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PepsiCo (PEP) Stock – Analyzing Market Sentiment

This afternoon we watched PepsiCo drop -1.1% to a price of $158.36 per share. The large-cap Beverages company is now trading -19.37% below its average target price of $196.4. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $156.0 to $220.0 per share for PepsiCo, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

PepsiCo's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 0.9%. The stock's short ratio is 2.78. The company's insiders own 0.16% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 76.0%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding PepsiCo.

Institutions Invested in PepsiCo

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 131,350,838 $20,800,718,785
2023-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 8% 110,578,365 $17,511,189,948
2023-06-30 State Street Corporation 4% 59,055,838 $9,352,082,541
2023-06-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 27,063,800 $4,285,823,384
2023-06-30 Morgan Stanley 2% 26,857,652 $4,253,177,787
2023-06-30 Bank of America Corporation 2% 23,869,319 $3,779,945,371
2023-06-30 JP Morgan Chase & Company 1% 18,597,133 $2,945,041,993
2023-06-30 Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. 1% 17,503,813 $2,771,903,837
2023-06-30 Northern Trust Corporation 1% 16,282,665 $2,578,522,839
2023-06-30 Royal Bank of Canada 1% 15,717,701 $2,489,055,139
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