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PepsiCo, Inc.

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 9% YoY at strong marginsStreet coverage with positive forward estimatesConsistent chatter on X (492/wk), no spike
$PEP·$191B·Beverages - Non-Alcoholic·Consumer Defensive
$145.42+1.4%YTD-2.9%1Y-3.7%
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PEPEP
$PEPPepsiCo, Inc.
$145.42+1.35%492 posts+15%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $PEP, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-08-22

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

PepsiCo is the boring dividend compounder sitting at the low end of its 52-week range — the value entry the crowd has been waiting for.

PepsiCo is the diversified snacks-and-beverages compounder that owns Frito-Lay, Gatorade and the eponymous soda brand — the classic consumer-defensive holding for anyone who wants dividend growth without single-brand risk. The setup right now is a business trading at the 26th percentile of its 52-week range on a slight top-line re-acceleration.

  • The operating base is quietly re-accelerating: Q1 revenue grew 8.5% YoY to $19.4B with margins holding at 55% gross and 17% operating — this is the first mid-single-digit revenue print in three quarters, so the flatlining phase looks like it's ending.
  • The valuation is undemanding for the sector: 22x TTM P/E on a business with a low-beta 0.36 profile, a 4%+ dividend and 349 straight quarters of payouts — the market has stripped out any premium for the franchise durability.
  • The insider prints don't say much either way: mostly J-Other and A-Award (routine restricted-stock activity from directors and officers), plus one small $405K officer sale from Flavell — no directional signal to trade against.

This is a real-business trade coiling near recent lows on a stabilizing consumer tape; a Q3 print (Oct 8) that confirms the sequential revenue-growth uptick restarts the multi-year drift higher. What extends the coil is a fresh quarter of soft international-market volumes or another currency-headwind quarter that resets the guide.

What to watch: Q3 earnings Oct 8 — international-segment volumes and organic revenue growth. A print that reaccelerates organic growth above 5% restarts the drift higher; another currency-headwind quarter that resets the FY guide keeps the coil going.

On the calendar: 2026-10-08 — Q3 earnings

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X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment41 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-22

The window is dominated by the Pepecoin crypto token, not PepsiCo. Callers celebrate PEP +136% in seven days, +232% in a week per one post, top-of-Kraken-24h-gainers status, and framing dips as consolidation rather than tops. The narrative pushes a merge-mining PoW story, an aspiration to 'flip PEPE,' and buying every red hour. No PepsiCo-equity commentary is visible in this window, and the crypto tape is emphatically bullish.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Makes and distributes Pepsi, Gatorade, Lay's, and Doritos brands globally through owned and licensed bottler networks.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Beverages - Non-Alcoholic sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $PEP.

Beverages - Non-Alcoholic · Consumer Defensive

No material change from last week — KO at 52-week highs and PEP's consistent pricing confirm inflation-resilient brand loyalty in core carbonated beverages.

What this means for $PEP

Partial — Makes and distributes Pepsi, Gatorade, Lay's, and Doritos brands globally through owned and licensed bottler networks; partial earnings exposure to beverages - non-alcoholic demand dynamics through its product portfolio.

Top industry ETF

$XLPConsumer Staples Select Sector SPDR
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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
22.2How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
13.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
14.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
4.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.0Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
43.9%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
54.1%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
2.5Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 9, 2026$2.20$2.19+0.5%
Q1 2026Apr 16, 2026$1.61$1.54+4.5%
Q4 2025Feb 3, 2026$2.26$2.24+0.9%
Q3 2025Oct 9, 2025$2.29$2.26+1.3%
Next earningsThu, Oct 8·consensus EPS $2.31

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$19.4B+8.5%55.2%16.5%$1.70$-406.0M
Q4 FY25$29.3B+5.6%53.2%12.1%$1.86$4.7B
Q3 FY25$23.9B+2.7%53.6%15.5%$1.90$3.5B
Q2 FY25$22.7B+1.0%54.7%16.1%$0.92$1.1B

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 17 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$99.0B$98.1B – $99.3B$8.55$8.45 – $8.6617
FY27$101.9B$101.4B – $102.7B$8.97$8.62 – $9.1917
FY28$105.3B$103.4B – $107.7B$9.46$7.61 – $10.5116
FY29$106.2B$105.2B – $107.7B$9.58$9.45 – $9.7511
FY30$109.6B$108.5B – $111.1B$9.97$9.84 – $10.1411

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.9×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.26%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+2.4%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-3.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMega float · 1.4B shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.5% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.365-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJul 27David FlavellEVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec2.9K sh$405KSellMar 4Eugene WillemsenCEO6.5K sh$1.1MSellMar 2Ramon LaguartaCEO27.9K sh$4.7M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 83
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for PEP on 2026-05-08, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

8-KShareholder voteMay 88-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

PEP held its Annual Meeting of stockholders around 2026-05-08 (8-K Item 5.07). Routine governance event — monitor for unusually high withhold votes as an activist signal.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

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