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- symbol PEP
- Rev/Share 66.7744
- Book/Share 13.5073
- PB 10.477
- Debt/Equity 2.7899
- CurrentRatio 0.7751
- ROIC 0.1046
- MktCap 192273202530.0
- FreeCF/Share 5.1412
- PFCF 27.2187
- PE 25.5582
- Debt/Assets 0.4878
- DivYield 0.0396
- ROE 0.4065
- Rating B
- Score 3
- Recommendation Neutral
- P/E Score 2
- DCF Score 4
- P/B Score 1
- D/E Score 1
Recent Analyst Ratings
| Type | Ticker | Analyst Firm | Previous Rating | Current Rating | Previous Price Target | Current Price Target | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downgrade | PEP | BofA Securities | Buy | Neutral | -- | $155 | April 15, 2025 |
| Downgrade | PEP | Barclays | Overweight | Equal Weight | $168 | $156 | March 18, 2025 |
| Downgrade | PEP | Jefferies | Buy | Hold | $171 | $170 | March 12, 2025 |
| Initiation | PEP | Piper Sandler | -- | Overweight | -- | $171 | Jan. 7, 2025 |
| Upgrade | PEP | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Buy | $179 | $184 | Dec. 12, 2024 |
| Downgrade | PEP | TD Cowen | Buy | Hold | $190 | $183 | Oct. 10, 2024 |
| Downgrade | PEP | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Equal Weight | -- | $185 | Sept. 20, 2024 |
News
Top 10 High-Yield Dividend Stocks For October 2025
Published: October 01, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive
The October 2025 high-yield dividend watchlist highlights 10 stocks with an average forward yield of 3.95% and a projected 19.02% return. This month's selection process lowered the yield threshold to 2.5%, expanding the pool to 69 companies and increasing diversification opportunities. The watchlist has delivered a 15.01% CAGR since inception, outperforming its 12% target and offering higher starting yields than SPY and VYM.
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PepsiCo Q3 Earnings Preview: Low Estimates, Elliott's Activism, And The Health Focus
Published: October 01, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Negative
PepsiCo has faced a challenging 2025, underperforming the S&P 500 and grappling with negative sentiment around consumer trends and weight-loss drugs. Elliot Management's $4B investment signals belief in a turnaround, pushing for cost cuts, brand focus, and a potential bottling spin-off to emulate KO's model. Q3 2025 is pivotal for PEP, with investor focus on management's response to Elliot's proposals and progress in healthier product offerings like Poppi and prebiotic sodas.
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3 Dividend Aristocrat Stocks You Should Never Sell
Published: October 01, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive
Dividend Aristocrat stocks are great for holding your portfolio together, in good times and bad times.
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Why Investors Need to Take Advantage of These 2 Consumer Staples Stocks Now
Published: September 26, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
Finding stocks expected to beat quarterly earnings estimates becomes an easier task with our Zacks Earnings ESP.
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Is PepsiCo's Gatorade Strategy Enough to Fend Off Its Rivals?
Published: September 22, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
PEP leans on Gatorade's dominance and Propel's momentum to defend its hydration lead against rising rivals.
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PepsiCo vs. Monster Beverage: Which Is a Better Buy for Investors Now?
Published: September 16, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
PEP's diversified portfolio and MNST's energy drink momentum set the stage for a fierce investor face-off.
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Can PepsiCo's Diverse Portfolio Outperform in a Soft Market?
Published: September 15, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
PEP's diversified portfolio and innovation-driven strategy position it to navigate a soft market and deliver sustained growth.
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Why Rate Cuts May Not Put the Fizz Back in Pepsi's Stock
Published: September 11, 2025 by: MarketBeat
Sentiment: Neutral
Even for dividend investors, PepsiCo Inc. NASDAQ: PEP shareholders have faced tough times. PEP stock is down 5.89% in 2025 and 19.5% over the last 12 months.
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Is Stagflation Coming Back? 5 Safe High-Yield Dividend Kings to Buy Now
Published: September 10, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive
If you were a big fan of “That '70s Show,” get ready because we may soon get a revival, and it will likely not be as entertaining.
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All You Need to Know About PepsiCo (PEP) Rating Upgrade to Buy
Published: September 10, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
PepsiCo (PEP) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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PepsiCo Is Still Priced Like It's 2009
Published: September 10, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive
PEP's valuation remains at 2008-2009 levels, offering an attractive entry point despite recent price recovery. PepsiCo's strong Q2 earnings beat expectations, signaling its strategic turnaround is gaining significant traction. Q2 earnings showed resilience, with revenue growth and a better-than-expected EPS decline, alleviating previous market fears. PepsiCo is poised for continued outperformance as North American business metrics improve and market share grows in high-margin channels.
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3 Undervalued Dividend Stocks to Buy This September
Published: September 09, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive
Who doesn't love passive income? As investors, we love dividend stocks, especially the ones that have high yields since they provide a steady source of income and improve the total return potential.
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Elliott's ‘Friendly' Proposals for Pepsi May Not Yield Much, This Analyst Says
Published: September 09, 2025 by: Barrons
Sentiment: Negative
Investors are skeptical about activist investor Elliott's proposals for Pepsi, says TD Cowen.
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3 Top Dividend Aristocrats to Buy in September
Published: September 08, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive
September 2025 could either be an inflection point where the market starts delivering stratospheric gains or cools down abruptly.
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PepsiCo Showcases Emerging Market Growth: Sustainable or Cyclical?
Published: September 08, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
PEP's emerging market gains are turning profitable, but sustainability hinges on innovation and resilience amid global headwinds.
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Why Hedge Fund Elliott Bet $4B on Pepsi and Sees Over 50% Upside
Published: September 05, 2025 by: MarketBeat
Sentiment: Positive
For shareholders in beverage and snack behemoth PepsiCo NASDAQ: PEP, the last few years have done anything but satiate their appetite for returns. Year-to-date, Pepsi has provided a total return of approximately 20% over the past five years.
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The Year So Far: Nothing Is Like It Seems
Published: September 04, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive
2025 is a perfect reminder of how investing often feels contradictory: everything and nothing is happening at the same time. The S&P 500 is up about 6% (including dividends), and the TSX 60 has returned more than 9% as of July 1st. In the U.S., GDP growth is steady, unemployment remains low, but housing starts have slowed. Hardly the picture of an imminent recession.
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5 Soft Drink Stocks Battling for Relevance Amid Consumer Taste Shift
Published: September 03, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral
Beverages - Soft Drinks industry players face cost & tariff headwinds, while health-driven demand, digital growth & innovation open fresh growth avenues. Let us see if top players like KO, PEP, MNST, KDP, and ZVIA can sustain relevance in a rapidly evolving market.
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Feared activist investor Elliott Management took a $4 billion stake in Pepsi. That shouldn't scare the CEO.
Published: September 03, 2025 by: Business Insider
Sentiment: Positive
Billionaire Paul Singer's Elliott Management took a $4 billion stake in conglomerate Pepsi. The feared activist investor believes the company's stock could rise by more than 50%, Elliott wrote in a letter to Pepsi.
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Cramer's Stop Trading: PepsiCo
Published: September 03, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral
Jim Cramer breaks down why he's keeping an eye on shares of PepsiCo.
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PepsiCo: PEP Stock To $190?
Published: September 03, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Positive
Elliott Management's recent $4 billion stake in PepsiCo signals a strong conviction that the beverage-and-snacks leader can unlock more value. Elliott argues the company would benefit from a sharper strategic reset, highlighting meaningful upside from operational upgrades, cost discipline, and portfolio re-shaping.
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Elliott Management looks to put fizz back into Pepsi with $4B stake — as it presses for a turnaround
Published: September 02, 2025 by: New York Post
Sentiment: Positive
The Wall Street Journal first broke the news on Tuesday of Elliott's position, now one of the soda maker's biggest-ever investors, that helped push shares in PepsiCo 5% higher in premarket trading.
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PepsiCo's P/E Valuation Crosses Industry: A Buy Opportunity Knocking?
Published: September 02, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
PEP stock's rally has pushed its P/E above the soft drinks industry, fueled by international growth, PBNA recovery, and innovation momentum.
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Activist Elliott wants PepsiCo to emulate Coke's playbook. This is why.
Published: September 02, 2025 by: Market Watch
Sentiment: Neutral
Activist Elliott Investment Management has amassed a $4 billion stake in PepsiCo and wants the consumer-goods giant to take a leaf out of Coca-Cola's book.
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Top Stock Movers Now: Constellation Brands, Block, PepsiCo, and More
Published: September 02, 2025 by: Investopedia
Sentiment: Negative
U.S. equities declined to start the month on uncertainty about the future of Trump administration tariffs. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq lost nearly 1%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped as well.
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PepsiCo Eyes Efficiency Gains: Can It Protect Margins Amid Inflation?
Published: September 02, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
PEP posts a Q2 EPS beat and turns to AI, integration and global centers to drive efficiency and protect margins.
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PepsiCo stock climbs as Elliott takes $4B ownership stake
Published: September 02, 2025 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Positive
PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP, ETR:PEP) shares moved up as much 5% in early trading on Tuesday after activist investor Elliott Investment Management disclosed it had acquired a $4 billion equity stake in the beverage and snacks giant. Elliott said it sees opportunity due to a "highly dislocated valuation” resulting from poor financial results, causing “sharp stock-price underperformance".
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SIG Shines in Earnings, KHC Split, PEP's $4B Elliott Management Stake
Published: September 02, 2025 by: Schwab Network
Sentiment: Positive
Diane King Hall says "diamonds are still a girl's best friend" as Signet Jewelers (SIG) topped earnings and raised full-year guidance. She notes the possibility for further growth as more couples are expected to become engaged in the months ahead.
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Pepsi Stock Jumps as Elliott Investment Takes $4 Billion Stake
Published: September 02, 2025 by: Schaeffers Research
Sentiment: Positive
PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP) stock was last seen up 3.6% at $153.97, after the Wall Street Journal reported that activist investor Elliott Investment Management has taken a $4 billion stake in the beverage giant, citing a "rare" and "historic" opportunity for a turnaround.
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PepsiCo Stock Jumps as Activist Investor Elliott Takes $4B Stake, Aims for Change
Published: September 02, 2025 by: Investopedia
Sentiment: Positive
Shares of PepsiCo (PEP) jumped 5% before the bell Tuesday when activist investor Elliott Investment Management announced it has taken a large stake in the soft drink and snack giant, and is pushing for changes to lift the stock price.
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About PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP)
- IPO Date 1972-06-01
- Website https://www.pepsico.com
- Industry Beverages - Non-Alcoholic
- CEO Ramon Luis Laguarta
- Employees 319000