COCA COLA CO vs PepsiCo, Inc., two Beverages stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KO and PEP diverge most: on debt / equity, KO reads 1.23 and PEP reads 0.00; on p/s, KO reads 7.71 and PEP reads 1.75. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What KO's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). 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 | KO | PEP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $88.06 | $126.01 |
| Market cap | $379.9B | $172.3B |
| Sector | Beverages | Beverages |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +12.0% | — |
| P/E | 27.7 | 15.8 |
| P/B | 10.63 | 7.66 |
| P/S | 7.71 | 1.75 |
| EV/EBITDA | 26.6 | 8.6 |
| Revenue growth | +5.2% | +6.5% |
| Gross margin | 63.0% | 54.4% |
| Operating margin | 35.0% | 16.9% |
| Net margin | 27.8% | 11.1% |
| Return on equity | 38.3% | 48.5% |
| Return on assets | 13.2% | 9.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.6% | 52.6% |
| FCF yield | 3.3% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | 4.5% |
| Debt / equity | 1.23 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.36 | 0.94 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.81 | 3.08 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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