PepsiCo, Inc.
NASDAQPEP short interest climbs 20.5% over the past week to 1.84% of free float, driven by fresh positioning ahead of October 8 earnings.
PEP heads into its October 8 earnings report with the analyst community now openly souring, options traders still defensive, and short sellers holding positions built in a rush last week. The most notable development…
PEP has now collected four bearish signals in five days. The October 8 earnings date is shaping up as the focal point for a stock that has lost nearly 10% in a month and just absorbed its first major downgrade of the…
Snapshot as of 4 Oct 2026
Deutsche Bank downgraded PEP to Hold from Buy this morning. Analyst Steve Powers cut his price target 11% to $138 from $155. The stock sits at $128.63 — already $9.37 below the new target — after sliding 9.6% over the…
Why this matters: Three distinct signals — rising short interest, elevated options hedging, and a cost-to-borrow uptick — have converged on PEP in the same 48-hour window. The stock is down 11.4% over the past month.…
PEP enters the final stretch before its October 8 earnings call with options traders now running their most defensive posture in months — a signal that has grown sharper since last week's note, even as the stock found…
PEP has dropped 5% on the week to $129.75, its weakest level in several months, as options sentiment shifts more cautious and the Street sits firmly on the sidelines ahead of an October earnings test. The clearest…
PepsiCo arrives at its July 9 Q2 earnings release with the stock up sharply on the week, shorts sitting quietly, and a Street that spent the past two weeks cutting targets without changing its underlying bullish tilt —…
PepsiCo arrives at its July 9 Q2 earnings print with analysts uniformly trimming price targets yet refusing to downgrade — a rare moment where the tone of Wall Street and the direction of money tell opposite…
PEP heads into its July 9 Q2 earnings print carrying a notable divergence: short interest has jumped sharply over the past month, yet options traders have swung to their most bullish positioning of the past year. The…
PEP enters the week with a striking split between cautious fundamentals and the most bullish options positioning it has seen in twelve months. Options are the clearest standout right now. The put/call ratio has…
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