A share price of PepsiCo Inc [PEP] is currently trading at $146.61, down -3.14%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The PEP shares have lost -1.78% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.17%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
PepsiCo Inc [NASDAQ: PEP] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 18, 2025, when Barclays downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and also revised its price target to $156 from $168. Previously, Jefferies downgraded its rating to Hold on March 12, 2025, and dropped its price target to $170. On January 07, 2025, Piper Sandler initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned a price target of $171 on the stock. Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $184 on December 12, 2024. TD Cowen downgraded its rating to a Hold and reduced its price target to $183 on October 10, 2024. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to Equal-Weight for this stock on September 20, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $185. In a note dated July 19, 2024, DZ Bank downgraded an Hold rating on this stock but restated the target price of $183.
PepsiCo Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $141.51 and $183.41. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $176 within the next 12 months. PepsiCo Inc [NASDAQ: PEP] shares were valued at $146.61 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 20.05% based on the average PEP price forecast.
Analyzing the PEP fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for PepsiCo Inc [NASDAQ:PEP] were 91.85B which represents -0.24% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.55% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.14%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.1, Equity is 0.5 and Total Capital is 0.19. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.49.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 143.73 points at the first support level, and at 140.84 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 152.21, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 157.80.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for PepsiCo Inc [NASDAQ:PEP] is 0.82. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.65, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.27. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.19, the price to book ratio is 11.15 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.10.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Gallagher Marie T., SVP and Controller, that happened on Mar 04 ’25 when 25000.0 shares were sold. Officer, MARIE T GALLAGHER completed a deal on Mar 04 ’25 to buy 25000.0 shares. Meanwhile, CEO, North America Williams Steven C sold 17978.0 shares on Mar 03 ’25.
