PEP
PepsiCo
Consumer Staples · Soft Drinks & Non-alcoholic Beverages · US
$141.92
Data: 2025-12-31
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

NARROW MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$211.4B
Total market value of the company
24.30
Premium valuation
16.90
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+8.5%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
43.9%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$171.29
+21% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
HOLD
Consensus view from 21 analysts covering this stock
About PepsiCo

PepsiCo, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. The company operates through six segments: PepsiCo Foods North America; PepsiCo Beverages North America; International Beverages Franchise; Europe, Middle East and Africa; Latin America Foods; and Asia Pacific Foods. It offers cereals, chips, dips, granola bars, oatmeal, pasta, rice, and syrups and mixes; refrigerated dips and spreads; beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods; and ready-to-drink tea and coffee products. The company also provides SodaStream sparkling water makers and related products, as well as various dairy products under the Agusha, Chudo, and Domik v Derevne brands. 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. PepsiCo, Inc. was founded in 1898 and is based in Purchase, New York.

https://www.pepsico.com

Country: United States Employees: 306,000 Industry: Beverages - Non-Alcoholic
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
46.5% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
4.2% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
17.2% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$183.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
22.4%
Trading below fair value — margin of safety exists
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
51.9th
Ranks in the top 48% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
67.0
Quality Score
57.0
Combined
40.9

Trading at $155 against a fair value of $183, a 16% discount. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 12% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
-0.147
Returns do not compensate for the risk — negative edge
-0.0139
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
-0.188
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-5.0%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-26.7%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
1
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.39
Very low correlation to market moves
52W High
$171.48
17% below the year high
52W Low
$127.60
11% above the year low
Avg Volume
6,245,882
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
3.9
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
1.9%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
383.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$6.37
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

2.45
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
0.90
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.67
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
54.4%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
17.0%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$8.7B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$95.4B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$8.7B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
21
Target High
$195.00
Target Median
$171.29
Target Low
$132.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

55
NEUTRAL
Mixed insider activity. 0 purchases and 0 sales in the last 90 days — no clear directional signal. Politicians have been buying this name.
Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-06 GIBBS DAVID W Director 1,534
2026-03-04 WILLEMSEN EUGENE Officer 6,500 $1,068,923
2026-03-02 LAGUARTA RAMON L Chief Executive Officer 27,945 $4,677,610
2026-03-02 POHLAD ROBERT C Director 199 $27,778
2026-02-27 WILLEMSEN EUGENE Officer 39,143
2026-02-27 POPOVICI SILVIU Officer 40,620
2026-02-27 LAGUARTA RAMON L Chief Executive Officer 112,260
2026-02-27 KRISHNAN RAMKUMAR Officer 44,313
2026-02-27 FLAVELL DAVID JAMES General Counsel 37,991
2026-02-27 TAMMARA CHRISTINE E. Officer 4,963
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
Insider Intelligence
Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date Politician Party Type Amount
2026-04-13 Ro Khanna Democrat Purchase 1K–15K
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
Insider Intelligence
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-12-31

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