Why PepsiCo Stock Tanked Today
On Tuesday, (NASDAQ: PEP) didn't provide much of a sugary, caffeinated buzz for its shareholders. It wasn't directly the company's fault, as the key reason for the dip was an analyst's recommendation downgrade. This pushed the stock down by nearly 3% in price, a notably steeper drop than the 0.2% decline of the S 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC).
The researcher behind the downgrade was top U.S. lender Bank of America, in the person of pundit Bryan Spillane. He changed his view of PepsiCo from buy to neutral, and cut his price target to $155 per share from his former level of $185.
According to reports, Spillane was particularly concerned about an important pillar of the company's business. He wrote that PepsiCo, which specializes in both beverages and snacks (unlike its drinks-only archrival Coca-Cola) is suffering from market share declines in the latter category.
Source Fool.com
PepsiCo Inc. Stock
Currently there is a rather positive sentiment for PepsiCo Inc. with 31 Buy predictions and 5 Sell predictions.
As a result the target price of 147 € shows a positive potential of 20.89% compared to the current price of 121.6 € for PepsiCo Inc..
