Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, soft-drink and snack giant PepsiCo (PEP -0.41%) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at PepsiCo and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
PepsiCo facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Purchase, N.Y. (1898) |
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Market Cap |
$121.3 billion |
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Industry |
Soft drinks |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$65.5 billion |
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Management |
Chairman/CEO Indra Nooyi CFO Hugh Johnston |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
30.6% |
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Cash/Debt |
$6.6 billion/$28.4 billion |
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Dividend Yield |
2.8% |
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Competitors |
Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) Dr Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS) Mondelez International (NASDAQ: MDLZ) |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 4,537 members who have rated PepsiCo believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this month, one of those Fools, 42asdf, succinctly summed up the PepsiCo bull case for our community: "[R]easonable p/e, good growth, and reasonable profits. It does have a fair amount of debt, but with its good cash flow that should not be a problem. It has strong dividends."
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