PepsiCo revises 2024 guidance as North America sales lag behind expectations [Video]

PepsiCo (PEP) has revised its 2024 sales outlook after its North America and international sales lagged Wall Street’s expectations in the third quarter.

The snack and beverage giant told investors on Tuesday that it now expects to end the year with a low-single-digit increase in organic revenue growth, below than the previously expected 4% growth.

The snack and beverage giant’s shares fell roughly 1% in premarket trading after the release of its quarterly results.

For the rest of the year, Pepsi will “continue to invest in commercial activities and brand support to stimulate consumer demand,” chairman and CEO Ramon Laguarta said in the release.

Laguarta added that Pepsi’s performance in the fiscal third quarter was impacted by “subdued category performance trends in North America,” the impact of recalls at Quaker Foods North America and business disruptions from “rising geopolitical tensions in certain international markets.”

The company posted adjusted third quarter earnings of $2.31 a share, slightly above the $2.30 expected by analysts. But revenue in the quarter trailed behind Wall Street’s estimates, coming in at $23.3 billion, versus the $23.8 billion expected.

All three of PepsiCo’s North America segments fell below expectations, including Frito-Lay, Quaker Foods and PepsiCo Beverages, as it looks to combat consumer pushback of higher prices at the grocery store.

Rows of original Oat So Simple pots by Quaker Oats, convenient recylcable pots of porridge oats, stacked on top of one another on a supermarket shelf on 3rd July, 2022 in Leeds, United Kingdom. (photo by Daniel Harvey Gonzalez/In Pictures via Getty Images) (Daniel Harvey Gonzalez via Getty Images)

Here’s what PepsiCo reported, compared to what Wall Street expected, per Bloomberg consensus data:

Adjusted earnings per share: $2.31, versus $2.30 expected

Revenue: $23.3 billion, compared to $23.8 billion

Organic revenue growth: 1.30%, compared to 3.00%

North America:

Frito-Lay: 1.00%, compared to flat

Quaker Foods: – 13.00%, compared to -10.44%

PepsiCo Beverages: 1.00%, compared to 1.86%

Europe: 6.00%, compared to 7.45%

Latin America: 3.00%, compared to 4.49%

Africa, Middle East, & South Asia: 6.00%, compared to 11.40%

Asia Pacific, Australia, and Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and China Region: -1.00%, compared to 2.92%

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Brooke DiPalma is a senior reporter for Yahoo Finance. Follow her on Twitter at @BrookeDiPalma or email her at bdipalma@yahoofinance.com.

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