What smart money is saying about PepsiCo
2 funds in our archive have pitched PepsiCo — most recently Guinness Global Equity Income Fund in July 2026.
PepsiCo, Inc. is a global enterprise that creates, promotes, and supplies a diverse array of drinks and easy-to-prepare food items across the globe. Its operations are structured into seven primary divisions: Frito-Lay North America, Quaker Foods North America, PepsiCo Beverages North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa/Middle East/South Asia, and the Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and China Region. The company's extensive product catalog encompasses popular snack foods like various dips, cheese snacks, spreads, and a range of chips (including corn, potato, and tortilla varieties). Its pantry staples feature cereals, rice, pasta, baking mixes, beverage syrups, granola bars, grits, oatmeal, rice cakes, and ready-made side dishes. In the beverage sector, PepsiCo offers concentrated syrups, fountain beverages, pre-packaged drinks, ready-to-consume teas, coffees, fruit juices, dairy-based items, and home carbonation systems with associated goods. PepsiCo reaches its broad clientele, which includes wholesale partners, food service providers, various retail outlets like supermarkets, pharmacies, convenience shops, discount stores, large-format retailers, membership-based stores, hard discount retailers, online merchants, and approved independent bottlers. This widespread distribution is achieved via direct store delivery, customer warehouse systems, and comprehensive distributor networks, along with direct sales to consumers through digital commerce channels and retail partners. Established in 1898, the corporation maintains its principal office in Purchase, New York.
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Position history
Between Q1 2025 and Q3 2026, 7 fund letters reported a position in PepsiCo — 1 opened or added to the position.
| Quarter | Letters | Bought | Sold | Theses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Q2 2026 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Fund activity · 7 positions · 1 move
- July 2026
“PepsiCo (-11.9% USD) – the Fund’s second bottom performer over the period”
Read the letterPepsiCo - June 2026
“PepsiCo (-9.0% USD) was the Fund's weakest performer in May.”
Read the letterPepsiCo - June 2026
“We added to the portfolio’s holdings in Intuit, Lowe’s, Medtronic, Meta (Facebook), Nike, PepsiCo, TE Connectivity, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Tyson Foods.”
Read the letterPepsiCo - June 2026
“PepsiCo Inc Elect Michelle D. Gass - against: We voted against this nominee who serves as Chair of the E&S Committee. While the company acknowledges significant potential harms related to supply chain labour standards, workplace safety, product safety, and operations in high risk markets, it provides limited evidence of systematic human rights risk assessment, supplier monitoring, remediation mechanisms, or board level oversight specific to human rights.”
Read the letterPepsiCo - June 2026
“PepsiCo Inc Elect Michelle D. Gass - against: We voted against this nominee who serves as Chair of the E&S Committee.”
Read the letterPepsiCo - June 2026
“PepsiCo Inc Elect Michelle D. Gass - against: We voted against this nominee who serves as Chair of the E&S Committee.”
Read the letterPepsiCo - June 2026
“Stocks in our portfolio affected – Capital One Financial (COF) , Crown Holdings (CCK) , LYFT, Sonoco Products (SON) , Deckers Outdoor (DECK) , J.M. Smucker (SJM) , Trimas (TRS) , Pepsi (PEP) , LULU.”
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Also mentioned · 2
These funds discuss PepsiCo — as a competitor, benchmark or comparable — without disclosing a position in it.
- MentionedGuinness Global Innovators FundAugust 2026
“PepsiCo Executive Vice President & CFO, Stephen T. Schmitt: “So if you step back, the company in the first half reported almost 7% revenue growth.”
Read the letterPepsiCo - June 2026
“Notable votes PepsiCo Inc Elect Michelle D. Gass - against: We voted against this nominee who serves as Chair of the E&S Committee.”
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Fund coverage · 2 theses
- Guinness Global Equity Income FundJuly 2026
PepsiCo offers improving North American volume trends, a compounding international business and an attractive valuation with a strong dividend.
Read the full thesis - Matrix Asset AdvisorsMarch 2025
PepsiCo is a well-managed snack and beverage company with steady earnings and dividend growth, presenting a good investment opportunity at a 3.6% dividend yield amidst market volatility.
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