Coca Cola And The Soft Drink Industry

What I find to be the biggest indicator of concern is that PepsiCo’s profitability is currently declining, despite its ever-increasing sales figures. It has lost 2% on both its profit margin, and return on assets. The return on common stockholder’s equity, has dipped by 4%, and they lost $.02 over every dollar invested in assets in 2005. This goes back to my assessment of their sales and net income figures. Here again, I see indications that their spending has increased dramatically, which is having a negative impact on profitability. Since the soft drink industry is a high-volume, low-overhead industry, controlling and minimizing expenses is of paramount importance. I find this trend to be very troubling, considering PepsiCo’s sales haven’t stopped climbing, yet they are starting to lose their profitability. Should their sales dip, they will be very hard put to maintain themselves.

An eyeball assessment of the changes in Coke’s financial statements between 1996 and 2010 show that mainly all accounts are up. The total assets are up from 1996 to 2010 with an increase from $16,161 to $72,921. Also current assets increased 3.6% from 1996 to 2010 with total non-current assets increasing 5%. Revenue nearly doubled from 1996 having only $18,546 to increasing in 2010 to $35,119. The total current liabilities increased over the years from $7,406 to $18,508. The total long term liabilities also show an increase from 1996 having $2,599 to $23,410 in 2010. Also the

The political situation of a country affects its economic settings and economic environment affect the business performances. Coca-Cola sales are impacted by a set of economic factors that beyond are beyond the company’s control. These factors include the level of economic growth in the country and in the industry, tax rates and currency exchange rates, interest rates, labor costs and others. The global economic and financial crisis of 2007 – 2009 is a relevant example of an economic factor that greatly impacted the majority of businesses around the globe. However, the crisis has impacted Coca-Cola to a lesser extent compared to many other businesses. Its’ operating margin remained at industry-front 22% despite the crisis, although dividend yield was reduced to 2.6 % Quarts. (Timmons, H. (2014). Economic factors relate to goods, services, and money. Despite directly affecting businesses, these variables refer to financial state of the economy on a greater level –whether it be local or global, inflation increases cost of production. Consequently, Coca-Cola had to face the uncontrollable problem of increasing their pricing. With this increase they risk losing customers who cannot afford their products because it is a desired product not a necessity. Due to inflation in 11 years the price of an identical bottle of Coca Cola has doubled in price. Alternatively, Coca Cola could be forced to lower their prices to facilitate an increase in consumption

Coca Cola is a large company that has been around since 1886. They are primarily marketing and selling one product; beverages. They have a 63.9% gross profit margin for 2009 and show reasonably good ratios indicating stability. For the 46th consecutive year dividend shave risen. About 74% of their net operating revenue comes from operations outside of the U.S .PepsiCo, Inc. is also a large company that has been around since 1898. They are also a leader in the beverage market but have diversified into another area; snacks. Well known snack such as Lay’s, Doritos, Frito-Lay, Rold Gold, Cracker Jack, Quaker Oatmeal, Aunt Jemima, and Rice-A-Roni just to mention a few leading brand names. The

As mention before, Coca-cola has 47.3 percent market share in the country’s cola market versus Pepsi which hold 44.5 percent. Coca-cola is also the brand known around the worlds, which are the largest producer and distributor of ark colas in the world. Even in the current monetary crisis, the company continues to expand and the financial position shows that Coca-cola has a strong cash position in compare to PepsiCo which the long term debt of PepsiCo is so high.

The purpose of this analysis is to identify the financial strategy and performance of the Coca-Cola Company, Pepsi, and Monster. Financial ratios are correlations established from a firm’s financial information and used for comparison purposes. Generalized financial ratios include Liquidity Ratios, Profitability Ratios, Debt Ratios, Activity Ratios, and Market Ratios. These ratios are understood by dividing one account balance or financial amount with another. The measurements use are drawn from a company's financial

In this paper, you will find financial comparisons on both PepsiCo and the Coca-Cola Corporation. Some increases in certain areas of one company and some decreases in areas of another company. There are vertical analysis, horizontal analysis, and ratios of both the industries. These are still the two leading soft drinks in the industry, and most like will remain the leaders in the upcoming years.

Comparing financial data from statements can help determine whether or not it is a sound decision to invest in a company. This information can also help determine if a company is operating successfully and areas of risk within the company. This analyzing can help one company compare itself to another company and ensure that they are able to compete with other companies in their respective industries. PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are two major companies that make a majority of their money from producing and selling soft drinks. To compare these companies we are going to use vertical and horizontal analyses to see if these

The Coca Cola Company is a multinational company with more than 140,000 employees, the company is in beverage business and its flagship product Coca Cola is considered one of the best soft drink. Coca Cola soft drink is the real revenue generator of the Coca Cola Company. The company was found in 1892 and by 2010 it was reported that the company has the serving of 1.7 billion per day so the company has only grown since its inception. The company is serving its product in more than 200 countries, and the Coca Cola Company owns more than 500 brands, this shows that the graphs of the company is moving upwards and the Coca Cola Company is growing at an immense rate.

The Coca Cola Company is leading Beverage Company in the world, serving more than 200 countries. In the last quarterly and full year report for 2014 The Coca Cola Company reported the following number: “Global volume growth of 2% for the full year and 1% in the quarter, net revenues declined 2% in the quarter; excluding the impact of structural items, comparable currency neutral net revenues grew 4% ,there was also a change in the global value share when it came to nonalcoholic ready-to-drink beverages in both the quarter and full year and Lastly they were able to report in the full-year that what they earned in cash from their operations had increased to $10.6 billion.” In this paper we will explain how The Coca Cola Company reported debt

PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are fierce competitors and according to their financial statements they are both healthy companies. Therefore I would invest in Coca-Cola if I had to make the decision because it has higher income, a stronger long-term debt to networking capital ratio, steadily rising net income per common share, and a climbing and high solvency ratio. PepsiCo still shows healthy growth and outperforms Coca-Cola in many areas. I will conduct a financial analysis of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to identify their strengths and weaknesses, ultimately deciding which one is worth the investment.

The purpose of this report is to compare financial reports from the two largest soft drink manufacturers in the world. The Pepsi Co. and Coca Cola have been the industry's leaders in their market since the early 1900's. I will use relevant figures to determine profitability, and break down key ratios in profitability, liquidity, and solvency. By breaking down financial statements, and converting them to percentages and ratios, comparisons can be made between competitors regardless of size.

Companies are subject to risks and uncertainties and The Coca Cola Company is not exempt of this. There are many factors that can affect the company financial condition. I’m including and analyzing some factors that can be useful for the judgment of others.

There is no question that Coca-Cola is poised for economic growth and stability (need citation). It has 30% of the market share (need citation). It is expected to increase its market cap to $90 billion by the year 2020. It has increased its dividend payments every year for 54 consecutive years. The company has the 72nd highest growth rate out of 182 businesses with 25+ years of

There is no question that Coca-Cola is poised for economic growth and stability. It has 30% of the market share. It’s expected to increase its market cap to $90 billion by the year 2020. It has increased its dividend payments every year for 54 consecutive years. The company has the 72nd highest growth rate out of 182 businesses with 25+ years of dividend payments without a reduction.