In the last trading session, 7.8 million PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.47. With the company’s per share price at $131.83 changed hands at $1.87 or 1.44% during last session, the market valuation stood at $180.75B. PEP’s last price was a discount, traded about -37.23% off its 52-week high of $180.91. The share price had its 52-week low at $127.75, which suggests the last value was 3.09% up since then.
Analysts gave the PepsiCo Inc (PEP) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.61. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 17 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 1 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 5 recommended PEP as a Hold, 11 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP) trade information
Instantly PEP was in green as seen at the end of in last trading. With action -0.02%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -13.30%, with the 5-day performance at -0.02% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP) is 1.07% up.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 160.5, meaning bulls need an upside of 17.86% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, PEP’s forecast low is 140 with 184 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -39.57% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -6.2% for it to hit the projected low.
PepsiCo Inc (PEP) estimates and forecasts
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 5.98%. The 2025 estimates are for PepsiCo Inc earnings to decrease by -3.29%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 2.87% per year.
PEP Dividends
PepsiCo Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in July. The 4.16% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 5.49. It is important to note, however, that the 4.16% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP)’s Major holders
BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 7.9435% or 109.22 million shares worth $18.01 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund. With 43.34 shares estimated at $5.71 billion under it, the former controlled 3.09% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.71% of the shares, roughly 38.11 shares worth around $5.02 billion.
