Pepsico stock: buy or sell?
Updated on:
March 27th, 2020
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PepsiCo, Inc. operates as a food and beverage company worldwide. Its Frito-Lay North America segment offers Lay's and Ruffles potato chips; Doritos, Tostitos, and Santitas tortilla chips; and Cheetos snacks, branded dips, and Fritos corn chips.
Should I buy Pepsico stock?
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| Buy setup | Elegible |
|---|---|
| New all-time high | No |
| New 52 week high | No |
| Price crossing up 200d MA | No |
| 100d MA crossing up 200d MA | No |
Is Pepsico stock a buy?
Banks and financial institutions post stock ratings everyday.
Unfortunately, we couldn't detect any rating for PEP stock for the last month.Pepsico stock analysis
Daily outlook
After boosting an extraordinary 6.45% on March 26th, Pepsico closed yesterday at $120.46 and stayed constant a neutral 0.17%.
After boosting an extraordinary 6.45% on Mar 26th, Pepsico closed yesterday at $120.46 and stayed constant a neutral 0.17%. Since price and SMA200d lines crossed down on March/11, PEP fell $-13.68 per share (-10.20%). PEP marked a lower low and a lower high in the short term, defining a downward trend. Climbing above $127.86 would break this short term down trend and open possibilities for reversing this situation. Since last January when SMA50d and SMA100d crossed up, PEP price slipped $-19.85 per share (-14.15%). On February 18th, PEP hit a new all time high, pushing higher than on February/14 tops. Check different trading setups that use ATHs as triggers.
Weekly outlook
After sliding a bloodcurdling -22.63% in a week last week, Pepsico closed this week at $120.46 and rocketed an amazing 15.90%.
Not so far away is the last price record Pepsico marked by mid February, but since then it dropped a 17.61%. Since price and 40-weeks moving average lines crossed down early March, PEP fell $-16.80 per share (-12.24%). Trading stocks that are under the 40-weeks (that is, 200-days) moving average line is not recommended by many experts, as it indicates that the stock has not enough institutional support.
Pepsico stock price history
Pepsico stock historical price chart
PEP stock reached all-time highs on February 18th with a price of $146.21.
Pepsico stock price target
How much a stock will be priced tomorrow or next week is quite unpredictable However, banks and other financial institutions analysts, with the help of lots of data and algorithms do their best to predict the stock prices movement. We do not recommend to follow these stock price predictions without a critical thinking from your side, as their accuracy is usually low. For the last 30 days we have not detected any price forecast for Pepsico stock by any trusted analyst.Financials and fundamental analysis
Earnings date and Earnings per Share
After presenting its last earnings report , Pepsico . Unfortunately, reported EPS is not yet available in our database.| Quarter | Reporting date | Estimated EPS | Actual EPS | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q2 | - | n/a | 1.48 | n/a |
| 2017-Q3 | - | n/a | 1.5 | n/a |
| 2017-Q4 | 2018-02-13 | 1.3 | 1.31 | 0.8% |
| 2018-Q1 | 2018-04-26 | 0.92 | 0.96 | 4.3% |
| 2018-Q2 | 2018-07-10 | 1.51 | 1.61 | 6.6% |
| 2018-Q3 | 2018-10-02 | 1.56 | 1.59 | 1.9% |
| 2018-Q4 | 2019-02-15 | 1.49 | 1.49 | 0.0% |
| 2019-Q1 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2019-Q2 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2019-Q3 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Annual financial results
In 2018, Pepsico annual revenues gained a slightly fine 1.79% to $64,661.00 million dollars from $63,525.00 marked in 2017. However, its profit margin (compared to revenues) skyrocketed to 19.35%, that is $12,515.00 million.| Year | Sales | YoY | Income/(margin) | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $66,420 M | - | $6,740 M10.1% | - |
| 2014 | $66,683 M | 0.40% | $6,513 M9.8% | -3.37% |
| 2015 | $63,056 M | -5.44% | $5,452 M8.6% | -16.29% |
| 2016 | $62,799 M | -0.41% | $6,329 M10.1% | 16.09% |
| 2017 | $63,525 M | 1.16% | $4,857 M7.6% | -23.26% |
| 2018 | $64,661 M | 1.79% | $12,515 M19.4% | 157.67% |
Quarterly financial results
Pepsico posted $19,524.00 million in sales for 2018-Q4, a 18.43% up compared to previous quarter. Reported quarter income marked $6,854.00 million with a profit margin of 35.11%. Profit margin boosted a 19.95% compared to previous quarter when profit margin was 15.15%. When comparing turnover to same quarter last year, Pepsico sales marked a tight move and remained stable a -0.01%. Looking back to recent quarterly results, Pepsico posted 3 negative quarters in a row.| Quarter | Sales1 | QoQ2 | Income1/(margin) | QoQ2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q2 | $15,710 M | - | $2,110 M13.4% | - |
| 2017-Q3 | $16,240 M | 3.37% | $2,140 M13.2% | 1.42% |
| 2017-Q4 | $19,526 M | 20.23% | $-710 M-3.6% | -133.18% |
| 2018-Q1 | $12,562 M | -35.67% | $1,343 M10.7% | -289.15% |
| 2018-Q2 | $16,090 M | 28.08% | $1,820 M11.3% | 35.52% |
| 2018-Q3 | $16,485 M | 2.45% | $2,498 M15.2% | 37.25% |
| 2018-Q4 | $19,524 M | 18.43% | $6,854 M35.1% | 174.38% |
| 2019-Q1 | $12,884 M | -34.01% | $1,413 M11.0% | -79.38% |
Pepsico ownership
When you are planning to invest in a company, it's always worth to review its ownership structure.Pepsico shares owned by insiders (that is, founders, CEO, CTO, main executives or other management staff) currently counts a 0.22% of all shares.
In case of Pepsico stock, 73.47% of its shares are held by institutions (mutual funds, pension funds, big banks and other large financial institutions). Bearish positions for PEP stock account 0.00%, no big difference from last month.
For a better context understanding, the next table shows ownership data compared to other related companies:
| PEP | |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $167.4 B |
| Total shares | 1,390.0 M |
| Float shares | 1,390.0 M |
| - Institutional holdings (%) | 73.5% |
| - Insider holdings (%) | 0.2% |
| Shares in short selling | 0.0% |
Pepsico summary
| Friday, March 27th, 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Open | $118.57 |
| Close | $120.46 |
| Day range | $117.99 - $124.65 |
| Previous close | $120.26 |
| Session gain | 0.17% |
| Average true range | $10.76 |
| 50d mov avg | $134.87 |
| 100d mov avg | $134.56 |
| 200d mov avg | $133.04 |
| Daily pattern | lb06a |
| Weekly pattern | |
Pepsico performance
To better understand Pepsico performance you must compare its gains with other related stocks in same sector or industry. For Pepsico, the comparison is made against .| Stock | 3m | 6m | 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEPPepsico | -11.83% | -9.94% | 1.07% |
Pepsico competitors
Unfortunately, we could not find any public company that could be defined as Pepsico competitor. This doesn't mean Pepsico does not have any competitor in the market, it's just we could not detected it.Latest Pepsico stock news
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