Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. PepsiCo Inc shares valued at $3,988,780 were sold by Gallagher Marie T. on Mar 04 ’25. At $159.55 per share, Gallagher Marie T. sold 25,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 22,312 shares worth approximately $2.95 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, MARIE T GALLAGHER purchased 25,000 shares, netting a total of over 3,988,780 in proceeds.
Before that, Williams Steven C had sold 17,978 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,712,733, the CEO, North America traded PepsiCo Inc shares for $150.89 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 17,978 shares, worth approximately $16.17 million.
As published in a research note from BofA Securities on April 15, 2025, PepsiCo Inc [PEP] has been rated down from a Buy to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $155. Analysts at Barclays downgraded the stock from ‘”an Overweight”‘ to ‘”an Equal weight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid March. As of March 12, 2025, Jefferies has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for PEP. Earlier on January 07, 2025, Piper Sandler initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for PEP stock.
Analyzing PEP Stock Performance
On last trading session,, PepsiCo Inc [NASDAQ: PEP] rose 1.85% to $132.30. The stock’s lowest price that day was $129.745, but it reached a high of $132.33 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.91%. Over the course of the year, PepsiCo Inc shares have dropped approximately -12.99%.
Support And Resistance Levels for PepsiCo Inc (PEP)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 50.06 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is PepsiCo Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of PepsiCo Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by -3.08 million shares to 18.77 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 21.85 million shares. A decline of -16.41% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.23 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.23.
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In terms of PepsiCo Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 153 in the next 12 months, up nearly 17.78% from the previous closing price of $129.90. Analysts anticipate PepsiCo Inc stock to reach 168 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 140. In spite of this, 17 analysts ranked PepsiCo Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 12, 2024, Deutsche Bank assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $184.
