Take This Into Account Before Investing in PEP

By Scott Lee • Sunday, September 17 15:37 • Permanent Link

PepsiCo logged a -0.8% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $179.84 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -1.0%. PEP's trading volume is 11,661,176 compared to the stock's average volume of 4,850,853.

PepsiCo trades -9.54% away from its average analyst target price of $198.81 per share. The 18 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $156.0 to $220.0, and on average have given PepsiCo a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in PEP, you'll want to know the following:

PepsiCo's current price is 324.1% above its Graham number of $42.41, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
PepsiCo has moved 9.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 16.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 5.72, PepsiCo has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.4 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
PEP has a forward P/E ratio of 22.2 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $8.1 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.83 — a number near or below 1 signifying that PepsiCo is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 14.0 compared to its sector average of 4.29
PepsiCo, Inc. manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells various beverages and convenient foods worldwide.
Based in Purchase, the company has 315,000 full time employees and a market cap of $247.56 Billion. PepsiCo currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.6%.

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