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PEP vs. KO, MNST, COKE, FIZZ, DEO, KDP, ABEV, STZ, 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), Ambev (ABEV), Constellation Brands (STZ), 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Coca-Cola$47.06B6.39$10.63B$2.4728.29
PepsiCo$91.85B2.19$9.58B$6.9521.09

Coca-Cola has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PepsiCo has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

70.3% of Coca-Cola shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of PepsiCo shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Coca-Cola shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of PepsiCo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Coca-Cola has a net margin of 22.59% compared to PepsiCo's net margin of 10.43%. PepsiCo's return on equity of 58.87% beat Coca-Cola's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Coca-Cola22.59% 45.37% 12.24%
PepsiCo 10.43%58.87%11.28%

Coca-Cola received 93 more outperform votes than PepsiCo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.19% of users gave Coca-Cola an outperform vote while only 67.43% of users gave PepsiCo an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Coca-ColaOutperform Votes
1211
68.19%
Underperform Votes
565
31.81%
PepsiCoOutperform Votes
1118
67.43%
Underperform Votes
540
32.57%

In the previous week, Coca-Cola had 8 more articles in the media than PepsiCo. MarketBeat recorded 84 mentions for Coca-Cola and 76 mentions for PepsiCo. PepsiCo's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Coca-Cola's score of 1.04 indicating that PepsiCo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Coca-Cola
53 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PepsiCo
57 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Coca-Cola currently has a consensus price target of $74.24, indicating a potential upside of 6.26%. PepsiCo has a consensus price target of $169.88, indicating a potential upside of 15.87%. Given PepsiCo's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PepsiCo is more favorable than Coca-Cola.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Coca-Cola
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
PepsiCo
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.26

Coca-Cola pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. PepsiCo pays an annual dividend of $5.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Coca-Cola pays out 82.6% 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 78.0% 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 increased its dividend for 64 consecutive years and PepsiCo has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years. PepsiCo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Coca-Cola beats PepsiCo on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PEP vs. The Competition

MetricPepsiCoBeverages IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$201.05B$52.36B$16.41B$7.12B
Dividend Yield3.62%2.53%2.87%4.07%
P/E Ratio21.0916.9515.4517.50
Price / Sales2.1925.333.2985.41
Price / Cash13.5821.9616.4534.64
Price / Book11.065.016.513.79
Net Income$9.58B$2.61B$727.22M$247.48M
7 Day Performance-1.78%-2.33%-4.52%-6.77%
1 Month Performance-4.72%-11.45%-6.44%-11.51%
1 Year Performance-13.32%-20.34%-4.20%-7.80%

PepsiCo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEP
PepsiCo
4.5492 of 5 stars
$146.61
-3.1%
$169.88
+15.9%
-13.6%$201.05B$91.85B21.09315,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
KO
Coca-Cola
3.9552 of 5 stars
$71.59
+1.7%
$74.24
+3.7%
+17.8%$307.76B$47.06B28.9582,500Positive News
MNST
Monster Beverage
3.2147 of 5 stars
$58.57
+1.2%
$55.83
-4.7%
+2.4%$56.88B$7.49B37.474,090Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
COKE
Coca-Cola Consolidated
0.673 of 5 stars
$1,352.84
+1.7%
N/A+59.4%$11.79B$6.90B19.3717,000Gap Down
FIZZ
National Beverage
0.6301 of 5 stars
$41.96
+0.2%
$41.00
-2.3%
-13.2%$3.93B$1.19B21.081,580News Coverage
Positive News
DEO
Diageo
2.8739 of 5 stars
$104.42
-0.9%
$129.00
+23.5%
-28.5%$57.98B$20.21B15.2228,600Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
4.1871 of 5 stars
$34.07
+1.0%
$38.23
+12.2%
+10.2%$46.19B$15.35B20.6328,000Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News
ABEV
Ambev
1.8608 of 5 stars
$2.34
+2.4%
$2.45
+4.9%
-5.9%$36.79B$89.45B12.9752,000Positive News
Gap Down
STZ
Constellation Brands
4.4656 of 5 stars
$184.02
+0.2%
$249.18
+35.4%
-34.2%$33.22B$10.18B49.4110,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BF.B
Brown-Forman
1.4992 of 5 stars
$34.11
-0.9%
$45.86
+34.4%
-37.9%$16.10B$4.05B16.075,200Analyst Forecast
COCO
Vita Coco
1.8162 of 5 stars
$30.80
+3.2%
$34.57
+12.2%
+8.8%$1.75B$516.01M31.09280
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