PepsiCo profit rises 5 pct on higher snack sales

REUTERS - PepsiCo Inc reported a 5 percent jump in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of Frito-Lay chips in the Americas and cost-cutting measures.

The maker of Pepsi-Cola, Quaker Oats and Tropicana juice said net income attributable to PepsiCo rose to $1.75 billion, or $1.12 per share, in the fourth quarter ended December 28, from $1.66 billion, or $1.06 per share, a year earlier.

Excluding items, earnings were $1.05 per share.

Revenue rose marginally to $20.11 billion.

The company also said it would raise its annual dividend by 15 percent to $2.62 per share.

(Reporting by Siddharth Cavale in Bangalore; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)