Head to Head Comparison: PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) versus Barfresh Food Group (NASDAQ:BRFH)

Barfresh Food Group (NASDAQ:BRFH) and PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Barfresh Food Group and PepsiCo, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barfresh Food Group	0	0	1	0	3.00
PepsiCo	1	14	4	0	2.16

Barfresh Food Group presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 72.41%. PepsiCo has a consensus price target of $158.13, suggesting a potential upside of 12.60%. Given Barfresh Food Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Barfresh Food Group is more favorable than PepsiCo.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

22.7% of Barfresh Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of PepsiCo shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.2% of Barfresh Food Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PepsiCo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Barfresh Food Group and PepsiCo”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barfresh Food Group	$10.72 million	5.17	-$2.83 million	($0.20)	-17.40
PepsiCo	$91.75 billion	2.10	$9.58 billion	$5.49	25.58

PepsiCo has higher revenue and earnings than Barfresh Food Group. Barfresh Food Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PepsiCo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Barfresh Food Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PepsiCo has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Barfresh Food Group and PepsiCo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barfresh Food Group	-27.38%	-176.38%	-74.25%
PepsiCo	8.23%	57.81%	10.63%

Summary

PepsiCo beats Barfresh Food Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Barfresh Food Group

Barfresh Food Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes ready-to-drink and ready-to-blend frozen beverages in the United States. It offers smoothies, shakes and frappes in various formats comprising ready-to-drink smoothie, easy pour, juice concentrates, and single serve. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

About PepsiCo

PepsiCo, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of various beverages and convenient foods 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 provides dips, cheese-flavored snacks, and spreads, as well as corn, potato, and tortilla chips; cereals, rice, pasta, mixes and syrups, granola bars, grits, oatmeal, rice cakes, and side dishes; beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods; ready-to-drink tea, coffee, and juices; dairy products; and sparkling water makers and related products, as well as distributes alcoholic beverages under Hard MTN Dew brand. The company offers its products primarily under the Lay’s, Doritos, Fritos, Tostitos, BaiCaoWei, Cheetos, Cap’n Crunch, Life, Pearl Milling Company, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, Rice-A-Roni, Aquafina, Bubly, Emperador, Diet Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Gatorade Zero, Crush, Propel, Dr Pepper, Schweppes, Marias Gamesa, Ruffles, Sabritas, Saladitas, Tostitos, 7UP, Diet 7UP, H2oh!, Manzanita Sol, Mirinda, Pepsi Black, Pepsi Max, San Carlos, Toddy, Walkers, Chipsy, Kurkure, Sasko, Spekko, White Star, Smith’s, Sting, SodaStream, Lubimyj Sad, Agusha, Chudo, Domik v Derevne, Lipton, and other 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 based in Purchase, New York.