PepsiCo (PEP) Competitors $146.61 -4.76 (-3.14%) Closing price 04/4/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$146.62 +0.01 (+0.01%) As of 04/4/2025 07:59 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock PEP vs. KO, MNST, COKE, FIZZ, DEO, KDP, ABEV, STZ, BF.B, and COCOShould 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 Monster Beverage Coca-Cola Consolidated National Beverage Diageo Keurig Dr Pepper Ambev Constellation Brands Brown-Forman Vita Coco 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. Which has preferable valuation & earnings, KO or PEP? 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 RatioCoca-Cola$47.06B6.39$10.63B$2.4728.29PepsiCo$91.85B2.19$9.58B$6.9521.09 Which has more risk & volatility, KO or PEP? 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. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KO or PEP? 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. Is KO or PEP more profitable? 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% Does the MarketBeat Community favor KO or PEP? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCoca-ColaOutperform Votes121168.19% Underperform Votes56531.81% PepsiCoOutperform Votes111867.43% Underperform Votes54032.57% Does the media prefer KO or PEP? 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 Do analysts rate KO or PEP? 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) 3.00PepsiCo 1 Sell rating(s) 12 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.26 Is KO or PEP a better dividend stock? 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. SummaryCoca-Cola beats PepsiCo on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get PepsiCo News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PEP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PEP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPepsiCoBeverages IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$201.05B$52.36B$16.41B$7.12BDividend Yield3.62%2.53%2.87%4.07%P/E Ratio21.0916.9515.4517.50Price / Sales2.1925.333.2985.41Price / Cash13.5821.9616.4534.64Price / Book11.065.016.513.79Net Income$9.58B$2.61B$727.22M$247.48M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PEPPepsiCo4.5492 of 5 stars$146.61-3.1%$169.88+15.9%-13.6%$201.05B$91.85B21.09315,000Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeKOCoca-Cola3.9552 of 5 stars$71.59+1.7%$74.24+3.7%+17.8%$307.76B$47.06B28.9582,500Positive NewsMNSTMonster Beverage3.2147 of 5 stars$58.57+1.2%$55.83-4.7%+2.4%$56.88B$7.49B37.474,090Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsCOKECoca-Cola Consolidated0.673 of 5 stars$1,352.84+1.7%N/A+59.4%$11.79B$6.90B19.3717,000Gap DownFIZZNational Beverage0.6301 of 5 stars$41.96+0.2%$41.00-2.3%-13.2%$3.93B$1.19B21.081,580News CoveragePositive NewsDEODiageo2.8739 of 5 stars$104.42-0.9%$129.00+23.5%-28.5%$57.98B$20.21B15.2228,600Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsKDPKeurig Dr Pepper4.1871 of 5 stars$34.07+1.0%$38.23+12.2%+10.2%$46.19B$15.35B20.6328,000Analyst UpgradeInsider TradePositive NewsABEVAmbev1.8608 of 5 stars$2.34+2.4%$2.45+4.9%-5.9%$36.79B$89.45B12.9752,000Positive NewsGap DownSTZConstellation Brands4.4656 of 5 stars$184.02+0.2%$249.18+35.4%-34.2%$33.22B$10.18B49.4110,000Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageBF.BBrown-Forman1.4992 of 5 stars$34.11-0.9%$45.86+34.4%-37.9%$16.10B$4.05B16.075,200Analyst ForecastCOCOVita Coco1.8162 of 5 stars$30.80+3.2%$34.57+12.2%+8.8%$1.75B$516.01M31.09280 Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Coca-Cola Alternatives Monster Beverage Alternatives Coca-Cola Consolidated Alternatives National Beverage Alternatives Diageo Alternatives Keurig Dr Pepper Alternatives Ambev Alternatives Constellation Brands Alternatives Brown-Forman Alternatives Vita Coco Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PEP) was last updated on 4/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmerica’s Retirement Accounts Are at Risk—Here’s WhyWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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