PepsiCo (PEP) Increases Despite Market Slip: Here's What You Need to Know

In the latest close session, PepsiCo (PEP) was up +1.45% at $153.01. The stock exceeded the S&P 500, which registered a loss of 1.67% for the day. At the same time, the Dow lost 1.73%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 2.15%.

Prior to today's trading, shares of the food and beverage company had lost 10% was narrower than the Consumer Staples sector's loss of 11.25% and lagged the S&P 500's loss of 6.15%.

The upcoming earnings release of PepsiCo will be of great interest to investors. The company's earnings report is expected on April 16, 2026. The company's upcoming EPS is projected at $1.54, signifying a 4.05% increase compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Alongside, our most recent consensus estimate is anticipating revenue of $18.93 billion, indicating a 5.63% upward movement from the same quarter last year.

Regarding the entire year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates forecast earnings of $8.58 per share and revenue of $98.23 billion, indicating changes of +5.41% and +4.58%, respectively, compared to the previous year.

Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for PepsiCo. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the business outlook.

Empirical research indicates that these revisions in estimates have a direct correlation with impending stock price performance. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.2% higher. PepsiCo presently features a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

Valuation is also important, so investors should note that PepsiCo has a Forward P/E ratio of 17.58 right now. This indicates a discount in contrast to its industry's Forward P/E of 18.34.

Meanwhile, PEP's PEG ratio is currently 2.89. The PEG ratio bears resemblance to the frequently used P/E ratio, but this parameter also includes the company's expected earnings growth trajectory. Beverages - Soft drinks stocks are, on average, holding a PEG ratio of 1.63 based on yesterday's closing prices.

The Beverages - Soft drinks industry is part of the Consumer Staples sector. At present, this industry carries a Zacks Industry Rank of 153, placing it within the bottom 38% of over 250 industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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