Company Analysis

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP)

Nasdaq: KDP · Beverages · Burlington, MA · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade6.0
◀ Past 6.9● Present 5.5▶ Future 5.7

The grade of Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.0/10
◀ Past6.930% of the headline
● Present5.540% of the headline
▶ Future5.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2020-09-08.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2020-09-08) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+17.9% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 84th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4.3 billion in fiscal 2017 to $17 billion in fiscal 2025, up 17.9% a year; it rose in 8 of 8 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span17.9%top 14% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 14% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 22% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.6% a year. 98% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 4 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 89th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 98% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 4 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $250 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 9% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 8%: 8¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 54%: owes 54¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 48th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. earned about 8 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 16 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 54 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 45% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 41% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 24% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 31% of 19 in its family; net margin 12.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.'s standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $17 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 19% by size; a net margin of 12.5% ranks in the top 34%; revenue growth of 5.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 39% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$16.60Btop 19% of its family
  • net margin12.5%top 34% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.7%top 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 46% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 46th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Cofer, Timothy P. (CEO & President, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-06-18, 2.4 years (top 50% of its family); the 21 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3 years (bottom 29%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 21 people in charge now (top 42%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 21 peopletop 42% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.0 yearsbottom 29% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.4 yearstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 40% of 19 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.0 billion against debt of $13 billion leaves -21.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 45% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9.1% of revenue (top 39%); a gross margin of 54.2% (top 29%); research spending of 0.4% of revenue (top 37%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-21.7%bottom 45% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue9.1%top 39% of its family
  • gross margin54.2%top 29% of its family
  • research spending against revenue0.4%top 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 49% of 18 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.7% a year over the last three filed years against 17.9% over all 9, slowing (bottom 19% of its family); the newest year grew 8.2% (top 26%); research spending grew 2.5% a year (top 50%); capital spending grew 11.2% a year (top 47%) (its annual reports). Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: U.S.Refreshment Beverages at $10 billion (63%), U.S.Coffee at $4.0 billion (24%), International at $2.2 billion (13%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-12.2 points a yearbottom 19% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth8.2%top 26% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending2.5%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending11.2%top 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 34% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 66th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $17 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 3.5% above the $16 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 30% of its family); net income of $2.1 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.7 billion (top 37%); a net margin of 12.5% against 11.4% before (top 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace3.5%top 30% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+23%top 37% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.1 pointstop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton KDP · research, not advice