For the quarter ended December 2025, PepsiCo (PEP) reported revenue of $29.34 billion, up 5.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.26, compared to $1.96 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $29 billion, representing a surprise of +1.18%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +1.09%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.24.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how PepsiCo performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Revenue- IB Franchise (International Beverages Franchise): $1.58 billion versus $1.55 billion estimated by four analysts on average.
- Net Revenue- EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa): $6.08 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $6.03 billion.
- Net Revenue- PBNA (PepsiCo Beverages North America): $8.2 billion versus $8.14 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3.7% change.
- Net Revenue- PFNA (PepsiCo Foods North America): $8.31 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $8.22 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +851.1%.
- Net Revenue- LatAm Foods: $3.68 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $3.58 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.2%.
- Net Revenue- Asia Pacific Foods: $1.49 billion versus $1.46 billion estimated by four analysts on average.
- Core Operating Profit, non-GAAP measure- PFNA: $1.91 billion compared to the $1.91 billion average estimate based on four analysts.
- Core Operating Profit, non-GAAP measure- PBNA: $721 million versus $729.64 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Core Operating Profit, non-GAAP measure- IB Franchise: $528 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $544.86 million.
- Core Operating Profit, non-GAAP measure- Corporate unallocated: $-738 million versus $-723.95 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Core Operating Profit, non-GAAP measure- LatAm Foods: $725 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $722.5 million.
- Core Operating Profit, non-GAAP measure- Asia Pacific Foods: $54 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $70.19 million.
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Shares of PepsiCo have returned +10.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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