How is PepsiCo Balancing Volume Declines With Pricing Gains?
Simultaneously, PepsiCo is pursuing intelligent reinvestment strategies that balance affordability with profitability. Rather than indiscriminately slashing prices, management is leveraging data and advanced tools to optimize promotions and product sizes according to income cohorts and time-of-month spending behaviors. Smaller packs and value-priced options are being prioritized to maintain consumer frequency, while operational efficiencies, such as improved field execution, SAP-driven visibility and cost-rightsizing, are being accelerated to free up funds for reinvestment.
PepsiCo's broader strategy also includes portfolio transformation and expansion into high-growth segments, especially internationally. While FLNA has seen subdued volume trends, international markets have shown resilience, helping to offset domestic pressure. The company expects mid- to high-single-digit growth from markets like India and Brazil, with incremental profitability and scale. This two-pronged approach is mitigating volume losses with pricing and strategic reinvestment. Meanwhile, leaning on international momentum positions PepsiCo to preserve margins and drive long-term sustainable growth despite near-term headwinds.
PEP's Competitors: KO & MDLZ's Smart Moves
The Coca-Cola Company KO and Mondelez International, Inc. MDLZ are the key beverage companies competing with PepsiCo in the global arena.
As PepsiCo's primary global rival in the beverage sector, Coca-Cola competes directly across carbonated soft drinks, bottled water, juices and ready-to-drink teas. While PepsiCo has a robust food and snack division (Frito-Lay), Coca-Cola's strength lies in its beverage-focused portfolio and dominant global brand recognition, particularly in the cola category.
In the snack and convenience foods space, Mondelez is a major competitor to PepsiCo's Frito-Lay segment. Mondelez owns popular global brands like Oreo, Ritz and Cadbury, and competes in categories such as biscuits, crackers and chocolate. Both companies vie for market share in snacking occasions and are focused on innovation, affordability and international expansion.
PEP's Price Performance, Valuation & Estimates
Shares of PepsiCo have lost 11.6% year to date against the industry 's growth of 7%.
From a valuation standpoint, PEP trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 17.09X, below the industry's average of 18.47X.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for PEP's 2025 earnings implies a year-over-year decline of 3.6%, whereas its 2026 earnings estimate suggests a year-over-year uptick of 5.3%. The estimates for 2025 and 2026 have been unchanged in the past seven days.
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