⚡ Asset Showdown Engine

KO vs PEP

Head-to-head financial comparison for Coca-Cola Co (KO) and PepsiCo Inc (PEP).

🏆 Showdown Verdict

KO leads PEP in 11 of 17 key financial metrics.

KO: 11 wins · PEP: 6 wins
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. · Beverages

KO

Coca-Cola Co
$92.67
-0.90%
After hours
52-Week Range 94.7% of High
Low: $67.27 High: $94.10
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Profitability Winner Higher Operating & Net Margins
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Income Winner Higher Dividend Yield
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Performance Winner Higher Historical Returns
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Scale Leader Larger Market Cap
NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET · Beverages

PEP

PepsiCo Inc
$92.67
-0.90%
🌆 After hours
🌆 After-Hours: $92.75 (+0.08%)
52-Week Range 94.7% of High
Low: $67.27 High: $94.10
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Profitability Winner Higher Operating & Net Margins
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Income Winner Higher Dividend Yield
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Performance Winner Higher Historical Returns
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Scale Leader Larger Market Cap
NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET · Beverages

PEP

PepsiCo Inc
$134.69
+0.51%
🌆 After hours
🌆 After-Hours: $134.70 (0.00%)
52-Week Range 23.4% of High
Low: $123.47 High: $171.48
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Valuation Winner Lower P/E & Multiples

Normalized % Return Comparison

Both assets indexed to 0.0% at the period start: ((Price_t - Price_0) / Price_0 * 100)

Benchmark:
KO (Coca-Cola Co) +40.79%
PEP (PepsiCo Inc) -8.21%
KO leads by +49.00%
-24.5%-5.5%+13.4%+32.4%+51.4% Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Jul '26Oct '26

Metric-by-Metric Breakdown

Direct quantitative comparison across valuation, margins, growth, and returns.

Financial Metric KO PEP Showdown Advantage
Valuation & Multiples
Price Current market price per share / unit $92.67 $134.69 —
Market Capitalization Total aggregate market value of equity $400.74B $182.86B 👑 KO Larger
P/E Ratio (Trailing TTM) Price-to-earnings multiple (lower positive is cheaper) 27.99x 16.82x 👑 PEP Cheaper
Forward P/E Price-to-projected next year earnings multiple 25.56x 14.80x 👑 PEP Lower
PEG Ratio P/E divided by earnings growth rate (<1.0 considered undervalued) 3.36 3.05 👑 PEP Lower
Price to Sales (P/S) Price relative to trailing revenue 7.99x 1.87x 👑 PEP Lower
Price to Book (P/B) Stock price relative to book equity per share 10.01x 8.43x 👑 PEP Lower
Profitability & Margins
Gross Profit Margin Gross revenue retained after cost of goods sold 61.89% 54.33% 👑 KO Higher
Operating Margin Operating income generated per dollar of revenue 30.35% 15.04% 👑 KO Higher
Net Profit Margin Net bottom-line profit generated per dollar of revenue 28.56% 11.09% 👑 KO Higher
Return on Equity (ROE) Net income earned per dollar of shareholders' equity 42.99% 50.57% 👑 PEP Higher
Historical Performance & Growth
Revenue Growth (YoY) Year-over-year top-line revenue expansion rate +6.74% +5.59% 👑 KO Higher
1-Month % Return Historical total price return over the past 30 days +5.49% +0.28% 👑 KO Higher
6-Month % Return Historical total price return over the past 180 days +20.01% -12.65% 👑 KO Higher
1-Year % Return Historical total price return over the past 52 weeks +40.79% -8.21% 👑 KO Higher
5-Year % Return Historical total price return over 5 years +97.00% -0.97% 👑 KO Higher
Dividends & Risk
Dividend Yield Annual dividend distributions relative to current price 3.14% 2.99% 👑 KO Higher
Beta (Volatility vs S&P 500) Market sensitivity (1.0 = equal to market, <1.0 = lower volatility) 0.29 0.34 —
52-Week High & Low Extreme trading boundaries over trailing year $67.27 – $94.10 $123.47 – $171.48 —