Company Analysis

PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP)

Nasdaq: PEP · Beverages · Purchase, NY · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade6.1
◀ Past 5.9● Present 6.7▶ Future 5.6

The grade of PepsiCo, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.1/10
◀ Past5.930% of the headline
● Present6.740% of the headline
▶ Future5.630% 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?

5.9/1030% 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 2017-12-08.

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

From the record

PepsiCo, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2017-12-08) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
7.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PepsiCo, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $63 billion in fiscal 2016 to $94 billion in fiscal 2025, up 4.6% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 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 span4.6%bottom 47% 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
6.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.3% a year. 65% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 5 sales, 4 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 60th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-27, PepsiCo, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 65% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 5 sales and 4 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $24 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 38% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 41% 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?

6.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 40%: 40¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 81%: owes 81¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-27, PepsiCo, Inc. earned about 40 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 47 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 81 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 assetsbottom 24% of its family
  • return on equitytop 9% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 24% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 32% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 38% of 19 in its family; net margin 8.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PepsiCo, Inc.'s standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $94 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 3% by size; a net margin of 8.8% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of 2.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 39% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$93.92Btop 3% of its family
  • net margin8.8%top 50% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.8%bottom 39% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 21% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 79th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PepsiCo, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Laguarta, Ramon (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-10-11, 8.1 years (top 5% of its family); the 24 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.7 years (top 29%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 24 people in charge now (top 31%; 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 24 peopletop 31% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.7 yearstop 29% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8.1 yearstop 5% 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?

5.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 43% of 19 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PepsiCo, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $9.2 billion against debt of $42 billion leaves -30.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 18% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.2% of revenue (top 45%); a gross margin of 54.1% (top 34%); research spending of 0.9% of revenue (top 12%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-30.9%bottom 18% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue8.2%top 45% of its family
  • gross margin54.1%top 34% of its family
  • research spending against revenue0.9%top 12% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 39% of 18 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PepsiCo, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.8% a year over the last three filed years against 4.6% over all 10, slowing (top 42% of its family); the newest year grew 2.3% (top 32%); research spending grew 2.9% a year (top 30%); capital spending grew -5.4% a year (bottom 47%) (its annual reports). PepsiCo, Inc. reported 6 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Pepsi Co Beverages North America at $28 billion, Pepsi Co Foods North America at $28 billion, Europe Middle East Africa at $18 billion, and 3 more. 5 of 6 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 30% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.7 points a yeartop 42% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2.3%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending2.9%top 30% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-5.4%bottom 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
4.6/10

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

bottom 46% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 46th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PepsiCo, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $94 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.8% below the $95 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $8.2 billion against a prior three-year average of $9.2 billion (top 50%); a net margin of 8.8% against 10.2% before (bottom 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-0.8%top 50% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-10%top 50% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.4 pointsbottom 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 PEP · research, not advice