Food Industry

Coca-Cola has a dominant presence in the sparkling beverages market, but it’s the still beverage space that has huge growth prospects.

So far this year, food stocks have largely disappointed investors, and the outlook for the rest of the year appears no better. Stock prices for food manufacturers have been on a downtrend, underperforming the S&P 500 Index (SPX-INDEX) on a YTD (year-to-date) basis, as the graph below shows. As of July 3, Campbell Soup (CPB), General Mills (GIS), Conagra Brands (CAG), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Kellogg (K), and Kraft Heinz (KHC) have fallen 13.7%, 10.7%, 10.2%, 7.7%, 6.7%, and 3.3%, respectively, YTD. The S&P 500 Index has returned 8.5% during the same period.

Gatorade’s position and volumes have been impacted by rising competition. It has also felt the effect of the popularity of bottled water, ready-to-drink tea, coffee, and energy drinks.

PepsiCo’s (PEP) performance in recent quarters has been under pressure due to currency headwinds and weakness in carbonated soft drink volumes.

The Hershey Company (HSY) has a market cap of $21.3 billion. It fell by 10.8% to close at $99.65 per share on August 30, 2016.

Dr Pepper Snapple adopted a strong strategy by acquiring an 11.7% stake in BodyArmor. But it could grow more in other non-carbonated beverage categories.

Overall, in 2013, still beverages performed better than sparkling beverages across all the segments except for Europe. Sparkling beverage volumes have been declining over the past few years.

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Tyson Foods is expected to report lower revenue in 3Q16. The export markets will likely be challenged moderately in 2016. This could hamper its revenue.

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The Campbell Soup Company (CPB) continued to report sluggish margins as higher-than-expected inflation in commodities and transportation costs remained a drag.

Kraft decided to rebrand its Mac & Cheese box. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, people have been eating different kinds of food for breakfast.

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PepsiCo’s global snack business helped offset the weakness in the company’s beverage business. The snack business delivered organic revenue growth of 5%.

Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) wants to expand in the Chinese market. The company will offer Beyond Burgers in Alibaba’s (NYSE:BABA) Freshippo stores.

GrubHub stock rose close to 6% in extended trading on Wednesday. The company plans to merge with Just Eat Takeaway.com in an all-stock transaction.

So far, PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) has fallen 4.7% this year. However, the company has fared better than Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) and the broader US market.

Analysts expect Coca-Cola’s first-quarter reported revenue to rise by 3.4% to $8.29 billion. They expect an 8.0% decline in the adjusted EPS to $0.44.

Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) stock fell 2.6% on March 26. Goldman Sachs downgraded its rating for the alternative-meat maker.

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Tyson Foods (TSN) reported lower-than-expected sales and earnings for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, yet the stock is in the green.

Uber is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings results on November 4 after the market closes. Analysts expect it to report $3.7 billion in revenue.

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Beyond Meat (BYND) stock fell 10.2% in after-market trading hours on October 28, even as the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter results.

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Coca-Cola had an impressive sales performance in the third quarter. The company’s third-quarter revenues benefited from higher organic sales.

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More Americans are eating out, and they’re eating out more often. The restaurant industry’s share of the food dollar is 51%, up from 25% in 1955.

Although the S&P 500 and Nasdaq have recovered by 1.05% and 1.55% today, Beyond Meat stock (BYND) was down 9.6% this morning.

Beyond Meat (BYND) stock is down about 7.0% today. The stock was down in the double digits in early market trading.

PepsiCo’s revenue rose 1.8% to $64.7 billion in 2018. Excluding the impact of structural items and currency fluctuations, the company’s revenue rose 3.7% on an organic basis in 2018. Its revenue rose 2.6% to $12.9 billion in the first quarter.