Earnings Analysis: Pepsico (PEP)
Back on April 30 (yeah, I'm way behind), Pepsico announced their first quarter financial earnings for 2018. Earnings came in at $0.96, beating consensus by three cents and sales were $12.56B also ahead of analyst expectations of $12.35B. Finally, organic growth came in line with company guidance at 2.3%. In all, the quarter was solid. Maybe not perfect, but definitely solid. As has been the case for a couple quarters already, North American Beverages (NAB) under performed the overall company. There were operating and raw material inflation costs as well as some one-time bonus impacts. That said, NAB did improve performance quarter over quarter for the third quarter in a row. Guidance has been that this is the path they're on and that it will continue, so I see that as a positive at this point. There are worries among the analyst community about competition and pricing wars, particularly in the sports drink section, but management seems to have the facts to back up