Pepsico (PEP) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Pepsico (PEP) reported Operating Margin of 16.53% for Q1 2026, up 211.0% year-over-year from 5.31% in Q1 2025, and up 36.32% quarter-over-quarter from 12.12% in Q4 2025.

Pepsico (PEP) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Pepsico (PEP) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 16.53% in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 16.53%, up 211.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.71% (down 123.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 12.24%, down 179.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin grew to 16.53% in Q1 2026 per PEP's latest filing, from 12.12% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 32.51% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 2.91% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 14.04% and a median of 14.89% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin jumped 1691 bps in 2022, then plunged 1778 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 2.91% in 2022, then surged by 108 bps to 6.04% in 2023, then jumped by 34 bps to 8.1% in 2024, then surged by 50 bps to 12.12% in 2025, then soared by 36 bps to 16.53% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PEP's Operating Margin at 16.53% in Q1 2026, 12.12% in Q4 2025, and 14.91% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Coca Cola 341.39 Bn 332.40 Bn 7.85 Bn 34.95%
2 Pepsico 194.25 Bn 183.58 Bn 10.73 Bn 16.53%
3 Monster Beverage 89.38 Bn 86.39 Bn 1.29 Bn 31.02%
4 Coca Cola Femsa Sab De Cv 87.89 Bn 86.38 Bn 1.89 Bn 12.73%
5 Keurig Dr Pepper 41.86 Bn 27.96 Bn 2.10 Bn 19.01%
6 Coca-Cola Consolidated 10.27 Bn 10.04 Bn 727.08 Mn 12.86%
7 Primo Brands 8.82 Bn 8.54 Bn 464.90 Mn 8.49%
8 Celsius Holdings 7.92 Bn 7.37 Bn 378.07 Mn 17.76%
9 Vita Coco Company 4.80 Bn 4.59 Bn 71.81 Mn 18.68%
10 National Beverage 3.40 Bn 3.09 Bn 99.60 Mn 19.33%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 21, 2026 16.53%
Dec 27, 2025 12.12%
Sep 6, 2025 14.91%
Jun 14, 2025 7.87%
Mar 22, 2025 14.41%
Dec 28, 2024 8.10%
Sep 7, 2024 16.60%
Jun 15, 2024 17.99%
Mar 23, 2024 14.89%
Dec 30, 2023 6.04%
Sep 9, 2023 17.12%
Jun 17, 2023 16.39%
Mar 25, 2023 14.73%
Dec 31, 2022 2.91%
Sep 3, 2022 15.26%
Jun 11, 2022 10.27%
Mar 19, 2022 32.51%
Dec 25, 2021 10.15%
Sep 4, 2021 15.65%
Jun 12, 2021 16.28%