PepsiCo Inc [PEP] stock is trading at $148.89, down -0.79%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The PEP shares have gain 6.58% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 3.73%, and 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 April 15, 2025, when BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral but kept the price target unchanged to $155 for it. Previously, Barclays downgraded its rating to Equal Weight on March 18, 2025, and dropped its price target to $156. On March 12, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold and revised its price target to $170 on the stock. Piper Sandler started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and suggested a price target of $171 on January 07, 2025. Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $184 on December 12, 2024. TD Cowen downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on October 10, 2024, and downed its price target to $183. In a note dated September 20, 2024, Morgan Stanley downgraded an Equal-Weight rating on this stock but restated the target price of $185.
PepsiCo Inc [PEP] stock has fluctuated between $127.60 and $177.50 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $146.2 within the next 12 months. PepsiCo Inc [NASDAQ: PEP] shares were valued at $148.89 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -1.81% based on the average PEP price forecast.
Analyzing the PEP fundamentals
PepsiCo Inc [NASDAQ:PEP] reported sales of 92.36B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 2.65%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.54% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.1%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.08%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.39 and Total Capital is 0.14. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.62.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, PepsiCo Inc’s Current Ratio is 0.91. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.72, and the Cash Ratio is 0.26. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.20, the price to book ratio is 10.51 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 28.33.
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.
