Is it Fine to Continuously Acquire PepsiCo (PEP) Shares?

ClearBridge Investments, an investment management firm, published its “Large Cap Value Strategy” fourth quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. The ClearBridge Large Cap Value Strategy outperformed its Russell 1000 Value Index benchmark during the fourth quarter. On an absolute basis, the Strategy had gains in 10 of 11 sectors in which it was invested for the quarter. The strongest contributions came from the IT, health care, industrials, and materials sectors. The communication services sector was the sole detractor. Spare some time to check the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a clue about their top bets for 2022.

ClearBridge Investments Large Cap Value Strategy, in its Q4 2021 investor letter, mentioned PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) and discussed its stance on the firm. Founded in 1965, PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) is a Harrison, New York-based food and beverage company with a $238.4 billion market capitalization, and is currently spearheaded by its CEO, Ramon Laguarta. PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) delivered a -0.76% return since the beginning of the year, while its 12-month returns are up by 20.94%. The stock closed at $172.39 per share on April 06, 2022.

Here is what ClearBridge Investments Large Cap Value Strategy has to say about PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) in its Q4 2021 investor letter:

“The pandemic created opportunities for us to be more aggressive in a variety of areas of the market. We were opportunistic throughout the year. After a strong year for equities, we sought to bolster more defensive areas of the portfolio and added to PepsiCo, increasing our exposure to a high-quality and stable name.”

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Our calculations show that PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) failed to obtain a mark on our list of the 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) was in 60 hedge fund portfolios at the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, compared to 61 funds in the previous quarter. PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) delivered a -0.85% return in the past 3 months.

In March 2022, we also shared another hedge fund’s views on PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) in another article. You can find other letters from hedge funds and prominent investors on our hedge fund investor letters 2021 Q4 page.

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