Long Term Growth

love overseas growth prospects in snack food; nice defensive name

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Or do they mean Pepsi (PEP) and Procter (PG) and Colgate (CL), which I like but which aren't cheap.

What else? The recession-resistants are being killed again. They are part of the futures raid. Pepsi (PEP) is down in today's slaughter, and I am liking it. Same with Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), which has now gone down like a stone and is really in better shape than I can recall in years.

3.0%

love the product

Pepsi [PEP] also got the thumbs-up because the company can grow its overseas business on the cheap because the dollar now carries more weight against foreign currency.

I think Pepsi (PEP) has bottomed, too.

Buy - Price 51.25 on Oct. 15
by UBS Investment Research

Following PEP's 3Q conference call, we are adjusting our 4QEPS from $0.93 to $0.95.... Our new FY08 EPS estimate is $3.67. We were encouraged by the strength of the food business globally, with strong growth still taking place in China, Russia and the Middle East. PEP did not provide '09 guidance, but we are currently forecasting '09 EPS of $3.90 vs. current consensus of $4.12. Our new price target of $66 (down from $82) is derived using 17 times our 2009E EPS of $3.90. Market cap: $16 billion.

If economy continues the way it is---we won't be able to
afford Pepsi or Coke. All money going to gasoline & higher prices for everything!

think raw materials are killing sales

Sideways stock that's not even sideways anymore. Totally boring play. There is a past and a future pepsi is the past. You can put your money in a CD and get the same type of growth. Grow up.

to high price

I drink a lot of it.

I own it but it is boring as hell

Good real estate
Not too good business

PEP BOYS LEAST DESIREABLE AUTOZONE AND OTHERS MORE DESIEABLE TRYING TO MAKET ANYTHING - STRANGE THINGS TO MAKE ENDS MEETS

I am not a fan of the quality of their products.

worst management and supervisory board in worldwide stock market