, NY, 10577
- Region
- Purchase, NY, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 914 253 2000
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Statistics & Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 24.6
- EV/EBITDA
- 17.1
- Price/Sales
- 2.3
- Price/Book
- 10.1
Growth
- Revenue
- +2.3%
- EPS
- -13.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- +6.7%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 54.1%
- Operating Margin
- 14.4%
- Net Margin
- 8.8%
- ROE
- 43.9%
- ROIC
- 13.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.47
- Current Ratio
- 0.32
Ownership & Float
- Float
- 1.36B
- Short Interest
- 2.7%
- Insider Owned
- 0.2%
- Institutional Owned
- 83.2%
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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