- Prev close
- $139.02
- Day range
- $137.15 – $139.49
- From 52-wk high
- -18.9%
- Next earnings
- in 60 days
PEP's 2026-08-06 close of -0.2% looks like ordinary noise next to a +0.6% S&P 500 and +1.2% Nasdaq 100, with the main story still a low-beta consumer staple trading at 18.0 times earnings. The picture is broadly intact, but the 3.26 PEG and the flat year-long drift keep the setup from reading fully reassuring.
PEP
PEPSICO INC
As of Aug 7, 2026
61/100
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PEP's 2026-08-06 close was -0.2%, while the S&P 500 was +0.6% and the Nasdaq 100 was +1.2%, so the session does not look market-driven. The day range — open $140.09, high $140.52, low $137.14, close $138.44 — shows an early push that faded into the close, which fits stock-specific drift more than broad-risk selling. The facts do not show a sector peer move for packaged food, so the cleanest read is that this was idiosyncratic price action rather than a macro or index effect.
Volatility check
This looks like ordinary volatility for a defensive name, not evidence of deterioration. Revenue is +5.6% YoY (TTM) and the latest quarter was +6.4% YoY, with EPS +38.9% YoY (TTM), gross margin +54.2%, operating margin +14.5%, and net margin +10.8%, so the operating backdrop is still sound. Valuation is not cheap at PE 18.0, forward PE 16.0, and PEG 3.26; a PEG of 3.26 — P/E divided by growth rate, so investors are paying 3.26 times the growth rate — says a lot of good news is already in the stock. Beta is 0.36, which supports the view that small moves can happen without a change in the business, but the rich PEG also means upside and downside can both be exaggerated versus fundamentals.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is 2026-10-07. The facts do not give a current consensus revenue or EPS estimate for that print, so I cannot state market expectations for the report beyond the durable fundamentals already listed: revenue +5.6% YoY (TTM), latest quarter +6.4% YoY, and EPS +38.9% YoY (TTM). The analyst recommendation distribution on 2026-08-01 was 2 strong-positive, 10 positive, 17 neutral, 1 negative, 0 strong-negative, which is constructive but not especially aggressive. The market will likely focus on whether price cuts are still lifting volume, whether margins stay near gross +54.2% and operating +14.5%, and whether the recent year-long lack of share progress starts to break.
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