Question 1

Which is bigger, COST or PEP?

Accepted Answer

Costco Wholesale Corp is the larger company — market cap $419B vs $172B for PepsiCo, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, COST or PEP?

Accepted Answer

PEP keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 11.1% vs 3.0% for COST.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, COST or PEP?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, PEP trades at a lower P/E — 16.5 vs 45.5 for COST. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, COST or PEP?

Accepted Answer

PEP yields 4.54% vs 0.59% for COST.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — COST or PEP?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, COST leads 3 of 9 comparable metrics and PEP leads 6. StockCV rates COST “Mixed” and PEP “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	COST	PEP
Price	$946.00	$126.05
Market cap	$419B	$172B
Revenue (TTM)	$303B	$98.2B
Revenue growth	+7.8%	+2.8%
Net margin	3.0%	11.1%
Free cash flow	$9.38B	$10.5B
Net cash (debt)	—	($39.7B)
1-year price return	+0.3%	-12.9%
P/E	45.5	16.5
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	49%	100%
Dividend yield	0.59%	4.54%
Return on equity	28%	50%
CV checks passed	9 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	341,000	306,000

Costco Wholesale Corp vs PepsiCo, Inc.