PepsiCo

PEP

Beverages - Non-Alcoholic · Consumer Defensive

Price

$137.12

-2.31 (-1.66%)

Market Cap

$187.31B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−1.2% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.39B (2021) → 1.37B (2025)

PepsiCo, Inc. manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. The company operates through seven segments: Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; PepsiCo Beverages North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and China Region. It provides dips, cheese-flavored snacks, and spreads, as well as corn, potato, and tortilla chips; cereals, rice, pasta, mixes and syrups

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+8.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+26.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.3%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~6 years

$10.5B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$10.5B cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

PepsiCo is growing revenue at 9% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

55.2%

Premium pricing power — 55.2% gross margin

Operating Margin

16.5%

Healthy — 16.5% operating margin

ROCE

4.3%

Weak — 4.3% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+4.3%

Slow sales growth (4.3% YoY)

EPS YoY

-6.5%

Earnings shrinking (-6.5% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

150%

Turns 150% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

9.3%

Modest free cash flow (9.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

2.47

Heavy debt load (2.47)

Interest Cover

12.19x

Comfortably covers interest (12.2x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

21.5x

Growth-priced — P/E 21.5

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+6.7

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (21.5 → 14.8)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

4.03%

Healthy income — 4.03% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth

+4.7%

Dividend growing modestly (4.7% YoY)

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