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PepsiCo, Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Weak signals across every dimension
0 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Mixed signals
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
0/2
Profitability and cash generation stand out, yet the balance sheet and valuation tell a different story. ROE reaches 42.9%, +40% above the sector median, and free cash flow growth has surged +2,977% above peers. Revenue expanded 2.3% year over year, outpacing the sector median of 2.3%. However, debt burdens the capital structure: Debt/EBITDA sits at 2.8×, well above the sector median of 0.8× by +240%. The P/B multiple of 9.2× runs +68% richer than the median 5.5×, signaling the market has priced in strength. An F-Score of 5/9 reflects mixed operational signals—profitability is solid, but efficiency metrics and liquidity show strain. The composite read of 46/100 against a sector median sits below the 50th percentile, and forward signals remain weak: consensus models earnings growth that the company's three-year track record has not yet delivered.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive | 5/9 | 1 603% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is steady; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When PepsiCo reports on October 7, 2026, track whether FCF growth holds above the sector median of -1.01% and whether Debt/EBITDA moves closer to the sector median of 0.83×. The efficiency sub-score of 0/2 on the F-Score also warrants attention — check asset turnover and revenue per asset against the prior year.
On SEC EDGAR, open PepsiCo's most recent 10-K and read the Liquidity and Capital Resources section. With Debt/EBITDA at 3.4× against a sector median of 0.83×, management's stated plans for debt reduction or refinancing are material context for evaluating that signal.
In section 06, pick two or three Consumer Staples companies from the alphabetical table and line up one metric — P/B at 5.50× or Debt/EBITDA at 3.4× are natural starting points given PepsiCo's weak signals. No company in the table is ranked; the exercise is to place PepsiCo's figures in a wider sector context of your own choosing.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -20%+41%-9%+7%
Over 4 years: 2.502.522.322.83
Over 4 years: +9%+6%+0%+2%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 4 of 7 recent quarters — a mixed record.
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| +1% |
| 16% |
| COST | Costco | 7/9 | 31% | +8% | 4% |
| GIS | General Mills | 5/9 | -1% | +308% | 5% |
| HSY | Hershey | 5/9 | 19% | +4% | 12% |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark | 5/9 | 173% | -2% | 14% |
| KO | Coca-Cola | 7/9 | 46% | +2% | 29% |
| KR | Kroger | 6/9 | 14% | +0% | 1% |
| MDLZ | Mondelez | 6/9 | 9% | +6% | 9% |
| MO | Altria | 6/9 | — | -3% | 43% |
| PEP | PepsiCo, Inc. | 5/9 | 43% | +2% | 12% |
| PG | Procter & Gamble | 6/9 | 31% | +0% | 24% |
| PM | Philip Morris | 8/9 | — | +7% | 37% |
| SYY | Sysco | 6/9 | 99% | +3% | 4% |
| TGT | Target | 6/9 | 24% | -2% | 5% |
| WMT | Walmart | 7/9 | 23% | +5% | 4% |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.