Category 13
Fast food, snack foods, and sugary beverages
Public companies whose primary economics come from fast food, snacks, confectionery, sugary beverages, or processed packaged food.
Classification and underwriting
- Category definition
- Public companies whose primary economics come from fast food, snacks, confectionery, sugary beverages, or processed packaged food.
- Inclusion rules
- fast food
- snack foods
- sugary beverages
- candy
- processed packaged foods
- Exclusion rules
- broad grocers unless own-brand processed food is primary
- Value-chain roles
- restaurant operator
- franchisor
- beverage producer
- snack and confectionery producer
- brand owner
- Exposure measurement
- Revenue and operating profit by brand, product category, restaurant system, geography, and owned versus franchised model.
- Core operating signals
- volume
- price and mix
- guest counts
- average check
- same-store sales
- market share
- distribution
- Underwriting variables
- brand strength
- franchise economics
- input cost
- shelf space
- advertising efficiency
- consumer affordability
- Failure conditions
- volume decline
- franchise stress
- input-cost shock
- brand erosion
- health-rule restriction
- Monitoring triggers
- same-store sales
- unit openings and closures
- volume and price mix
- commodity costs
- consumer regulation
- Portfolio use
- Repeat-purchase consumer exposure separated across restaurants, beverages, snacks, and confectionery.
Fast food, snack foods, and sugary beverages company research
Latest annual filing available through SEC EDGAR. Fiscal periods and currencies remain separate.
| Company | Revenue | Operating margin | Net margin | Operating cash flow | Assets | Liabilities | Annual filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KO · COCA COLA CO | USD 47.9 B | 28.7% | 27.3% | USD 7.4 B | USD 105 B | USD 72.6 B | 10-K · 2025-12-31 |
| PEP · PEPSICO INC | USD 93.9 B | 12.2% | 8.8% | USD 12.1 B | USD 107 B | USD 86.9 B | 10-K · 2025-12-27 |
| MCD · MCDONALDS CORP | USD 26.9 B | 46.1% | 31.9% | USD 10.6 B | USD 59.5 B | USD 61.3 B | 10-K · 2025-12-31 |
| YUM · YUM BRANDS INC | USD 8.2 B | 31.3% | 19% | USD 2 B | USD 8.2 B | USD 15.5 B | 10-K · 2025-12-31 |
| MNST · Monster Beverage Corp | USD 8.3 B | 29.2% | 23% | USD 2.1 B | USD 10 B | USD 1.7 B | 10-K · 2025-12-31 |
| MDLZ · Mondelez International, Inc. | USD 38.5 B | 9.2% | 6.4% | USD 4.5 B | USD 71.5 B | USD 45.6 B | 10-K · 2025-12-31 |
Research coverage only. No row identifies a holding, ranking, recommendation, target price, or performance result.