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 0.00 and PEP reads 0.48; on fcf yield, DEO reads 24.0% and PEP reads 4.9%. 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 | $88.03 | $139.60 |
| Market cap | $53.5B | $191.1B |
| Sector | Beverages | Beverages |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 20.8 | 18.3 |
| P/B | 3.91 | 8.58 |
| P/S | 1.91 | 1.97 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.8 | 10.7 |
| Revenue growth | +4.2% | +5.8% |
| Gross margin | 43.5% | 54.2% |
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 16.6% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 10.8% |
| Return on equity | 18.5% | 46.9% |
| Return on assets | 5.0% | 9.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.7% | 34.1% |
| FCF yield | 24.0% | 4.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 4.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.48 |
| Current ratio | 1.60 | 0.93 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.13 | 3.16 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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