AKO-A vs ABEV vs PEP Stock Comparison

Andina Bottling, Ambev and Pepsico Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AKO-A Andina Bottling Co Inc
$23.61 -9.1% 1M +17.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.72B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$978.34B
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
1 win
ABEV Ambev S.A.
$2.84 -2.4% 1M +29.7% 1Y
Market cap
$44.74B
P/E
14.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.68B
Div. yield
–
Brewers Consumer Staples
7 wins
PEP Pepsico Inc
$135.46 +5.3% 1M -10.6% 1Y
Market cap
$183.08B
P/E
16.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$98.24B
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Ambev leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Ambev 7, Pepsico 3, Andina Bottling 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAKO-AABEVPEPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.72B $44.74B $183.08B PEP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 0.0x 14.2x 16.8x ABEV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 14.9x 15.8x ABEV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.3% +4.1% +6.4% PEP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -19.6% 18.8% 11.1% ABEV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.9% 25.3% 16.1% ABEV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.7x -0.4x 2.2x ABEV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +17.2% +29.7% -10.6% ABEV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.0%/yr +1.2%/yr -3.4%/yr AKO-A
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 53.0% 36.0% 21.4% PEP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 69/100 64/100 ABEV

Percentile Scorecard

AKO-AABEVPEP

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

AxisAKO-AABEVPEP
Valuation 95 #3 of 38 87 #6 of 38 62 #15 of 38
Growth 13 #29 of 33 31 #23 of 33 59 #14 of 33
Profitability 53 #15 of 31 100 #1 of 31 87 #5 of 31
Financial Health 38 #24 of 38 81 #8 of 38 35 #25 of 38
Shareholder Returns – 46 #13 of 23 77 #6 of 23
Overall 50 69 64
  • AKO-A ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • ABEV ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • PEP ranked among 41 companies in Beverages

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAKO-AABEVPEPSPY
1 month -9.1%-2.4%+5.3% -0.8%
3 months +3.8%-7.8%-3.1% +3.5%
6 months +1.5%-1.7%-12.1% +7.0%
Year to date +1.3%+15.0%-5.6% +12.2%
1 year +17.2%+29.7%-10.6% +13.0%
3 years +141.4%+16.4%-15.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year +34.2%+5.2%-5.3% +23.1%
5 years +118.8%+6.0%-15.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year +17.0%+1.2%-3.4% +11.0%
10 years +8.0%-54.3%+26.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year +0.8%-7.5%+2.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAKO-AABEVPEPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 53.0%36.0%21.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 66.0%37.3%20.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.190.46-0.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.320.82-0.50 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -28.6%-46.2%-36.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.4%-17.2%-20.5% -1.8%
52-week high $26.96$3.43$170.49 $779.14
52-week low $20.29$2.18$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.

MultipleAKO-AABEVPEP
P/E now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 26.6x 14.1xmedian 26.6x 17.0xmedian 26.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 1.5x 2.7xmedian 1.5x 1.9xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 14.2x 7.3xmedian 14.2x 12.0xmedian 14.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 18.3x 7.4xmedian 18.3x 17.6xmedian 18.3x
P/B now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 2.6x 2.6xmedian 2.6x 8.2xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.09 4.09median 2.09 1.70median 2.09

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 monthsAKO-AABEVPEP
Revenue $978.34B $16.68B $98.24B
Gross profit $395.11B $8.66B $53.22B
Operating income $497.89B $4.53B $15.05B
Net income $105.38B $3.16B $10.97B
Free cash flow $799.73M $6.02B $10.47B
EPS (diluted) – $0.20 $7.97
Cash & equivalents $322.08B $3.21B $10.68B
Total debt $6.65T $2.67B $208.67B
Shares (diluted) – 15.68B 1.37B
Enterprise value -$985.18B $30.03B $140.84B

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
MetricAKO-AABEVPEP
P/E 0.0x 14.1x 17.0x
P/FCF 4.7x 7.4x 17.6x
P/Operating cash flow 5.1x 8.5x 12.7x
P/S 0.0x 2.7x 1.9x
P/B 0.0x 2.6x 8.2x
P/Tangible book 0.0x 3.0x 21.7x
EV/EBITDA 3.7x 7.3x 12.0x
EV/EBIT 3.7x 9.4x 15.0x
EV/Revenue 1.9x 2.5x 2.3x
EV/FCF 2,314x 7.0x 21.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 2,532x 8.0x 15.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 4.09 1.70

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAKO-AABEVPEP
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.3% 4.1% 6.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -34.1% 1.4% 2.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.4% 4.9% 6.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -33.4% 2.7% 2.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 14.7% 13.0% 47.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.3% 9.5% 10.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 5.6% 19.2% 50.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -16.9% 3.6% 9.4%
EPS growth (1Y) – -14.2% 51.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 3.5% 10.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 17.4% 14.3% 23.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -88.9% 9.6% 6.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -7.3% 11.2% 54.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -90.2% 4.9% 14.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAKO-AABEVPEP
Gross margin 40.4% 51.9% 54.2%
EBITDA margin 50.9% 34.6% 19.1%
Operating margin 50.9% 27.1% 15.3%
Pretax margin 13.8% 23.1% 14.0%
Net margin -19.6% 18.8% 11.1%
FCF margin 0.1% 36.1% 10.7%
Operating cash flow margin 0.1% 31.5% 14.8%
Return on equity 7.6% 18.4% 49.0%
Return on assets 3.0% 11.7% 9.8%
Return on invested capital 13.9% 25.3% 16.1%
Return on capital employed 17.2% 23.5% 19.4%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.6x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x 1.7x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAKO-AABEVPEP
Debt / assets 63.5% 4.1% 46.3%
Debt / equity 1.6x 0.1x 2.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.7x -0.4x 2.2x
Debt / FCF 2,774x 0.2x 5.0x
Liabilities / assets 61.1% 35.7% 79.9%
Equity / assets 38.9% 64.3% 20.1%
Interest coverage 30.2x 5.7x 13.6x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.0x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.5x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 1.38 4.09 3.48

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAKO-AABEVPEP
Dividend yield – 1.1% 4.3%
Net buyback yield – 1.2% 0.5%
Shareholder yield – 2.2% 4.7%
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.

ConsensusAKO-AABEVPEP
Forward P/E – 14.9xFY2026 15.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $0.19FY2026 $8.59FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +5.6%FY2026 +5.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +15.8% +3.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $18.71BFY2026 $96.43BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +8.2%FY2026 +2.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +0.1% +11.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAKO-AABEVPEP
Held by institutions 0.1% 6.7% 79.1%
Institutions holding 16 403 3,414
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.0% +0.9% +5.8%
Institutions buying 4 199 1,500
Institutions selling 5 131 1,515
Buyers to sellers 0.80 1.52 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.

AKO-AABEVPEP
AKO-A 1.00 0.06 0.05
ABEV 0.06 1.00 0.17
PEP 0.05 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AKO-A, ABEV and PEP?

Pepsico (PEP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Andina Bottling (AKO-A) $3.72B, Ambev (ABEV) $44.74B, Pepsico (PEP) $183.08B.

Which stock is cheaper, AKO-A, ABEV and PEP?

Ambev (ABEV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Andina Bottling (AKO-A) 0.0x, Ambev (ABEV) 14.2x, Pepsico (PEP) 16.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ambev (ABEV) is cheapest (Ambev (ABEV) 14.9x, Pepsico (PEP) 15.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Pepsico (PEP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Andina Bottling (AKO-A) +2.3%, Ambev (ABEV) +4.1%, Pepsico (PEP) +6.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ambev (ABEV) has the highest net margin (Andina Bottling (AKO-A) -19.6%, Ambev (ABEV) 18.8%, Pepsico (PEP) 11.1%). On return on invested capital, Ambev (ABEV) leads (Andina Bottling (AKO-A) 13.9%, Ambev (ABEV) 25.3%, Pepsico (PEP) 16.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ambev (ABEV) returned the most: Andina Bottling (AKO-A) +17.2%, Ambev (ABEV) +29.7%, Pepsico (PEP) -10.6%. Over five years, Andina Bottling (AKO-A) compounded fastest (Andina Bottling (AKO-A) +17.0%/yr, Ambev (ABEV) +1.2%/yr, Pepsico (PEP) -3.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pepsico (PEP) has been the steadiest (Andina Bottling (AKO-A) 53.0%, Ambev (ABEV) 36.0%, Pepsico (PEP) 21.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AKO-A, ABEV 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, Ambev (ABEV) leads on 7. 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.