PepsiCo (PEP): FY26 Q3 earnings call, Oct 8, 2026

Thu, Oct 8Earnings callSpeaker-labelled transcriptPepsiCo

On its Oct 8, 2026 earnings call (FY26 Q3), PepsiCo said 15 of the 29 words Kalshi and Polymarket listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 29 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each, with timed clips.

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29 words · 15 settled yes · our count agreed on 29 of 29

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Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityClipMarket
Consumer Yes1414✓97%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 9:34, Consumer–
Volume Yes1418✓94%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 4:12, Volume–
Margin Yes1414✓92%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 2:51, Margin–
Revenue 5+ timesYes1212✓26%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 2:00, Revenue 5+ times–
Snack Yes88✓84%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 2:43, Snack–
Inflation Yes66✓72%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 19:38, Inflation–
Organic 5+ timesYes55✓45%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 3:57, Organic 5+ times–
Affordability Yes33✓78%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 12:14, Affordability–
Permissible Yes22✓76%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 13:22, Permissible–
Tariff Yes23✓64%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 20:39, Tariff–
Protein Yes11✓77%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 13:51, Protein–
Celsius Yes11✓73%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 18:04, Celsius–
Commercial Yes11✓73%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 9:38, Commercial–
Acquisition Yes11✓51%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 32:40, Acquisition–
AI / Artificial Intelligence Yes11✓48%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 35:47, AI / Artificial Intelligence–
Away from Home No00✓90%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
PBNA No00✓87%transcripts from the transcript model–
China No00✓68%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
World Cup No01✓60%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
GLP / GLP-1 No00✓57%transcripts from the transcript model–
Fiber No00✓54%transcripts from the transcript model–
Shipping No00✓29%transcripts from the transcript model–
GLP-1 No00✓28%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Artificial Color No00✓26%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Autonomous No00✓11%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Bubly No00✓11%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Food for Tomorrow No00✓9%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Prebiotic No00✓9%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Fiscal 5+ timesNo00✓3%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 21, 2026 04:22 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

8 matches for “Snack”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Dara Mohseniananalystqa · 2:45Hear it 2:43, Dara Mohsenian

…to tweak pricing or plans from here? We've heard a lot about snacks pricing recently in the marketplace, so just any strategy tweaks going forward.

Ramon Laguartacompanyqa · 7:10Hear it 7:04, Ramon Laguarta

…you think, as Steve mentioned, a 3% growth in beverages, global beverage volume, and a 4% in snacks globally, the snacks business, not the foods.

Ramon Laguartacompanyqa · 8:34Hear it 8:31, Ramon Laguarta

…would provide some nuance, though. The volume bet that we made in snacks North America, especially with the price reset, we are happy with the…

Ramon Laguartacompanyqa · 9:23Hear it 9:17, Ramon Laguarta

…share in volume now for multiple quarters in foods North America and snacks North America. We are starting to turn that into value share as…

Lauren Liebermananalystqa · 19:56Hear it 19:56, Lauren Lieberman

I know, Ramon, you pointed to volumes in U.S. snacks starting to get better, but is it time to think bigger, if you will. The…

Where the listed words were said

Ramon Laguartacompany“Consumer” · qa · 12:28Hear it 12:22, Ramon Laguarta

…categories, sub-segments, making sure that we're competitive in that space with a consumer that is clearly challenged. We don't expect the consumer to suddenly become…

Steve Schmittcompany“Volume” · qa · 4:14Hear it 4:08, Steve Schmitt

…look at the health of the business around the world, global beverage volume was up 3%, global food volume was up 1%, and it's actually…

Dara Mohseniananalyst“Margin” · qa · 3:15Hear it 3:09, Dara Mohsenian

…you won't give guidance, but just some of the key buckets, the margins as we look out to 2027, reinvestment to reinvigorate North American volumes,…

Dara Mohseniananalyst“Revenue (5+)” · qa · 2:02Hear it 1:57, Dara Mohsenian

…a bit of a state of the union from you on the revenue side as we approach calendar year-end here. Obviously, internationally, another strong set…

Ramon Laguartacompany“Snack” · qa · 26:17Hear it 26:13, Ramon Laguarta

…the food business. We were negative low single digit in volume in snacks in the U.S. Now we're positive volume and units and gaining shares.…

Lauren Liebermananalyst“Inflation” · qa · 19:40Hear it 19:34, Lauren Lieberman

…much of the margin pressure is incremental investment versus incremental and unexpected inflation. Because I think that is really important to just understand both what…

Steve Schmittcompany“Organic (5+)” · qa · 4:36Hear it 4:34, Steve Schmitt

…shifting to the North America business. Our foods business in North America, organic sales improved from Q2, and our beverage business in North America decelerated.…

Ramon Laguartacompany“Affordability” · qa · 13:09Hear it 13:06, Ramon Laguarta

…very well for the future. The first one is portion control and affordability. We talked about this in the past. We think that 100-calorie packs,…

Steve Schmittcompany“Tariff” · qa · 20:41Hear it 20:35, Steve Schmitt

…you at least a few things on, I guess, costs, A&M, and tariffs. One, I would talk about on cost inflation overall, the teams internally…

Ramon Laguartacompany“Protein” · qa · 13:53Hear it 13:50, Ramon Laguarta

…that is a great portfolio that is growing. We're obviously launching Doritos Protein and some other variants that we see also having very good consumer…

Ramon Laguartacompany“Celsius” · qa · 18:06Hear it 18:04, Ramon Laguarta

…good one for us. Energy as well. I think the Alani plus Celsius makes sense by the time we get the two brands into the…

Ramon Laguartacompany“Acquisition” · qa · 32:42Hear it 32:37, Ramon Laguarta

…The latest example of that partnership is in the U.K., the Britvic acquisition they made, and that has been a very successful investment for Carlsberg…

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