Is PepsiCo Stock Underperforming the S&P 500?

Purchase, New York-based PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells a variety of beverages and convenient foods. Valued at $198.9 billion by market cap, the company offers a variety of grain-based snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages, and foods under the brands Lay's, Doritos, Fritos, Tostitos, Cheetos, Life, Pearl Milling Company, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and more. Companies worth $10 billion or more are generally described as “large-cap stocks,” and P ...