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Last week, you might have seen that PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) released its quarterly result to the market. The early response was not positive, with shares down 5.9% to US$133 in the past week. Revenues were in line with forecasts, at US$18b, although statutory earnings per share came in 11% below what the analysts expected, at US$1.33 per share. This is an important time for investors, as they can track a company's performance in its report, look at what experts are forecasting for next year, and see if there has been any change to expectations for the business. So we gathered the latest post-earnings forecasts to see what estimates suggest is in store for next year.
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Taking into account the latest results, PepsiCo's 18 analysts currently expect revenues in 2025 to be US$91.9b, approximately in line with the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are predicted to rise 9.8% to US$7.50. In the lead-up to this report, the analysts had been modelling revenues of US$91.9b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$7.82 in 2025. So it looks like there's been a small decline in overall sentiment after the recent results - there's been no major change to revenue estimates, but the analysts did make a small dip in their earnings per share forecasts.
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It might be a surprise to learn that the consensus price target fell 5.2% to US$153, with the analysts clearly linking lower forecast earnings to the performance of the stock price. The consensus price target is just an average of individual analyst targets, so - it could be handy to see how wide the range of underlying estimates is. The most optimistic PepsiCo analyst has a price target of US$170 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at US$124. Analysts definitely have varying views on the business, but the spread of estimates is not wide enough in our view to suggest that extreme outcomes could await PepsiCo shareholders.
One way to get more context on these forecasts is to look at how they compare to both past performance, and how other companies in the same industry are performing. We would highlight that PepsiCo's revenue growth is expected to slow, with the forecast 0.5% annualised growth rate until the end of 2025 being well below the historical 7.0% p.a. growth over the last five years. Compare this against other companies (with analyst forecasts) in the industry, which are in aggregate expected to see revenue growth of 4.3% annually. So it's pretty clear that, while revenue growth is expected to slow down, the wider industry is also expected to grow faster than PepsiCo.