PepsiCo Inc [PEP] stock prices are up 0.45% to $146.57 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The PEP shares have gain 5.17% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.07%, 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 December 10, 2025, when JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Overweight but kept the price target unchanged to $164 for it. Previously, DZ Bank upgraded its rating to Buy on October 21, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $167. On April 15, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral but maintained its price target of $155 on the stock. Barclays downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and decreased its price target to $156 on March 18, 2025. Jefferies downgraded its rating to a Hold and reduced its price target to $170 on March 12, 2025. Piper Sandler started tracking with a Overweight rating for this stock on January 07, 2025, and assigned it a price target of $171. In a note dated December 12, 2024, Deutsche Bank upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $179 to $184.
The stock price of PepsiCo Inc [PEP] has been fluctuating between $127.60 and $160.15 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $158 within the next 12 months. PepsiCo Inc [NASDAQ: PEP] shares were valued at $146.57 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 7.8% based on the average PEP price forecast.
Analyzing the PEP fundamentals
The PepsiCo Inc [NASDAQ:PEP] reported sales of 92.36B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 2.65%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.54% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.14%, 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 0.18. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 2.62.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that PepsiCo Inc [NASDAQ:PEP]’s Current Ratio is 0.91. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.72 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.26. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.17, the price to book ratio is 10.35 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 27.89.
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.
