Wall Street Analyst Downgrade PepsiCo Inc [PEP]. What else is Wall St. saying

PepsiCo Inc [NASDAQ: PEP] plunged by -$0.19 during the normal trading session on while it closed the day at $131.79.

PepsiCo Inc stock has also gained 0.08% of its value over the past 7 days. However, PEP stock has declined by -8.54% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has lost -20.00% and lost -13.33% year-on date.

The market cap for PEP stock reached $180.69 billion, with 1.37 billion shares outstanding and 1.37 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 8.10M shares, PEP reached a trading volume of 9275283 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about PepsiCo Inc [PEP]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for PEP shares is $147.39 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on PEP stock is a recommendation set at 2.61. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

BofA Securities have made an estimate for PepsiCo Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on April 15, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Barclays dropped their target price from $168 to $156. The new note on the price target was released on March 18, 2025, representing the official price target for PepsiCo Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $171 to $170, while Jefferies kept a Hold rating on PEP stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for PepsiCo Inc is set at 2.67, with the Price to Sales ratio for PEP stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.97. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 9.84, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 6.26. Price to Free Cash Flow for PEP in the course of the last twelve months was 24.86 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.65.

PEP stock trade performance evaluation

PepsiCo Inc [PEP] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 0.08. With this latest performance, PEP shares dropped by -7.74% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -20.00% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -26.56% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for PEP stock in for the last two-week period is set at 40.71, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 43.72, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 40.20 for PepsiCo Inc [PEP]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 141.61, while it was recorded at 130.81 for the last single week of trading, and 157.17 for the last 200 days.

PepsiCo Inc [PEP]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals

PepsiCo Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.65 and a Current Ratio set at 0.83.

Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for PepsiCo Inc [PEP] stock

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for PEP. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for PepsiCo Inc go to 2.87%.

PepsiCo Inc [PEP]: Institutional Ownership

The top three institutional holders of PEP stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 131.44 million shares, which is approximately 9.5591%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 109.22 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$18.01 billion in PEP stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$8.99 billion in PEP stock with ownership which is approximately 3.9631%.