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PEP vs SAM

Side-by-side comparison of PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) and Boston Beer Company Inc. (SAM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both PEP and SAM operate in Beverages (Production/Distribution) (Consumer Staples), so they compete in similar markets.
  • PEP is the larger of the two at $238.74B, about 45.6x SAM ($5.23B).
  • Over the past year, PEP is up 16.2% and SAM is down 1.2% - PEP leads by 17.4 points.
  • PEP has been more active in the news (7 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for SAM).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformancePEP+16.23%SAM-1.18%
2025-04-28+0.00%2026-04-24
MetricPEPSAM
Company
PepsiCo Inc.
Boston Beer Company Inc.
Price
$155.43-0.20%
$235.31-1.98%
Market cap
$238.74B
$5.23B
1M return
+2.45%
+5.04%
1Y return
+16.23%
-1.18%
Industry
Beverages (Production/Distribution)
Beverages (Production/Distribution)
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
7
4
Recent ratings
25
25
PEP

PepsiCo Inc.

PepsiCo, Inc. operates as a food and beverage company worldwide. The company operates through seven segments: Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; PepsiCo Beverages North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and China Region. It offers branded dips, cheese-flavored snacks, and tortillas, as well as corn, potato, and tortilla chips; cereals, rice, pasta, mixes and syrups, granola bars, grits, oatmeal, rice cakes, simply granola, and side dishes; beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods; ready-to-drink tea, coffee, and juices; and dairy products. The company provides its products primarily under the Cheetos, Doritos, Fritos, Lay's, Ruffles, Tostitos, Aunt Jemima, Cap'n crunch, Life, Pasta Roni, Quaker Chewy, Quaker, Rice-A-Roni, Aquafina, Diet Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Propel, Sierra Mist, Tropicana, Emperador, Marias Gamesa, Rosquinhas Mabel, Sabritas, Saladitas, 7UP, Gatorade, H2oh!, Manzanita Sol, Mirinda, Pepsi, Pepsi Black, San Carlos, Toddy, Agusha, Chudo, and Domik v Derevne brands. It serves wholesale and other distributors, foodservice customers, grocery stores, drug stores, convenience stores, discount/dollar stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, hard discounters, e-commerce retailers and authorized independent bottlers, and others through a network of direct-store-delivery, customer warehouse, and distributor networks, as well as directly to consumers through e-commerce platforms and retailers. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

SAM

Boston Beer Company Inc.

The Boston Beer Company, Inc. produces and sells alcohol beverages primarily in the United States. The company's flagship beer is Samuel Adams Boston Lager. It offers various beers, hard ciders, and hard seltzers under the Samuel Adams, Twisted Tea, Truly Hard Seltzer, Angry Orchard, Dogfish Head, Angel City, Coney Island, Concrete Beach brand names. The company markets and sells its products to a network of approximately 400 wholesalers in the United States, as well as international wholesalers, importers, or other agencies that in turn sell to retailers, such as grocery stores, club stores, convenience stores, liquor stores, bars, restaurants, stadiums, and other retail outlets. It also sells in products in Canada, Europe, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, the Pacific Rim, Mexico, and Central and South America. The Boston Beer Company, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.