Better Beverage Stock: Coca-Cola vs. PepsiCo

Although earnings season has barely started, both PepsiCo (PEP -0.70%) and its archrival, Coca-Cola (KO 0.11%), have already reported earnings for the second quarter of 2025. The waning popularity of soda beverages and, in PepsiCo's case, the falling demand for snack foods, have translated into anemic growth for both companies.