PEP vs. KO, MNST, COKE, FIZZ, DEO, KDP, STZ, ABEV, BF.B, and COCO
Should you be buying PepsiCo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PepsiCo include Coca-Cola (KO), Monster Beverage (MNST), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), National Beverage (FIZZ), Diageo (DEO), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Constellation Brands (STZ), Ambev (ABEV), Brown-Forman (BF.B), and Vita Coco (COCO). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
PepsiCo vs.
Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) and PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.
Coca-Cola pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. PepsiCo pays an annual dividend of $5.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Coca-Cola pays out 80.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PepsiCo pays out 79.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Coca-Cola has raised its dividend for 63 consecutive years and PepsiCo has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years. PepsiCo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
70.3% of Coca-Cola shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of PepsiCo shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Coca-Cola shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PepsiCo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Coca-Cola has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PepsiCo. PepsiCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca-Cola, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Coca-Cola received 85 more outperform votes than PepsiCo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.97% of users gave Coca-Cola an outperform vote while only 67.84% of users gave PepsiCo an outperform vote.
Coca-Cola presently has a consensus target price of $72.13, indicating a potential upside of 14.94%. PepsiCo has a consensus target price of $178.60, indicating a potential upside of 20.47%. Given PepsiCo's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PepsiCo is more favorable than Coca-Cola.
In the previous week, PepsiCo had 28 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola. MarketBeat recorded 115 mentions for PepsiCo and 87 mentions for Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat PepsiCo's score of 0.89 indicating that Coca-Cola is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coca-Cola has a net margin of 22.45% compared to PepsiCo's net margin of 10.18%. PepsiCo's return on equity of 57.32% beat Coca-Cola's return on equity.
Coca-Cola has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PepsiCo has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Coca-Cola beats PepsiCo on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PEP) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
