Pepsico Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

PEP Stock  USD 172.27  2.79  1.65%   
Considering the 90-day investment horizon and your bold attitude towards risk, our recommendation regarding PepsiCo is 'Buy'. Macroaxis provides PepsiCo buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding PepsiCo positions. The advice algorithm takes into account all of PepsiCo's available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site. Key drivers impacting PepsiCo's buy or sell advice are summarized below:
Real Value
173.84
Target Price
177.98
Hype Value
170.85
Market Value
172.27
A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell PepsiCo given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards PepsiCo. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for PepsiCo, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell PepsiCoBuy PepsiCo
Buy

Market Performance

InsignificantDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

Low keyDetails

Current Valuation

Fairly ValuedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Slowly supersedes the marketDetails

Investor Sentiment

InterestedDetails

Analyst Consensus

BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

StrongDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Possible ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon PepsiCo has a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.0193, Jensen Alpha of (0.01), Total Risk Alpha of (0.06), Sortino Ratio of (0.03) and Treynor Ratio of 0.0328
Macroaxis provides advice on PepsiCo to complement and cross-verify current analyst consensus on PepsiCo. Our recommendation engine determines the firm's potential to grow exclusively from the perspective of an investor's current risk tolerance and investing horizon. To make sure PepsiCo is not overpriced, please check all PepsiCo fundamentals, including its cash flow from operations, working capital, and the relationship between the cash per share and number of employees . Given that PepsiCo has a price to earning of 26.34 X, we recommend you to check out PepsiCo market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your recent risk tolerance and investing horizon.

PepsiCo Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

The company has 44.66 B in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 2.05, meaning that the company heavily relies on borrowing funds for operations. PepsiCo has a current ratio of 0.9, suggesting that it has not enough short term capital to pay financial commitments when the payables are due. Debt can assist PepsiCo until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, PepsiCo's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like PepsiCo sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for PepsiCo to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about PepsiCo's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.
PepsiCo has a strong financial position based on the latest SEC filings
Over 77.0% of PepsiCo shares are owned by institutional investors
On 1st of April 2024 PepsiCo paid $ 1.265 per share dividend to its current shareholders
Latest headline from zacks.com: Why PepsiCo Outpaced the Stock Market Today

PepsiCo Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of PepsiCo's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of PepsiCo's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of PepsiCo daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use PepsiCo price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of PepsiCo returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for PepsiCo.
Mean Return
0.03
Value At Risk
-1.22
Potential Upside
1.53
Standard Deviation
1.02
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of PepsiCo historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

PepsiCo Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as PepsiCo is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading PepsiCo backward and forwards among themselves. PepsiCo's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase PepsiCo's securities or originates loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2023-12-31
14.2 M
Legal & General Group Plc2023-12-31
12.9 M
Wells Fargo & Co2023-12-31
12.4 M
Capital Research Global Investors2023-12-31
11.6 M
Wellington Management Company Llp2023-12-31
11.2 M
California Public Employees Retrmnt Sys2023-12-31
9.7 M
Ubs Asset Mgmt Americas Inc2023-12-31
9.4 M
Franklin Resources Inc2023-12-31
M
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.2023-12-31
8.8 M
Vanguard Group Inc2023-12-31
131.3 M
Blackrock Inc2023-12-31
111.8 M
Note, although PepsiCo's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

PepsiCo Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Change To Inventory(190M)(516M)(582M)(1.1B)(261M)(248.0M)
Change In Cash(5.2B)2.7B(2.5B)(607M)4.7B4.9B
Free Cash Flow5.4B6.4B7.0B5.6B7.9B4.6B
Depreciation2.4B2.5B3.2B3.3B(2.9B)(2.8B)
Other Non Cash Items(339M)568M(785M)(115M)7.4B7.7B
Dividends Paid5.3B5.5B5.8B6.2B(6.7B)(6.3B)
Capital Expenditures4.2B4.2B4.6B5.2B5.5B2.9B
Net Income7.4B7.2B7.7B9.0B9.1B5.1B
End Period Cash Flow5.6B8.3B5.7B5.1B9.8B10.2B
Change To Netincome776M1.1B65M(667M)(600.3M)(570.3M)
Change Receivables(253M)(650M)(420M)(1.8B)(1.6B)(1.5B)
Net Borrowings(355M)11.3B712M(810M)(729M)(692.6M)
Investments97M(1.1B)1.1B(141M)(5.1B)(4.9B)

PepsiCo Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to PepsiCo or Beverages sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that PepsiCo's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a PepsiCo stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over NYSE Composite
-0.0058
β
Beta against NYSE Composite0.46
σ
Overall volatility
1.05
Ir
Information ratio -0.03

PepsiCo Volatility Alert

PepsiCo has low volatility with Treynor Ratio of 0.03, Maximum Drawdown of 5.44 and kurtosis of 4.5. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure PepsiCo's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact PepsiCo's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

PepsiCo Implied Volatility

PepsiCo's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of PepsiCo stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if PepsiCo's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that PepsiCo stock will not fluctuate a lot when PepsiCo's options are near their expiration.

PepsiCo Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing PepsiCo's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze PepsiCo's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between PepsiCo and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as PepsiCo or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of PepsiCo's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing PepsiCo by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare PepsiCo to competition
FundamentalsPepsiCoPeer Average
Return On Equity0.51-0.31
Return On Asset0.0878-0.14
Profit Margin0.1 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.1 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation267.41 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding1.37 B571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders0.15 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions76.86 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted16.52 M4.71 M
Price To Earning26.34 X28.72 X
Price To Book12.49 X9.51 X
Price To Sales2.53 X11.42 X
Revenue91.47 B9.43 B
Gross Profit46.05 B27.38 B
EBITDA17.04 B3.9 B
Net Income9.07 B570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents6.74 B2.7 B
Cash Per Share4.89 X5.01 X
Total Debt44.66 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity2.05 %48.70 %
Current Ratio0.92 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share13.47 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations13.44 B971.22 M
Short Ratio2.56 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share6.57 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth2.78 X4.89 X
Target Price187.74
Number Of Employees318 K18.84 K
Beta0.53-0.15
Market Capitalization230.23 B19.03 B
Total Asset100.5 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings70.03 B9.33 B
Working Capital(4.7 B)1.48 B

PepsiCo Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as PepsiCo . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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 2021 2022 2023 2024 (projected)
Short and Long Term Debt Total40.3B39.1B44.7B46.9B
Total Assets92.4B92.2B100.5B105.5B

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When determining whether PepsiCo is a good investment, qualitative aspects like company management, corporate governance, and ethical practices play a significant role. A comparison with peer companies also provides context and helps to understand if PepsiCo Stock is undervalued or overvalued. This multi-faceted approach, blending both quantitative and qualitative analysis, forms a solid foundation for making an informed investment decision about Pepsico Stock. Highlighted below are key reports to facilitate an investment decision about Pepsico Stock:
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Is PepsiCo's industry expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of PepsiCo. If investors know PepsiCo will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about PepsiCo listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
1.521
Dividend Share
4.945
Earnings Share
6.57
Revenue Per Share
66.476
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.01)
The market value of PepsiCo is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of PepsiCo that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of PepsiCo's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is PepsiCo's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because PepsiCo's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect PepsiCo's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between PepsiCo's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if PepsiCo is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, PepsiCo's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.