BUDA vs PEP vs COKE Stock Comparison

Buda Juice, Pepsico and Coca-Cola Consolidated Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BUDA Buda Juice, Inc.
$6.62 -13.1% 1M
Market cap
$82.31M
P/E
29.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.56M
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
3 wins
PEP Pepsico Inc
$142.42 +13.3% 1M -0.3% 1Y
Market cap
$194.97B
P/E
17.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$98.24B
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Pepsico leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Pepsico 4, Coca-Cola Consolidated 4, Buda Juice 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBUDAPEPCOKELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $82.31M $194.97B $12.02B PEP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 29.0x 17.9x 20.6x PEP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 50.9x 16.6x 17.9x PEP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +6.4% +10.2% COKE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 19.5% 11.1% 7.5% BUDA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.5% 16.1% 35.9% COKE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 2.2x 1.7x BUDA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months — -0.3% +52.8% COKE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -3.0%/yr +36.3%/yr COKE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 69.0% 21.8% 37.8% PEP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 66/100 59/100 BUDA

Percentile Scorecard

BUDAPEPCOKE

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

AxisBUDAPEPCOKE
Valuation 42 #22 of 37 67 #13 of 37 89 #5 of 37
Growth – 59 #14 of 33 38 #21 of 33
Profitability 72 #10 of 33 88 #5 of 33 75 #9 of 33
Financial Health 97 #2 of 38 35 #25 of 38 24 #29 of 38
Shareholder Returns – 83 #5 of 25 71 #8 of 25
Overall 70 66 59
  • BUDA ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • PEP ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • COKE ranked among 41 companies in Beverages

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBUDAPEPCOKESPY
1 month -13.1%+13.3%+5.1% -1.0%
3 months -16.2%+2.6%+10.5% -0.4%
6 months -28.7%-8.7%-3.0% +4.5%
Year to date —-0.8%+33.2% +12.4%
1 year —-0.3%+52.8% +13.6%
3 years —-14.6%+212.7% +76.4%
3 years, per year —-5.1%+46.3% +20.8%
5 years —-14.2%+370.7% +63.7%
5 years, per year —-3.0%+36.3% +10.4%
10 years —+34.6%+1,352.6% +267.7%
10 years, per year —+3.0%+30.7% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureBUDAPEPCOKESPY
Volatility, 1Y 69.0%21.8%37.8% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 63.9%20.2%42.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.36-0.18-0.10 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y —-0.021.40 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.7%-36.9%-35.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -39.5%-16.5%-5.9% -1.6%
52-week high $10.94$170.49$216.91 $779.14
52-week low $6.60$123.73$133.59 $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.

MultipleBUDAPEPCOKE
P/E now vs peer median 29.3xmedian 28.2x 17.8xmedian 28.2x 19.8xmedian 28.2x
P/S now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 1.9x 2.0xmedian 1.9x 1.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 24.8xmedian 16.7x 12.5xmedian 16.7x 10.9xmedian 16.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 32.8xmedian 20.8x 18.5xmedian 20.8x 20.9xmedian 20.8x
P/B now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 2.6x 8.6xmedian 2.6x -34.0xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.48 1.79median 1.48 0.89median 1.48

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 monthsBUDAPEPCOKE
Revenue $14.56M $98.24B $7.79B
Gross profit $6.04M $53.22B $3.03B
Operating income $2.98M $15.05B $1.02B
Net income $2.84M $10.97B $583.49M
Free cash flow $2.53M $10.47B $552.19M
EPS (diluted) $0.22 $7.97 $8.76
Cash & equivalents – $10.68B $311.91M
Total debt $755.00K $51.88B $2.51B
Shares (diluted) 12.87M 1.37B 66.64M
Enterprise value $82.31M $152.73B $11.02B

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
MetricBUDAPEPCOKE
P/E 29.3x 17.8x 19.8x
P/FCF 32.8x 18.5x 20.9x
P/Operating cash flow 30.0x 13.3x 13.2x
P/S 5.7x 2.0x 1.5x
P/B 3.8x 8.6x -34.0x
P/Tangible book 3.8x 22.8x -10.5x
EV/EBITDA 24.8x 12.5x 10.9x
EV/EBIT 28.1x 15.6x 13.4x
EV/Revenue 5.8x 2.4x 1.8x
EV/FCF 33.1x 22.4x 24.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 30.3x 16.1x 15.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.79 0.89

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBUDAPEPCOKE
Revenue growth (1Y) – 6.4% 10.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 2.4% 5.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 6.8% 7.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 2.5% 5.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 47.7% 10.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 10.6% 7.3%
Net income growth (1Y) – 50.8% -4.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 9.4% 9.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 51.4% 24.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 10.0% 22.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 23.9% -2.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 6.3% 2.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 54.3% -7.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.7% 0.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBUDAPEPCOKE
Gross margin 41.5% 54.2% 38.9%
EBITDA margin 23.2% 19.1% 16.2%
Operating margin 20.5% 15.3% 13.1%
Pretax margin 22.9% 14.0% 10.2%
Net margin 19.5% 11.1% 7.5%
FCF margin 17.4% 10.7% 7.1%
Operating cash flow margin 19.0% 14.8% 11.2%
Return on equity 13.3% 49.0% –
Return on assets 12.1% 9.8% 12.9%
Return on invested capital 11.5% 16.1% 35.9%
Return on capital employed 13.6% 19.4% 31.4%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.9x 1.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 1.3x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.3% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBUDAPEPCOKE
Debt / assets 3.2% 46.3% 54.7%
Debt / equity 0.0x 2.3x -7.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 2.2x 1.7x
Debt / FCF 0.3x 5.0x 4.6x
Liabilities / assets 9.1% 79.9% 107.4%
Equity / assets 90.9% 20.1% -7.4%
Interest coverage – 13.6x –
Current ratio 15.2x 0.9x 1.3x
Quick ratio – 0.7x 0.3x
Cash ratio – 0.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 25.13 3.54 3.81

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBUDAPEPCOKE
Dividend yield – 4.1% 0.5%
Net buyback yield – 0.4% 22.7%
Shareholder yield – 4.5% 23.2%
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.

ConsensusBUDAPEPCOKE
Forward P/E 50.9xFY2026 16.6xFY2026 17.9xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $0.13FY2026 $8.59FY2026 $11.38FY2027
EPS growth, next FY -35.0%FY2026 +5.5%FY2026 +42.6%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +61.5% +3.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $17.76MFY2026 $96.43BFY2026 $9.03BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +40.8%FY2026 +2.7%FY2026 +24.9%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +23.3% +11.4% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBUDAPEPCOKE
Held by institutions – 79.1% 62.2%
Institutions holding – 3,420 612
Change in shares held, QoQ – +5.8% +11.8%
Institutions buying – 1,503 323
Institutions selling – 1,518 184
Buyers to sellers – 0.99 1.76

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.

BUDAPEPCOKE
BUDA 1.00 -0.02 -0.08
PEP -0.02 1.00 0.27
COKE -0.08 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BUDA, PEP and COKE?

Pepsico (PEP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Buda Juice (BUDA) $82.31M, Pepsico (PEP) $194.97B, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) $12.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, BUDA, PEP and COKE?

Pepsico (PEP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Buda Juice (BUDA) 29.0x, Pepsico (PEP) 17.9x, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) 20.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pepsico (PEP) is cheapest (Buda Juice (BUDA) 50.9x, Pepsico (PEP) 16.6x, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) 17.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Pepsico (PEP) +6.4%, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) +10.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Buda Juice (BUDA) has the highest net margin (Buda Juice (BUDA) 19.5%, Pepsico (PEP) 11.1%, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) 7.5%). On return on invested capital, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) leads (Buda Juice (BUDA) 11.5%, Pepsico (PEP) 16.1%, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) 35.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) returned the most: Pepsico (PEP) -0.3%, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) +52.8%. Over five years, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) compounded fastest (Pepsico (PEP) -3.0%/yr, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) +36.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pepsico (PEP) has been the steadiest (Buda Juice (BUDA) 69.0%, Pepsico (PEP) 21.8%, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) 37.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BUDA, PEP and COKE?

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 4. 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.