Quant Picks: Three Soda Companies to Add to Your Portfolio

With PepsiCo making a move to stop the bleeding of the nation's dipping diet soda sales, we decided to check TheStreet Quant Ratings for beverages stocks to invest in. The company's new diet soda will be in stores next week, and the beverage will be aspartame-free. Aspartame is one of the most popular artificial sweeteners. It's about 200 more times sweeter than sugar, so many companies use it for diet products to cut calories. Now, although the sweetener has been linked to cancer in the minds of some consumers, there is no definitive conclusion they are related. Consumers' health concerns about food safety could negatively impact company revenues, even though the science may not support those concerns. Here are some of the best soda stocks our algorithm says you should consider looking at. Number 3 is PepsiCo. With an 'A-' rating, the company's strengths can be seen in its solid stock price performance and expanding profit margins. 2nd is, Coca-Cola Company. This rating is also an 'A-.' Coca-Cola thrives in its increase in net income and notable return on equity. Number 1 is Dr Pepper Snapple Group. With an 'A' rating the company flourishes in its revenue growth and expanding profit margins. TheStreet Ratings are algorithmic stock picks based on 32 major data points. S&P 500 stocks rated 'buy' yielded a 16-and-a-half-percent return in 2014, beating the S&P 500 Total Return Index by more than 300 basis points. For the full reports on these stocks, you can check out TheStreet.com/QuantRatings.