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Rep. Keith Self Waited 536 Days to Disclose PepsiCo Stock Buy

The Texas Republican's purchase of the beverage giant was filed more than a year past the federal deadline.

2026-07-07 — Keith Self · PEP

Key facts

• Rep. Keith Self purchased between $1,001 and $15,000 of PepsiCo stock on January 10, 2025.
• The transaction was disclosed on June 30, 2026, representing a filing delay of 536 days.
• The disclosure was submitted 491 days past the standard 45-day STOCK Act deadline.
• This is the first time Rep. Self has ever traded PepsiCo, and he has registered zero other trades in the past year.

Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas) waited nearly a year and a half to disclose a purchase of PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) stock, a massive delay that stands as an exceptionally late filing under federal transparency laws.

According to congressional records, Self purchased between $1,001 and $15,000 of PepsiCo stock on January 10, 2025. However, he did not file the transaction with the House Clerk until June 30, 2026—some 536 days after the trade took place.

Under the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, members of Congress are required to disclose financial transactions within 45 days of the trade date. Disclosed amounts are reported in ranges rather than exact figures. Self's filing arrived 491 days past that standard deadline.

The purchase represents the first time Self has traded PepsiCo, and it stands out as a rare financial move for the lawmaker. In the 12 months preceding the disclosure, Self recorded zero other stock transactions, making this single blue-chip purchase an outlier in his legislative tenure. No committee or subcommittee assignments were identified that would link Self to direct legislative oversight of the food and beverage industry.

Because of the extreme 536-day delay, the transaction is entirely stale. The market has long since digested any corporate developments from early 2025. In the weeks following Self's purchase, PepsiCo submitted routine disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including an earnings-related 8-K on February 4, 2025, and a debt-related 8-K on February 7, 2025.

Since the date of Self's purchase, PepsiCo's stock price has risen a modest 3.31%, moving from $142.64 to $147.36.

While the late filing represents a clear violation of STOCK Act timelines, the transaction itself fits the profile of a standard, long-term defensive investment. PepsiCo is a highly liquid mega-cap stock, and a small-scale purchase is often the result of automated third-party wealth management or routine portfolio rebalancing.

Still, the delay leaves voters in the dark about the lawmaker's holdings for well over a year.

Sources

1. PepsiCo Form 8-K Earnings Release — SEC EDGAR
2. PepsiCo Form 8-K Debt/Underwriting Agreement — SEC EDGAR

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