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PepsiCo PEP Interest coverage

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8.8×+1.9×
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6.6×-0.4×
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6.4×+2.7×
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5.2×-3.3×
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-6.1×-9.5×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$19.4B+8.5%
Gross profit$10.7B+7.4%
Operating income$3.2B+24.4%
Net income$2.3B+26.9%
EPS (diluted)$1.70+27.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$10.6B+26.8%
Total debt$52.7B+8.7%
Total equity$21.4B+16.3%
Total assets$110.65B+8.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$41.0M+104%
CapEx$447.0M-25.9%
Free cash flow-$406.0M+74.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$193.52B+3.2%
Enterprise value$235.7B+3.5%
P/E22.2×+2.2×
P/S0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin54.1%-0.7pp
Operating margin12.7%-1.2pp
Net margin9.1%-1.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity43.9%-6.1pp
Debt / equity2.5×-0.2×
Current ratio0.9×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from PepsiCo’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: PepsiCo’s 10-Q, filed April 16, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is PepsiCo's interest coverage?
PepsiCo (PEP) reported interest coverage of 10.5× in Q1 2026.
How has PepsiCo's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
PepsiCo's interest coverage decreased by 19.4% year-over-year, from 13× to 10.5×.
What is the long-term trend for PepsiCo's interest coverage?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), PepsiCo's interest coverage has grown at a 4.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 36.5× to 43.4×.
What does interest coverage mean?
How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
How do you interpret interest coverage?
Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
How does interest coverage compare across companies?
Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.