Stock comparison

KO vs PEP

The Coca-Cola Company compared with PepsiCo, Inc.

The Coca-Cola Company

$84.25

Abertura: 83,90
Máxima: 84,68
Mínima: 83,67
Valor de mercado: 362,48 bi

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PEP

PepsiCo, Inc.

$138.49

Abertura: 137,99
Máxima: 140,25
Mínima: 137,76
Valor de mercado: 189,18 bi

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Company-specific comparison

Business exposure

KO: Soft Drinks

PEP: Soft Drinks

Upside lens

KO: Global unit case volume grew and Coca-Cola gained value share in total nonalcoholic ready-to-drink beverages, supporting the durability of its brand and distribution system. Organic revenue growth, disciplined operating expenses, and favorable currency supported comparable operating-margin expansion despite higher input costs and marketing investment. The planned CCBA sale can further concentrate Coca-Cola on brand ownership and concentrate economics, subject to closing and effective system execution.

PEP: International organic revenue growth remained strong and broad-based, supported by volume growth across convenient foods and beverages and continued scaling in developing and emerging markets. Expansion in functional, permissible, portion-controlled, and zero-sugar products can improve relevance across health, hydration, energy, and affordability occasions. Automation, digitalization, simplification, and operational improvements are intended to create structural savings that fund brand investment and improve operating leverage.

Risk lens

KO: Higher input costs and increased marketing investment partially offset first-quarter comparable margin expansion and could intensify if inflation persists. Reported growth and guidance benefit from currency assumptions, while the expected CCBA divestiture remains subject to regulatory approval and closing timing. Changes in consumer health preferences and taxes or restrictions targeting sugar, packaging, water use, or marketing can reduce demand or raise compliance and operating costs.

PEP: North America organic revenue trailed expectations, with subdued beverage volume and lower effective pricing in convenient foods pointing to a more gradual recovery. Core operating margin contracted as operating costs, affordability investments, and beverage volume and channel mix offset productivity and pricing benefits; input-cost inflation is expected to rise in the second half. Shifting health preferences and regulation of ingredients, labeling, packaging, marketing, and environmental impacts can require reformulation, constrain demand, or increase costs.