PEP PepsiCo, Inc.
PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) trend channel, buy level and 3-month target on Trade The Path. Sector: Consumer Defensive. Listed on NASDAQ. Levels below are fitted to this ticker's own swing highs and lows (Theil–Sen, log-price), then projected 3 months. On this symbol, 8 comparable calls have settled; 75% reached the published sell target. Information only, not financial advice.
Mid-channel
Price is between the two trend lines. Nothing to act on yet.
Read from the last 9 months of history we hold: falling, drifting −20% a year. The nearest ceiling overhead is US$140.34. What would overturn this: a close below US$127.86 — the floor of the channel being read — after which the trend, not the entry, is what was wrong.
- 9 months read from
- US$127.86 – US$140.34 Falling channel, −20% a year
- Position in that channel
- 52% 0% at the floor, 100% at the ceiling
Price history, with the path projected 3 months forward
- Daily close
- Upper trend line (9 months)
- Lower trend line (9 months)
- Dashed after today: projected 3 months
- Our buy
- Our target
Our target
No published call today because its projected path only reaches 0.0% above the entry within 90 days, under the 6.0% floor a call has to clear to be worth making. No alerts are sent. The buy and target below are still this site's read of the fitted channel.
Buy at or below
US$127.85
level as at 17 Sept 2026
Our target
US$130.17
by 16 Dec 2026
Projected move
1.8%
gross, before costs
Price is at or through our target.
On this stock's own history these rules produced 8 settled calls, of which 6 reached target (75%), with an average best move of 5.6%. See the full record.
- Upper line touches
- 5
- Lower line touches
- 3
- Fit confidence
- 80%
- Fitted
- 16 Sept 2026
About PepsiCo, Inc.
PepsiCo, Inc. is a global enterprise that creates, promotes, and supplies a diverse array of drinks and easy-to-prepare food items across the globe. Its operations are structured into seven primary divisions: Frito-Lay North America, Quaker Foods North America, PepsiCo Beverages North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa/Middle East/South Asia, and the Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and China Region. The company's extensive product catalog encompasses popular snack foods like various dips, cheese snacks, spreads, and a range of chips (including corn, potato, and tortilla varieties). Its pantry staples feature cereals, rice, pasta, baking mixes, beverage syrups, granola bars, grits, oatmeal, rice cakes, and ready-made side dishes. In the beverage sector, PepsiCo offers concentrated syrups, fountain beverages, pre-packaged drinks, ready-to-consume teas, coffees, fruit juices, dairy-based items, and home carbonation systems with associated goods. PepsiCo reaches its broad clientele, which includes wholesale partners, food service providers, various retail outlets like supermarkets, pharmacies, convenience shops, discount stores, large-format retailers, membership-based stores, hard discount retailers, online merchants, and approved independent bottlers. This widespread distribution is achieved via direct store delivery, customer warehouse systems, and comprehensive distributor networks, along with direct sales to consumers through digital commerce channels and retail partners. Established in 1898, the corporation maintains its principal office in Purchase, New York.
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Beverages - Non-Alcoholic
- CEO
- Ramon Luis Laguarta
- Employees
- 306,000
- Country
- US
Scorecard
Our own pillar scores, computed from the fundamentals below. They are not Morningstar ratings — that data is licensed and we do not redistribute it.
- Valuation
- 55/100
- Profitability
- 62/100
- Financial health
- 32/100
- Cash generation
- 45/100
Key statistics
- Market cap
- US$186.24B
- Enterprise value
- US$229.20B
- Beta
- 0.36
- Avg volume
- 8.15M
- Revenue per share
- 70.94
- Dividend yield
- 4.26%
- 52-week range
- 133.73-171.48
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
Key ratios
- P/E (TTM)
- 17.85
- PEG
- 0.46
- Price / sales
- 1.92
- Price / book
- 8.43
- EV / EBITDA
- 12.30
- Gross margin
- 53.96%
- Operating margin
- 14.96%
- Net margin
- 10.82%
- Current ratio
- 0.93
- Quick ratio
- 0.74
- Debt / equity
- 2.41
- Interest cover
- 12.85
Income statement
| Year | Revenue | Gross profit | Operating income | Net income | EPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | US$93.92B | US$50.86B | US$13.49B | US$8.24B | US$6.00 |
| 2024 | US$91.85B | US$50.11B | US$12.89B | US$9.58B | US$6.95 |
| 2023 | US$91.47B | US$49.59B | US$11.99B | US$9.07B | US$6.56 |
| 2022 | US$86.39B | US$45.82B | US$11.51B | US$8.91B | US$6.42 |
| 2021 | US$79.47B | US$42.40B | US$11.16B | US$7.62B | US$5.48 |
Balance sheet
| Year | Total assets | Total liabilities | Total equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | US$107.40B | US$86.85B | US$20.41B |
| 2024 | US$99.47B | US$81.30B | US$18.04B |
| 2023 | US$100.50B | US$81.86B | US$18.50B |
| 2022 | US$92.19B | US$74.91B | US$17.15B |
| 2021 | US$92.38B | US$76.23B | US$16.04B |
Cash flow
| Year | Operating cash flow | Free cash flow | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | US$12.09B | US$7.67B | US$8.29B |
| 2024 | US$12.51B | US$7.19B | US$9.63B |
| 2023 | US$13.44B | US$7.92B | US$9.15B |
| 2022 | US$10.81B | US$5.60B | US$8.98B |
| 2021 | US$11.62B | US$6.99B | US$7.68B |
EPS forecasts
| Period | Est. EPS | Est. revenue | Analysts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | US$8.11 | US$93.46B | 15 |
| 2026 | US$8.55 | US$99.01B | 13 |
| 2027 | US$8.96 | US$101.82B | 13 |
| 2028 | US$9.46 | US$105.26B | 7 |
| 2029 | US$9.58 | US$106.25B | 3 |
| 2030 | US$9.97 | US$109.62B | 2 |
Analyst view
- Target (mean)
- US$155.64
- Target (high)
- US$183.00
- Target (low)
- US$134.00
- Strong buy
- 1
- Buy
- 15
- Hold
- 29
- Sell
- 1
Trend lines are fitted statistically to past swing highs and lows and projected forward on the assumption the same rhythm continues. It often does not. This is information, not advice.