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PepsiCo Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP)

Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

PepsiCo Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

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3 months ended: Sep 5, 2026 Jun 13, 2026 Mar 21, 2026 Dec 27, 2025 Sep 6, 2025 Jun 14, 2025 Mar 22, 2025 Dec 28, 2024 Sep 7, 2024 Jun 15, 2024 Mar 23, 2024 Dec 30, 2023 Sep 9, 2023 Jun 17, 2023 Mar 25, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 3, 2022 Jun 11, 2022 Mar 19, 2022 Dec 25, 2021 Sep 4, 2021 Jun 12, 2021 Mar 20, 2021
Net income 3,070 3,004 2,338 2,555 2,618 1,279 1,843 1,534 2,945 3,094 2,053 1,324 3,116 2,771 1,944 535 2,724 1,446 4,273 1,341 2,243 2,372 1,723
Depreciation and amortization 892 897 742 1,136 824 807 684 1,042 739 738 641 975 705 678 590 909 659 640 555 847 650 653 560
Gain associated with the Juice Transaction — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 14 (13) (3,322) — — — —
Impairment and other charges (credits) — — — (14) 100 1,860 — 704 10 — — 1,128 5 110 (13) 1,741 6 1,389 482 — — — —
Product recall-related impact — — — — — — — 3 2 15 167 136 — — — — — — — — — — —
Cash payments for product recall-related impact — — — (1) (3) — (2) (10) (3) (27) (108) — — — — — — — — — — — —
Operating lease right-of-use asset amortization 184 185 162 238 174 170 145 217 160 151 127 186 136 132 116 171 123 120 103 165 120 121 99
Stock-based compensation expense 78 69 93 81 76 54 77 102 77 86 97 113 88 86 93 110 77 75 81 86 71 65 79
Restructuring and impairment charges 185 49 133 416 141 213 213 312 245 74 96 158 83 92 112 285 51 48 27 118 52 34 43
Cash payments for restructuring charges (109) (119) (145) (242) (167) (155) (232) (152) (111) (113) (60) (151) (96) (123) (64) (90) (52) (50) (32) (91) (61) (55) (49)
Acquisition and divestiture-related charges/credits (96) (45) (113) 145 221 62 25 15 7 — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Cash payments for acquisition and divestiture-related charges (10) — (14) (148) (22) (45) (13) (14) (4) — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Pension and retiree medical plan (income) expenses 197 17 13 340 65 51 48 300 47 36 31 57 31 32 30 184 96 140 (1) 42 33 27 21
Pension and retiree medical plan contributions (40) (45) (270) (72) (46) (37) (317) (48) (37) (45) (218) (36) (165) (34) (175) (49) (121) (36) (178) (70) (254) (48) (413)
Deferred income taxes and other tax charges/credits 169 268 226 41 290 (371) 111 (166) (18) 26 116 (614) 73 192 78 (551) (371) (208) 257 37 41 112 108
Net tax related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJ Act) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 86 — — — 190 — —
Tax payments related to the TCJ Act — (965) — — — (772) — — — (579) — — — (309) — — — (309) — — — (309) —
Accounts and notes receivable (267) (1,327) (530) 1,167 (165) (1,264) (318) 1,383 (383) (1,042) (96) 906 (369) (982) (348) 495 (505) (916) (837) 765 (202) (759) (455)
Inventories 214 (487) (315) 299 351 (562) (238) 178 204 (405) (291) 212 378 (309) (542) (305) 153 (441) (549) (3) 231 (413) (397)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 298 135 (406) 418 131 (47) (307) 240 165 (23) (342) 229 29 17 (288) 242 62 4 (190) 205 (6) 170 (210)
Accounts payable and other current liabilities 842 647 (1,847) 970 436 588 (2,671) 1,369 656 440 (3,408) 1,279 1,101 299 (2,259) 1,416 1,416 248 (1,238) 1,663 1,213 792 (1,906)
Income taxes payable 102 182 131 (439) (409) 192 223 (549) 139 65 222 (202) 412 (190) 290 (661) 110 119 489 (615) 129 289 227
Change in assets and liabilities 1,189 (850) (2,967) 2,415 344 (1,093) (3,311) 2,621 781 (965) (3,915) 2,424 1,551 (1,165) (3,147) 1,187 1,236 (986) (2,325) 2,015 1,365 79 (2,741)
Other, net (124) (141) (157) (271) (143) (54) (244) (173) 65 (135) (68) 112 84 (51) 44 73 (103) (201) (94) 492 (156) 8 (149)
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities 5,585 2,324 41 6,619 4,472 1,969 (973) 6,287 4,905 2,356 (1,041) 5,812 5,611 2,411 (392) 4,505 4,425 2,055 (174) 4,982 4,294 3,059 (719)
Capital spending (916) (819) (447) (1,916) (992) (904) (603) (2,468) (1,149) (1,087) (614) (2,981) (1,024) (932) (581) (2,651) (1,057) (977) (522) (2,349) (971) (834) (471)
Sales of property, plant and equipment 18 58 13 256 103 37 132 165 50 120 7 67 9 103 19 23 6 219 3 126 18 17 5
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired, investments in noncontrolled affiliates and purchases of intangible and other assets — (81) (67) (215) (46) (1,930) (1,200) (225) (1) (24) (6) (182) (49) (67) (16) (69) (775) (16) (13) (33) (6) (9) (13)
Proceeds associated with the Juice Transaction — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 3,456 — — — —
Other divestitures, sales of investments in noncontrolled affiliates and other assets — — — 34 — 3 2 21 10 82 53 — — (10) 85 34 — 10 5 11 38 85 35
Short-term investments, original maturity more than three months, purchases (25) (80) — — (190) — — — (425) — — — (120) (277) (158) (245) (46) — — — — — —
Short-term investments, original maturity more than three months, maturities 9 8 — 180 — — 425 — — — — 2 191 263 100 150 — — — — — 600 535
Short-term investments, original maturity more than three months, sales — — 14 — — — — — — — — — 12 — — — — — — — — — —
Short-term investments, original maturity three months or less, net 5 (1) (9) 2 21 6 16 1 3 (7) 8 (21) 8 (3) 19 15 1 (14) 22 7 2 (70) 3
Other investing, net (46) — 19 17 (6) (107) (4) (1) 1 24 (10) (1) 17 32 — 4 8 (5) 4 (1) 5 1 —
Net cash (used for) provided by investing activities (955) (915) (477) (1,642) (1,110) (2,895) (1,232) (2,507) (1,511) (892) (562) (3,116) (956) (891) (532) (2,739) (1,863) (783) 2,955 (2,239) (914) (210) 94
Proceeds from issuances of long-term debt 4 10 2,964 10 4,658 16 3,505 28 2,249 4 1,761 2,496 — — 2,986 — 3,377 — — 4,122 — — —
Payments of long-term debt (107) (592) (1,629) (837) (702) (1,002) (1,541) (1,003) (1) (1,630) (1,252) (752) (1) (1,001) (1,251) (805) (1) (401) (1,251) (1,001) (758) (1,695) (1)
Debt redemptions — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (166) — (1,550) — (4,844) — — —
Short-term borrowings, original maturity more than three months, proceeds 575 2,050 1,937 863 277 1,595 3,656 1,978 728 767 2,313 740 3,028 1,267 393 22 12 1,376 559 8 — — —
Short-term borrowings, original maturity more than three months, payments (2,067) (1,074) (676) (2,503) (2,925) (373) (2,119) (1,462) (2,039) (507) (1,631) (2,069) (1,011) (25) (1) (19) (1,932) — — — — (1) (396)
Short-term borrowings, original maturity three months or less, net 94 73 1,198 725 (1,993) 2,065 373 291 (1,185) 512 774 (1,424) (628) 1,532 491 14 (889) 197 647 415 (70) 36 53
Payments of acquisition-related contingent consideration — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (773) — — —
Cash dividends paid (2,021) (1,948) (1,966) (1,946) (1,949) (1,861) (1,882) (1,860) (1,863) (1,739) (1,767) (1,741) (1,742) (1,591) (1,608) (1,586) (1,589) (1,492) (1,505) (1,487) (1,486) (1,413) (1,429)
Share repurchases (260) (297) (182) (248) (258) (311) (183) (240) (299) (315) (146) (249) (298) (293) (160) (344) (457) (506) (193) — — — (106)
Proceeds from exercises of stock options 8 6 93 21 18 8 50 28 31 41 66 16 14 40 46 25 24 40 49 39 46 38 62
Withholding tax payments on restricted stock units (RSUs) and performance stock units (PSUs) converted (1) (19) (76) (1) (1) (22) (89) (3) (1) (23) (108) (5) (16) (3) (116) (10) (10) (2) (85) (10) (9) (2) (71)
Other financing 1 (1) (1) (55) (1) (15) (2) (31) (2) (20) — (55) (2) (13) (3) (47) (10) (14) (1) (28) — (19) —
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities (3,774) (1,792) 1,662 (3,971) (2,876) 100 1,768 (2,274) (2,382) (2,910) 10 (3,043) (656) (87) 777 (2,916) (1,475) (2,352) (1,780) (3,559) (2,277) (3,056) (1,888)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash (431) 135 121 27 (27) 219 203 (296) (87) (266) (38) (23) (110) (28) (116) (268) (114) (66) (17) (84) (42) 22 (10)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash 425 (248) 1,347 1,033 459 (607) (234) 1,210 925 (1,712) (1,631) (370) 3,889 1,405 (263) (1,418) 973 (1,146) 984 (900) 1,061 (185) (2,523)

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-09-05), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-06-13), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-21), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-12-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-06), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-14), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-22), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-07), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-15), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-23), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-09), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-17), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-25), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-11), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-19), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-12), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-20).


The operational cash flow exhibits a pronounced seasonal pattern, characterized by significant liquidity contractions in the first quarter of each year followed by substantial recoveries in the second half. This cyclicality is primarily driven by volatile swings in working capital, specifically within accounts payable and other current liabilities, which frequently offset net income fluctuations to produce large net cash inflows during the September and December periods.

Operational Performance and Working Capital
Net income shows considerable quarterly volatility, with a notable low in December 2022 and peaks exceeding 4 billion USD in early 2022. Despite this, depreciation and amortization expenses have trended upward, rising from approximately 560 million USD in March 2021 to nearly 900 million USD by late 2026, reflecting an expanding asset base. The net cash provided by operating activities frequently fluctuates between deep deficits in March and peaks exceeding 6 billion USD in December, indicating a heavy reliance on the timing of liability settlements and asset liquidations.
Investment and Capital Expenditure
Capital spending follows a consistent quarterly ramp-up, typically peaking in the fourth quarter. Outflows for capital expenditures increased from 471 million USD in March 2021 to a high of nearly 3 billion USD in December 2023. Strategic investing activities include periodic acquisitions, with significant outflows observed in early 2025 totaling over 3 billion USD. A non-recurring liquidity event occurred in March 2022, where proceeds from the Juice Transaction provided a one-time cash influx of 3.45 billion USD.
Financing and Shareholder Distributions
Shareholder returns are characterized by a steady and disciplined increase in cash dividends, which grew from approximately 1.4 billion USD per quarter in 2021 to over 2 billion USD per quarter by September 2026. Share repurchases remain active but inconsistent, generally ranging between 100 million and 600 million USD per period. To manage the aforementioned operational seasonality, the company frequently utilizes short-term borrowings and long-term debt issuances, particularly during the first half of the year, to maintain liquidity.
Tax and Special Item Impacts
Cash flows are periodically impacted by significant tax-related outflows, including recurring payments related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJ Act) and volatile deferred income tax charges. Additionally, impairment charges and restructuring costs have created intermittent pressures on cash flow, with restructuring payments increasing in magnitude through 2024 and 2025.

Overall, the financial trajectory indicates a company that maintains aggressive capital investment and consistent shareholder distributions while managing a highly seasonal working capital cycle through active debt market participation.

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