DIAGEO plc vs PepsiCo, Inc., two Beverages stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DEO and PEP diverge most: on debt / equity, DEO reads 1.72 and PEP reads 0.00; on return on invested capital, DEO reads 8.4% and PEP reads 52.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What PEP's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DEO | PEP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $86.73 | $126.01 |
| Market cap | $52.7B | $172.3B |
| Sector | Beverages | Beverages |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 20.5 | 15.8 |
| P/B | 3.85 | 7.66 |
| P/S | 1.89 | 1.75 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.1 | 8.6 |
| Revenue growth | +4.2% | +6.5% |
| Gross margin | 43.5% | 54.4% |
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 16.9% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 11.1% |
| Return on equity | 18.5% | 48.5% |
| Return on assets | 5.0% | 9.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.4% | 52.6% |
| FCF yield | 24.4% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 4.5% |
| Debt / equity | 1.72 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.60 | 0.94 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.12 | 3.08 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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