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PEP's U.S. foods business is regaining volume growth as affordability moves and portfolio changes take hold, but staying power remains the key test.

Coca-Cola stock has delivered a 75.6% total return over the past 5 years, yet current valuation checks suggest it no longer looks like a clear bargain. The latest Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) intrinsic value estimate sits close to the share price, while the broader metrics lean slightly expensive. Coca-Cola has returned 75.6% over 5 years, which puts extra focus on whether today’s price already reflects investors’ optimism. The company’s role as a long term holding for large institutional...

KO's second-quarter revenue growth leans on stronger volumes, as organic revenues rise 6% and unit case volume gains 5% versus just a 2% rally from price/mix.

While the rest of the market chased AI headlines and flinched at every tariff rumor, three famously unglamorous stocks kept raising their dividends and quietly compounding wealth. Here is why August may be the right moment to pay attention.

Celsius Holdings shares have cratered nearly 40% this year, shrinking its market cap to a size beverage giants can actually swallow. With PepsiCo already holding equity and activist investors circling, the question is no longer if a deal happens but who makes the move first.

Berkshire’s stock buybacks climb, Apple may turn to China, why Coca-Cola is clobbering Pepsi, and more news to start your day.

These blue-chip consumer companies -- Procter & Gamble, McDonald's, and Coca-Cola -- offer reliable, growing dividends backed by resilient businesses and strong cash flow.

The change, meant to differentiate 7Up from competitor Sprite, marks the biggest innovation for the Keurig Dr Pepper-owned brand in more than 15 years.

A highlight was the repurchase of $4.5 billion of shares in the second quarter. The figure was just $235 million in the first quarter

This consumer staples Dividend King is down nearly 20% since its 2024 high despite its industry-leading business.

Soccer purists spent June and July complaining that World Cup hydration breaks turned fast-moving matches into stop-start slogs padded with extra commercial time. Broadcasters cashed in on those minutes. So did Coca-Cola, the tournament’s longtime beverage sponsor, whose in-stadium marketing during ...

When Coca-Cola's Q1 numbers landed, day traders and retirees looked at the same data and made completely opposite moves. One group got it badly wrong.

If you're looking for dependable passive income, look no further.

A $425,000 nest egg can generate wildly different monthly paychecks depending on where you put it, but chasing the biggest number often destroys the very asset you need to last through your 70s.

Replicating a Social Security check with dividends sounds straightforward until you realize the yield you chase determines whether your income grows, stalls, or quietly disappears over the next two decades.

Consumer sentiment is flashing recession warnings, yet three blue-chip dividend legends are quietly building cases for returns that would shock most defensive investors heading into 2027.

Chasing a $50,000 monthly dividend stream sounds like a math problem, but the yield you pick determines whether your portfolio funds four decades of freedom or quietly cannibalizes itself while the checks keep arriving.

A $1.25 million nest egg can fund a very different retirement depending on one number: your withdrawal yield. The gap between a conservative dividend portfolio and an aggressive one swings your annual income by tens of thousands of dollars, but the safer-looking choice does not always win.

One trades at a growth premium with minimal debt; the other offers higher margins and cash flow but faces a major tax dispute.

Apple, American Express, Coca-Cola, Bank of America, and Alphabet together account for $222.3 billion of the conglomerate's holdings

TAP beats Q2 estimates as pricing and cost savings offset weaker volumes, while management reaffirms its 2026 outlook.

MNST's Q2 sales surge as energy drinks and international markets power growth, while margins improve despite rising costs.

Diageo's FY26 earnings show resilience with cost savings and cash gains, but North America weakness pressures sales and outlook.

The Coca-Cola, Monster, Fomento, Primo and The Vita Coco have been highlighted in this Industry Outlook article.

Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) reported record quarterly net sales in the second quarter of 2026, with revenue surpassing $2.5 billion for the first time as the energy-drink maker posted double-digit growth across all geographic regions. Net sales rose 20.2% year over year to $2.54 billion, while s

The number that separates a comfortable retirement from a perpetual side hustle depends entirely on which yield tier you trust with your capital, and the answer surprises most income investors who assume bigger payouts always win.

Value is leaving growth behind at a pace rarely seen outside major market downturns. The twist: This is a bull market.

Also, studies with real-time brain scans show that the sight of a Coke label can light up the sensory pleasure region, even for subjects who like Coke and Pepsi equally in blind tests. All I know is that although I don’t mind Diet Pepsi, I reach first for Coke products, and for Zero sodas before Diet ones.

PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) has spent close to a year going nowhere while the broader market climbed steadily, and shares recently traded near a 52-week low even after the company posted higher revenue and earnings. That gap between decent headline numbers and a beaten-down stock price is the whole story right now. Investors are trying to figure […]

KO's emerging-market momentum and affordability strategy could cushion softer U.S. demand as global growth supports its raised 2026 outlook.