Stocks of PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP) traded higher last session on Wall Street, up 1.19% to $145.81.
PEP stock price is now -2.77% away from the 50-day moving average and -11.91% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $199.98B.
With the price target of $171, Piper Sandler recently initiated with Overweight rating for PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ: PEP). On December 12, 2024, Deutsche Bank Upgraded its previous ‘Hold’ rating to ‘Buy’ on the stock increasing its target price from $179 to quote $184, while ‘TD Cowen’ rates the stock as ‘Hold’
In other news, Flavell David, EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec sold 6,628 shares of the company’s stock on May 10 ’24. The stock was sold for $1,192,131 at an average price of $179.86. Upon completion of the transaction, the EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec now directly owns 36,264 shares in the company, valued at $5.29 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On May 09 ’24, CEO, PBNA Krishnan Ramkumar sold 5,620 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $1,000,360 was realized by selling the stock at an average price of $178.00. This leaves the insider owning 53,953 shares of the company worth $7.87 million. A total of 0.37% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.
During the past 12 months, PepsiCo Inc has had a low of $141.51 and a high of $183.41. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.65, a current ratio of 0.82, and a quick ratio of 0.65.
The net profit margin was 10.43% and return on equity was 52.42% for PEP. The company reported revenue of $27.78 billion for the quarter, compared to $27.85 billion a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue fell -0.24 percent.
