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COST vs PEP

A side-by-side look at COST and PEP, updated throughout the trading session.

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Performance, normalized

Z-scored closes: both paths on one scale, price levels aside.

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COST vs PEP: how they differ

Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) and PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) are both in the Consumer Defensive sector: COST is classified in Discount Stores, PEP in Beverages - Non-Alcoholic. Both trade on NASDAQ.

COST trades about 2.2 million shares a day on average, against 8.9 million for PEP. COST has the higher beta (0.87 against 0.36 for PEP), meaning it has historically moved more with the broad market. Over the trailing twelve months, COST paid $5.54 per share in dividends and PEP paid $5.80 per share.

Figures as of October 26, 2026.

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The chart Z-score-normalizes each closing series, computing (close − mean) ÷ standard deviation over the window, so both paths share one scale regardless of price level, and correlation is computed on daily returns. Figures update throughout the trading session. Nothing on this page is financial advice.