A new trading day began on Tuesday, with PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ: PEP) stock price down -2.29% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $147.05. PEP’s price has ranged from $127.60 to $160.15 over the past 52 weeks.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 5.98%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -0.56%. With a float of $1.36 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $1.37 billion.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 319000 employees.
PepsiCo Inc (PEP) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Beverages – Non-Alcoholic Industry. The insider ownership of PepsiCo Inc is 0.34%, while institutional ownership is 76.51%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 04 ’25, was worth 3,988,780. In this transaction SVP and Controller of this company sold 25,000 shares at a rate of $159.55, taking the stock ownership to the 22,312 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 04 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 25,000 for $159.55, making the entire transaction worth $3,988,780.
PepsiCo Inc (PEP) Earnings and Forecasts
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of 1.96 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.57 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -0.56% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 3.46% during the next five years compared to 5.98% growth over the previous five years of trading.
PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ: PEP) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are PepsiCo Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.72. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.13. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 28.94.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.26, a number that is poised to hit 2.24 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.55 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of PepsiCo Inc (PEP)
Looking closely at PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ: PEP), its last 5-days average volume was 9.67 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 8.23 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 20.83%.
During the past 100 days, PepsiCo Inc’s (PEP) raw stochastic average was set at 26.50%, which indicates a significant increase from 1.37% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 2.27 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 2.40 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $147.87, while its 200-day Moving Average is $142.02. However, in the short run, PepsiCo Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $146.06. Second resistance stands at $148.44. The third major resistance level sits at $149.69. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $142.43, it is likely to go to the next support level at $141.18. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $138.80.
PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ: PEP) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 196.46 billion, the company has a total of 1,367,340K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 91,854 M while annual income is 9,578 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 23,937 M while its latest quarter income was 2,603 M.
