- Prev close
- $30.62
- Day range
- $30.89 – $31.76
Keurig Dr Pepper eased -1.5% in a session where staples were mixed and PepsiCo was weaker, while the company also declared a $0.23 quarterly dividend; the move looks more like sector-relative noise than a fresh business deterioration.
KDP
KEURIG DR PEPPER INC
As of Sep 20, 2026
61/100
Worth keeping an eye onHealth ScoreWhy it moved
KDP fell -1.5% in its latest session, while the S&P 500 was -0.1% and the Nasdaq 100 was +0.6%, so the broader market does not explain the move. Peer trading was mixed rather than uniform: KO was +0.2%, PEP was -2.9%, MNST was +0.4%, and COKE was -3.5%. The primary read is sector-specific dispersion inside beverages, not a market-wide selloff; KDP’s move sits between the steady KO/MNST tape and the weaker PEP/COKE tape.
Normal volatility?
This looks like ordinary volatility, not a fundamental break. Revenue is +27.5% YoY (TTM) and +75.6% YoY in the latest quarter, while gross margin is +49.4%, operating margin is +16.2%, and net margin is +7.1%. Against that, EPS is -7.1% YoY (TTM), so earnings are not yet keeping pace with sales, and the P/E of 29.5 is demanding; the forward PE of 13.0 suggests the market is leaning on future improvement. The PEG of 2.44 is not meaningful here because EPS growth is negative, so valuation cannot be read as cheap on that metric. Beta is 0.39, which fits a lower-volatility profile, and the analyst distribution is constructive at 5 strong-positive, 11 positive, 8 neutral, 0 negative, 0 strong-negative. Put together, the move is not backed by deteriorating fundamentals; it is a mild price reaction in a stock that already carries a rich multiple and some growth-expectation sensitivity.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is 2026-10-26. The supplied facts do not include analyst consensus for revenue or EPS for that print, so I cannot cite a market estimate for the upcoming quarter. What the market is likely focused on is whether the company can turn the strong top-line trend — revenue +27.5% YoY (TTM) and +75.6% YoY in the latest quarter — into better EPS than the current -7.1% YoY (TTM), and whether margins stay near gross +49.4%, operating +16.2%, and net +7.1%. The facts do not provide a prior post-earnings reaction pattern, so there is no reliable history to frame here. The key items to watch are earnings conversion from sales growth, any margin bridge versus the current levels, and whether management reinforces the valuation case implied by PE 29.5 and forward PE 13.0.
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