PEP

Buying PepsiCo (PEP)? Here's What You Must Know.

Large-cap Consumer Staples company PepsiCo has logged a -1.7% change today on a trading volume of 1,320,970. The average volume for the stock is 4,440,382.

PepsiCo, Inc. manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. Based in Purchase, United States the company has 315,000 full time employees and a market cap of $249,423,888,384. PepsiCo currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 2.5% per year.

The company is now trading -9.6% away from its average analyst target price of $200.28 per share. The 20 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $178.0 to $220.0, and on average give PepsiCo a rating of buy.

Over the last year, PEP shares have gone up 10.6%, which represents a difference of 8.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $196.88 per share whereas its 52 week low is $154.86. With its operating margins declining an average -3.7% over the last 4 years, PepsiCo may not have a strong enough business to keep this trend.

Date Reported Revenue ($ k) Cost of Revenue ($ k) Gross Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2022-12-31 86,392,000 40,576,000 53.03 -0.6
2021-12-31 79,474,000 37,075,000 53.35 -2.68
2020-12-31 70,372,000 31,797,000 54.82 -0.56
2019-12-31 67,161,000 30,132,000 55.13 n/a
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