PepsiCo betting that it can quench your thirst via cans

PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) is betting that it can quench your thirst just as effectively via cans rather than bottles. The company will begin packaging its Aquafina brand of water in aluminum cans for U.S. food service outlets next year. PepsiCo will also test the aluminum cans with retailers, the company announced last week.

The insider ownership percentage is the key indicator, can be used by investors, to measure the outlook of senior management has on their company. Insider ownership for the PEP is 0.10%. Institutional ownership refers to the ownership stake in a company that is held by large financial organizations, pension funds or endowments. The Institutional ownership for the PEP is 73.40%.

Insider trading is the buying or selling of any publicly traded company’s stock and this can be done by someone who has non-public, material information about that PEP. Insider trading can be illegal or legal depending on when the insider makes the trade. It is illegal when the material information is still non-public. The insider transactions of the company (6-month change in insider ownerships) for the PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) is -4.19%.

Institutional transactions is the amount of a PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP)’s available stock owned by mutual or pension funds, insurance companies, investment firms, private foundations, endowments or other large entities that actually manage the funds on the behalf of others, so its an interesting element for the traders to note it, and the Institutional ownership for the PEP is -0.53%.

A Consumer Goods sector firm, PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) stock edged up 0.42% on Tuesday and when day-trade ended the stock finally concluded at $132.43 and number of shares that changed hands during the day are 3.23 Million. The number of shares PEP stock currently held by all its shareholders are 1407.81 and floated shares, the number of shares are available for trading in an open market on last trading day are 1398.82. The average volume of shares for 3 months is 4158.56 and PEP stock value has moved between $104.28 – 135.13 in last one year.

The PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP)’s latest earnings date is 7/9/2019. The Gross margin is the difference between the revenue and the cost of goods sold (COGS), divided by revenue. In other words, Gross Margin is a percentage value, while Gross Profit is a monetary value. The valuable gross margin for PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) is 54.80% and the profit margin is 19.40% and the stock has gained 19.87% in 2019 to date.

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PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP)’s monthly stock performance is 2.67%, the quarterly performance is 8.83%, the half year performance is calculated as 19.87%. The yearly performance of PEP is 21.64%.

The higher the volatility, the riskier the security. For example, when the stock market rises and falls more than one percent over a sustained period of time, it is called a “volatile” market, if the stock price stays relatively stable, the security has low volatility. The PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) weekly volatility is measured as 1.02% and monthly volatility measured as 1.19%.

Return on assets (ROA) is a main indicator of how profitable a company is relative to its total assets. PEP return on assets is 16.50%, the return on equity (ROE) of the PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) is 102.50%, while the most important return on investment is calculates as a percentage and is typically used for personal financial decisions, and PEP return on investment is 28.70%.

The price to earnings ratio is 15.02, price to sales ratio is 2.87, and price to book ratio is 13.11, price to cash per share ration is 34.78, price to free cash flow is 97.87.

Analysts mean target price for PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) is $127.84 while analysts mean recommendation is 2.60. The current share price indicates that stock is -2.08% away from its one year high and is moving 26.69% ahead of its 52-week low. PEP’s distance from 20 day simple moving average is -0.13% and distance from 50-Day simple moving average is 2.03%.