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PEP PepsiCo

Consumer Staples · Soft Drinks & Non-alcoholic Beverages · close $131.49 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-09-05

56
C
#24/52 in sector · #383/964 overall

PepsiCo (PEP) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 56/100 (grade C), ranking #24 of 52 in Consumer Staples. Its strongest pillars are growth (71) and profitability (69); its weakest is analyst sentiment (17). TTM revenue growth is 6.4% and operating margin 15.3%.

Data as of .

Analyst sentiment

weight 7.5% · 17
Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%)derived18
90-day net rating shift (3.8%)derived21

Growth

weight 30.83% · 71
Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%)6.4%62
EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%)51.3%93
Revenue acceleration (6.2%)-0.8%44

Profitability

weight 18.5% · 69
Operating margin (9.9%)15.3%76
4Q gross-margin change (8.6%)0.2%61

Balance sheet

weight 18.5% · 46
Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%)1.97×44
Current ratio (4.9%)0.9429
Interest coverage (3.7%)13.43×73

Cash flow

weight 12.33% · 39
FCF margin (6.2%)8.2%45
FCF yield (6.2%)4.3%32

Valuation

weight 12.33% · 57
P/E (inverted) (6.2%)16.52×78
EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%)2.19×35

Technicals (EOD)

RSI(14)54.1
EMA 9 / 21128.33 / 129.16
200-day SMA146.30
Volume vs 20d avg0.99×
20-day return-1.6%

Exit-rule monitor

  • EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
  • WATCHTrend: close below 200-day average

Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: Revenues · Gross profit: GrossProfit · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestExpense · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).

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FAQ

What is PEP's House Rating?
PEP scores 56 out of 100 (grade C) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #24 of 52 Consumer Staples stocks we cover.
What do analysts say about PEP?
ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for PEP scores 17/100 against its sector peers, which we read as negative. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
When does PEP report earnings next?
PEP's next earnings report is estimated for about 2027-02-02 (window 2027-01-26 to 2027-02-09), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
Is PEP a buy?
ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.

Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology

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