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MetricPEPPEPSICO INCKOCOCA COLA COMNSTMonster Beverage CorpKDPKeurig Dr Pepper Inc.Median of the restexcluding PEP
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$134.70▲ 0.68 (0.51%)
$95.34▲ 2.66 (2.87%)
$47.30▲ 0.67 (1.44%)
$34.63▲ 0.17 (0.49%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.0/108.0/108.7/107.0/108.0/10
Market value$184.74B$410.06B$46.26B$47.05B
Revenue$93.92B$47.94B$8.29B$16.60B
Profit$8.24B$13.11B$1.91B$2.08B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.2.3%1.9%10.7%8.2%8.2%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.54.1%61.6%55.8%54.2%55.8%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.12.2%28.7%29.2%21.5%28.7%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.8.8%27.3%23.0%12.5%23.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.8.2%11.0%23.7%9.1%11.0%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.40.4%40.7%23.1%8.1%23.1%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.15.3%17.2%30.1%7.2%17.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.22.42x31.29x24.28x22.63x24.28x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.15.04x29.94x—14.88x22.41x
Price to book9.05x12.75x5.61x1.84x5.61x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.4.26x2.26x0.21x1.17x1.17x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/97/97/87/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafedistress

How PEP compares with the others

  • PEP's operating margin of 12.2% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (28.7%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 2.3% against 8.2%.
  • It trades at a P/E in line with the median of the other companies selected (22.4x against 24.3x).
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 4.3x against 1.2x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.