In the last trading session, 4.62 million shares of the PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP) were traded, and its beta was 0.54. Most recently the company’s share price was $172.98, and it changed around -$2.03 or -1.16% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $237.75B. PEP currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $196.88, offering almost -13.82% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $155.83, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 9.91% since then. We note from PepsiCo Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 4.87 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 5.90 million.
PepsiCo Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 2.13. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 22 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 2 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 10 recommended PEP as a Hold, whereas 10 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. PepsiCo Inc is expected to report earnings per share of $1.52 for the current quarter.
PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP) trade information
Instantly PEP has showed a red trend with a performance of -1.16% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The company’s shares are currently up 1.85% year-to-date, but still up 0.56% over the last five days. On the other hand, PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP) is 4.62% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 17.27 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 2.74 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $181.2, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 4.54% from its current value. Analyst projections state that PEP is forecast to be at a low of $160 and a high of $212.
PepsiCo Inc (PEP) estimates and forecasts
PepsiCo Inc share prices are performing particularly well not compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have risen 2.05 percent over the past six months and at a 6.96% annual growth rate that is well below the industry average of 20.60%. Moreover, analysts have decided to roll up on their fiscal year 2024 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict that it will gain 1.30% in revenue this quarter, and will report an increase of 6.20% in the next quarter. The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 3.60%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 11 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of $18.12 billion in revenue for the current quarter. 11 analysts expect PepsiCo Inc to make $22.84 billion in revenue for the quarter ending Jun 2024. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were $15.74 billion and $22.32 billion respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 15.10%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 2.30%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -5.66%. PepsiCo Inc earnings are expected to increase by 7.13% in 2024, but the outlook is positive 7.01% per year for the next five years.
PEP Dividends
PepsiCo Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on April 23. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 2.93 percent and its annual dividend per share was 5.06. It is important to note, however, that the 2.93% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.16% of PepsiCo Inc shares, and 76.95% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 77.07%. PepsiCo Inc stock is held by 4,126 institutions, with Vanguard Group Inc being the largest institutional investor. By Jun 29, 2023, it held 9.35% of the shares, which is about 131.35 million shares worth $24.33 billion.
Blackrock Inc., with 7.87% or 110.58 million shares worth $20.48 billion as of Jun 29, 2023, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Jun 29, 2023. The former held 42.95 million shares worth $7.96 billion, making up 3.06% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard 500 Index Fund held roughly 32.8 million shares worth around $6.08 billion, which represents about 2.34% of the total shares outstanding.
