PepsiCo Inc (PEP): Today's Featured Food & Beverage Winner

PepsiCo was a winner within the food & beverage industry, rising $1.22 (1.4%) to $85.24 on heavy volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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PepsiCo

(

PEP

) pushed the Food & Beverage industry higher today making it today's featured food & beverage winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.4%. By the end of trading, PepsiCo rose $1.22 (1.4%) to $85.24 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 7,227,879 shares of PepsiCo exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4,792,300 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $83.93-$85.51 after having opened the day at $84.05 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $84.02. Other companies within the Food & Beverage industry that increased today were:

Leading Brands

(

LBIX

), up 12.7%,

Monster Beverage

(

MNST

), up 3.5%,

China New Borun Corporation

(

BORN

), up 3.3% and

Le Gaga Holdings

(

GAGA

), up 3.3%.

PepsiCo, Inc. operates as a food and beverage company worldwide. PepsiCo has a market cap of $131.0 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are up 22.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate PepsiCo a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

PepsiCo

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations, increase in stock price during the past year and reasonable valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

On the negative front,

Castle Brands Incorporated

(

ROX

), down 5.0%,

China Marine Food Group

(

CMFO

), down 4.0%,

American Lorain

(

ALN

), down 3.4% and

Limoneira

(

LMNR

), down 2.5% , were all laggards within the food & beverage industry with

Mead Johnson Nutrition Company

(

MJN

) being today's food & beverage industry laggard.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the food & beverage industry could consider

PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage

(

PBJ

) while those bearish on the food & beverage industry could consider

PowerShares DB Agriculture Sht ETN

(

ADZ

).

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