PepsiCo Inc.

New York symbol PEP, is the world’s second-largest maker of soft drinks after Coca-Cola. Other businesses include Frito-Lay snack foods, Tropicana fruit juices and Quaker Oats.

This multinational maker of beverage and food cans is focused on acquisitions and has taken on high debt to accelerate its growth
PEPSICO INC. $112 (Nasdaq symbol PEP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $156.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.5; Dividend yield: 3.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.pepsico.com) will now buy SodaStream International Inc....
PepsiCo’s $3.2 billion U.S. takeover bid for SodaStream International Ltd.—maker of the world’s leading home carbonation system—highlights growing consolidation in the food-and-beverage industry.


Big players are eager to spur growth—either by swapping their sugary offerings for more healthful trendy treats or by gobbling up and then streamlining smaller competitors....
A: Crown Holdings, $42.61, symbol CCK on New York (Shares outstanding: 135.2 million; Market cap: $5.7 billion; www.crowncork.com), formerly Crown Cork & Seal Company, is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of metal beverage and food cans, metal aerosol containers, metal closures and specialty packaging....
PEPSICO INC. $106 (Nasdaq symbol PEP; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $148.4 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.pepsico.com) is the world’s second-largest soft-drink maker after Coca-Cola....
The shares of PepsiCo and Molson Coors have dropped recently, partly because consumers continue to shift to more-healthful drinks. However, companies should benefit from their cost-cutting plans and lower taxes.


PEPSICO INC. $100 (New York symbol PEP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $140.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; Dividend yield: 3.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.pepsico.com) is the world’s second-largest soft-drink maker after Coca-Cola....
BEMIS COMPANY INC. $45 (New York symbol BMS; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 92.0 million; Market cap: $4.1 billion; Dividend yield: 2.8%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.bemis.com) is a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of food packaging for companies such as PepsiCo and Colgate-Palmolive.


In the fourth quarter, ended December 31, 2017, Bemis’s revenue increased 1.6%, to $1.0 billion from $988.0 million a year earlier....
A: Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF, $161.83, symbol VCR on New York, aims to track the MSCI US Investable Market Consumer Discretionary 25/50 Index. That index follows U.S. consumer discretionary companies. Those firms, in the manufacturing and service industries, are highly sensitive to economic cycles....
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PEPSICO INC. $108 (Nasdaq symbol PEP; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $151.2 billion; Dividend yield: 3.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.pepsico.com) is the world’s second-largest softdrink maker after Coca-Cola....