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Morgan Stanley analysts downgrades an Equal-weight rating for PepsiCo Inc (PEP)

In a filing, PepsiCo Inc revealed its EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec Flavell David unloaded Company’s shares for reported $1.19 million on May 10 ’24. In the deal valued at $179.86 per share,6,628 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Flavell David now holds 36,264 shares worth roughly $6.09 million.

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Then, Krishnan Ramkumar sold 5,620 shares, generating $1,000,360 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $178.00, the CEO, PBNA now owns 53,953 shares.

Before that, Krishnan Ramkumar sold 4,563 shares. PepsiCo Inc shares valued at $750,340 were divested by the CEO, PBNA at a price of $164.44 per share. As a result of the transaction, Krishnan Ramkumar now holds 59,573 shares, worth roughly $10.01 million.

Morgan Stanley downgraded its PepsiCo Inc [PEP] rating to an Equal-weight from a an Overweight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including DZ Bank’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in mid July from “a Buy” to “a Hold”. TD Cowen also remained covering PEP and reiterated its “Buy” recommendation on July 03, 2024. Exane BNP Paribas started covering the stock on June 24, 2024. It rated PEP as “a Neutral”.

Price Performance Review of PEP

On Friday, PepsiCo Inc [NASDAQ:PEP] saw its stock fall -0.33% to $167.97. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -1.19%. PepsiCo Inc shares have fallen nearly -1.10% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -0.56% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $183.41 was reached on 05/16/24, a 52-week low of $155.83 was recorded on 07/11/24. SMA at 50 days reached $173.80, while 200 days put it at $170.80.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For PEP Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 167.03, which if violated will result in even more drops to 166.08. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 168.71. A further resistance level may holdings at 169.44. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 34.54, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -2.50, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 89.80%. Stochastics %K at 10.25% indicates the stock is a buying.

How much short interest is there in PepsiCo Inc?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in PepsiCo Inc stocks on 2024-09-13, growing by 1.89 million shares to a total of 18.0 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-08-15 was 16.12 million shares. There was a rise of 10.47%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.

The most recent change occurred on April 05, 2024 when Jefferies resumed its ‘”a Buy”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $209.

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