PE
PEP
+2.4%🟢 Fundamentally supportedPepsiCo, Inc. · Consumer Defensive
$131.50Vol 10.70M · 1.0× normalMkt cap +$4.25BMarket closed — 2026-10-16 session
What happened
Move
+2.4%
Price
$131.50
Volume
10.70M
1.0× normal
Market cap
$179.20B
+$4.25B today
Why it moved
Analyst upgrademedium confidence
- Jefferies Maintains Coca-Cola Buy Rating as KFC Switches US Beverage Supply From PepsiCo — finnhub-news
- Coca-Cola Wins KFC Contract, Ending Decades-Long PepsiCo Partnership — finnhub-news
Possible catalyst: analyst upgrade.
Verdict — was the move justified?
🟢 Fundamentally supported
Analyst upgrade — direction and rough magnitude are consistent with the identified fundamental catalyst.
How unusual is this move
σ score
1.9σ
vs own 20d volatility
Percentile
95th
of 1278 daily moves
Avg daily move
±0.9%
own 5y average
vs sector
+1.4%
beyond sector median
Today’s move is among the largest 5% of PEP’s daily moves over the last 5 years — while the sector moved +1.1% and the market -0.3%.
What happened after similar moves
80 similar up moves in PEP’s 5-year history:
After 5 days
-0.4%
44% higher
After 20 days
-1.0%
44% higher
Median of same-direction moves within ±35% magnitude band. Past patterns don’t predict outcomes — context, not signal.
Fundamental context
V 90G 30P 85H 61Q 87EW 40/65
Latest earnings: EPS surprise +0.9%, revenue +0.2% (2026-10-08)
Valuation context
P/E (TTM)
16.5
5y median 25.9
P/E percentile
1%
vs own 5y history
FCF yield
0.1%
Trading cheaper than 99% of its own historical valuation range.
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