ABT vs MDLZ vs PEP Stock Comparison

Abbott Laboratories, Mondelez International and Pepsico Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ABT Abbott Laboratories
$102.67 +1.7% 1M -18.9% 1Y
Market cap
$177.66B
P/E
38.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$48.23B
Div. yield
2.45%
Medical Devices Healthcare
1 win
PEP Pepsico Inc
$132.63 +3.2% 1M -11.7% 1Y
Market cap
$180.74B
P/E
16.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$98.24B
Div. yield
4.37%
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
9 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Pepsico leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Pepsico 9, Mondelez International 2, Abbott Laboratories 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABTMDLZPEPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $177.66B $78.97B $180.74B PEP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.0x 22.6x 16.6x PEP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.0x 21.3x 15.4x PEP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.0% +6.9% +6.4% ABT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 8.9% 11.1% PEP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 7.2% 16.1% PEP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.4x 2.2x PEP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.45% 3.26% 4.37% PEP
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -18.9% +2.8% -11.7% MDLZ
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.4%/yr +0.4%/yr -3.9%/yr MDLZ
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.4% 23.9% 21.3% PEP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 49/100 65/100 PEP

Percentile Scorecard

ABTMDLZPEP

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisABTMDLZPEP
Valuation 73 #62 of 227 36 #29 of 45 62 #15 of 38
Growth 17 #181 of 219 61 #17 of 42 59 #14 of 33
Profitability – 82 #8 of 40 87 #5 of 31
Financial Health – 44 #27 of 47 39 #23 of 37
Shareholder Returns 90 #15 of 135 20 #25 of 31 77 #6 of 23
Overall 60 49 65
  • ABT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • MDLZ ranked among 48 companies in Branded Foods
  • PEP ranked among 41 companies in Beverages

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodABTMDLZPEPSPY
1 month +1.7%+2.8%+3.2% +0.9%
3 months -5.0%-4.8%-7.6% +5.9%
6 months +12.4%+1.4%-14.6% +8.5%
Year to date -18.1%+14.9%-7.6% +13.3%
1 year -18.9%+2.8%-11.7% +12.4%
3 years +10.6%-4.8%-16.9% +88.1%
3 years, per year +3.4%-1.6%-6.0% +23.5%
5 years -20.3%+1.9%-17.9% +68.2%
5 years, per year -4.4%+0.4%-3.9% +11.0%
10 years +159.7%+36.9%+23.9% +263.4%
10 years, per year +10.0%+3.2%+2.2% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureABTMDLZPEPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.4%23.9%21.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.5%22.5%20.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.01-0.28-0.19 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.690.12-0.55 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.6%-34.3%-36.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -21.4%-5.1%-22.2% -0.9%
52-week high $130.59$65.19$170.49 $779.14
52-week low $82.56$51.51$123.73 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleABTMDLZPEP
P/E now vs peer median 38.0xmedian 28.8x 22.6xmedian 22.2x 16.6xmedian 26.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 3.0x 2.0xmedian 0.7x 1.8xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.4x 16.9xmedian 12.2x 11.8xmedian 17.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.3xmedian 25.7x 25.8xmedian 13.4x 17.3xmedian 18.5x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.4x 3.0xmedian 1.6x 8.0xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median -12.79median 1.03 -6.88median 0.56 1.67median 2.10

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsABTMDLZPEP
Revenue $48.23B $39.68B $98.24B
Gross profit – $12.36B $53.22B
Operating income $6.65B $4.45B $15.05B
Net income – $3.53B $10.97B
Free cash flow – $3.06B $10.47B
R&D $3.31B – –
EPS (diluted) $2.70 $2.73 $7.97
Cash & equivalents – $1.72B $10.68B
Total debt – $21.45B $208.67B
Shares (diluted) 1.74B 1.29B 1.37B
Enterprise value $177.66B $72.29B $138.70B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricABTMDLZPEP
P/E 38.0x 22.6x 16.6x
P/FCF 22.3x 25.8x 17.3x
P/Operating cash flow – 17.8x 12.4x
P/S 3.7x 2.0x 1.8x
P/B – 3.0x 8.0x
P/Tangible book – 11.0x 21.2x
EV/EBITDA – 16.9x 11.8x
EV/EBIT – 22.2x 14.7x
EV/Revenue 3.7x 2.5x 2.3x
EV/FCF – 32.2x 21.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 22.2x 15.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -12.79 -6.88 1.67

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABTMDLZPEP
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.0% 6.9% 6.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.5% 5.1% 2.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 2.3% 6.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -0.4% 2.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -13.8% -3.6% 47.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 3.5% 0.1% 10.6%
Net income growth (1Y) – -3.4% 50.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -5.2% 9.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -66.2% -2.5% 51.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.0% -3.3% 10.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 6.5% 23.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 4.3% 6.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 7.6% 54.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 1.9% 14.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABTMDLZPEP
Gross margin – 31.1% 54.2%
EBITDA margin – 14.7% 19.1%
Operating margin – 11.2% 15.3%
Pretax margin – 10.8% 14.0%
Net margin – 8.9% 11.1%
FCF margin – 7.7% 10.7%
Operating cash flow margin – 11.2% 14.8%
Return on equity – 13.5% 49.0%
Return on assets – 5.0% 9.8%
Return on invested capital – 7.2% 16.1%
Return on capital employed – 9.0% 19.4%
Asset turnover – 0.6x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.3% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABTMDLZPEP
Debt / assets – 30.1% 46.3%
Debt / equity – 0.8x 2.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.4x 2.2x
Debt / FCF – 7.0x 5.0x
Liabilities / assets – 62.5% 79.9%
Equity / assets – 37.5% 20.1%
Interest coverage – – 13.6x
Current ratio – 0.6x 0.9x
Quick ratio – 0.3x 0.7x
Cash ratio – 0.1x 0.3x
Altman Z-score – 2.41 3.45

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABTMDLZPEP
Dividend yield 2.5% 3.3% 4.4%
Net buyback yield – 1.2% 0.5%
Shareholder yield 2.5% 4.5% 4.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusABTMDLZPEP
Forward P/E 18.0xFY2026 21.3xFY2026 15.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.69FY2026 $2.91FY2026 $8.59FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.5%FY2026 -0.3%FY2026 +5.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.4% +20.6% +3.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $53.00BFY2026 $42.89BFY2026 $96.43BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.5%FY2026 +11.4%FY2026 +2.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.2% -9.9% +11.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABTMDLZPEP
Held by institutions 79.2% 86.4% 79.1%
Institutions holding 2,980 1,902 3,416
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.3% +3.3% +5.8%
Institutions buying 1,260 851 1,502
Institutions selling 1,377 756 1,515
Buyers to sellers 0.92 1.13 0.99

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ABTMDLZPEP
ABT 1.00 0.31 0.32
MDLZ 0.31 1.00 0.56
PEP 0.32 0.56 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABT, MDLZ and PEP?

Pepsico (PEP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) $177.66B, Mondelez International (MDLZ) $78.97B, Pepsico (PEP) $180.74B.

Which stock is cheaper, ABT, MDLZ and PEP?

Pepsico (PEP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 38.0x, Mondelez International (MDLZ) 22.6x, Pepsico (PEP) 16.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pepsico (PEP) is cheapest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 18.0x, Mondelez International (MDLZ) 21.3x, Pepsico (PEP) 15.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) +10.0%, Mondelez International (MDLZ) +6.9%, Pepsico (PEP) +6.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pepsico (PEP) has the highest net margin (Mondelez International (MDLZ) 8.9%, Pepsico (PEP) 11.1%). On return on invested capital, Pepsico (PEP) leads (Mondelez International (MDLZ) 7.2%, Pepsico (PEP) 16.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Mondelez International (MDLZ) returned the most: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -18.9%, Mondelez International (MDLZ) +2.8%, Pepsico (PEP) -11.7%. Over five years, Mondelez International (MDLZ) compounded fastest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -4.4%/yr, Mondelez International (MDLZ) +0.4%/yr, Pepsico (PEP) -3.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Pepsico (PEP) has the highest dividend yield: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 2.45%, Mondelez International (MDLZ) 3.26%, Pepsico (PEP) 4.37%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pepsico (PEP) has been the steadiest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 27.4%, Mondelez International (MDLZ) 23.9%, Pepsico (PEP) 21.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ABT, MDLZ and PEP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Pepsico (PEP) leads on 9. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.