...Financial Analysis Project – Final Paper Jennifer M. Harding Cardinal Stritch University MBA 521 August 28th, 2014 Purpose of Analysis All managers need to understand where value comes from in their firm. The purpose of this analysis is to identify the financial strategy and performance of this particular publicly traded company. The process of understanding the risk and profitability of a company by analyzing reported financial info, especially annual and quarterly reports are vital to identifying the company’s overall financial performance. I wanted to analyze Coca Cola because the company has so much history and is one of the most recognizable brands in the world. I have always enjoyed researching food and beverage companies because of my background in the food service industry. I have always been fascinated by brand power of food and beverages and the corporations that are behind particular brands and products. Company Background and History The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer, and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company is best known for its flagship product, Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia. The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Griggs Candler (December 30, 1851 - March 12, 1929), who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892 (Wikipedia, 1). The company operates...
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...Talya Meyhanecioglu Company Analysis The Coca Cola Co, The Coca-Cola Company (known as KO in the stock exchange, common stock) is a non-alcoholic beverage company that serves more than 500 non alcoholic brands in cosumer goods industry. Coca-Cola Company has operations in more than 200 countries and employs more than 150,000 people. It owns and markets sparkling beverage brands, including Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite. In addition, Coca-Cola manufactures, markets and sells beverage concentrates.It has operations over 125 years. Their major competitor in the beverage industry is Pepsi Co. Inc. (PEP in stock exchange) which is a firm that is also producing variety of cokes and other non-alcoholic drinks while operating in more than 150 countries in the world since 1898. Coca Cola Co. has more than half of the market share for the soft drinks industry. The Coca-Cola Company has committed to rely on principles of corporate governance. Shareholders elect The Board to oversee their interest on the long-term wealth ,strength and success of the business .The Board is the ultimate decision making body. The Board selects the members of the senior management which are charged for conducting the business of the company. The purpose of the Committee on Directors and Corporate Governance established by the Board is , to identify individuals which are qualified to be Board members and recommend to the Board director for the next annual meeting of shareholders , as well as recommend the Board...
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...Assignment #1: Coca-Cola Company Financial Results Analysis: Q3 2012 ACC499/Accounting Capstone 10/21/12 Coca-Cola Company is a beverage company headquartered in the United States with significant international operations. Operating in over 200 countries worldwide with a product offering of over 500 different products, Coca-Cola Company has come a long way from a small beginning in 1886 (Coca-Cola, History, 2012). Long considered a strong corporate entity by investors and analysts, Coca-Cola recently released 2012 Q3 financial results and business targets on October 16, 2012 as discussed below. North American Market Volume Results North America is part of the Coca-Cola Americas division which also includes Latin American operations. The United States was the starting market for Coca-Cola Company however the North American sector also includes Canada and Mexico. While North America continues to be a significant factor in all financial transactions and considerations, recent concerns with obesity in the United States has caused sales issues for Coca-Cola Company and is a continuing issue the company needs to address. For this reason as well as general market saturation, North America, while strong, continues to show small to moderate gains in market volume. For Q3 2012, North American operations presented an overall growth of 2%. This metric is the net result of no volume increase for the sparkling (carbonated) beverage section against...
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...Executive Summary With their global presence known in 200 countries and 6 operating regions, The Coca Cola Company is the number one global leader in the beverage industry (Who we are). Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, the company owns more than 500 nonalcoholic beverage brands such as waters, juices, coffees, sports drinks, soda, and many more. They’re the owners of brands like coca cola beverage (of course), but also popular brands like Dasani, Capri-Sun, Minute Maid, Fuze, NOS energy drink, Powerade, etc. Coca Cola is not only known for their products, but also the way they market their products. From polar bears and Santa clause to celebrities drinking the refreshing bottle of coca cola. In 2010, 89 servings are consumed per person worldwide (Per Capita Consumption). According to MSN, Coca Cola sales over 46.22 Billion and in return, their income is about 8.37 Billion making it one of the successful businesses around the world (Coca-Cola Company). Financial Highlights (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=KO+Key+Statistics) | | Fiscal Year | Fiscal Year Ends: | Dec 31 | Most Recent Quarter (mrq): | Oct 2, 2015 | | Profitability | Profit Margin (ttm): | 15.24% | Operating Margin (ttm): | 23.09% | | Management Effectiveness | Return on Assets (ttm): | 6.88% | Return on Equity (ttm): | 23.03% | | Income Statement | Revenue (ttm): | 45.17B | Revenue Per Share (ttm): | 10.36 | Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy): | -4.60% | Gross Profit (ttm):...
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...Financial Statements Analysis Dr. Rimona Palas Caroline LAYANI Id: 94746 Michael WEIMBERG Id: 94852 Nathan BENAMOU Id: 94531 Sebastian KANOVICH Id:799048 I. Executive summary After analyzing the income statement, ratios and strategies of the Coca-Cola Company, we can conclude that Coca-Cola had a continuous revenue growth between the years 2009 and 2011. It is the largest soft drink industry company in the world and therefore stands in a privileged position to face potential crisis. The reason for having our results in the income statement, and thus also in our ratios can be explained by the company’s acquisition and consolidation of CCE’s North American business during the last quarter of 2010. Moreover, another important factor for the decline in equity interest was the sale of the company’s investment in Embonor during the first quarter of 2011. Coca-Cola has been using several strategies. As mentioned above, acquisitions have been an important factor of Coca-Cola over the last 50 years. By acquiring new companies, they were able to eliminate competition, increase their growth and become the market leader of the non-alcoholic beverage industry. Following our calculations, over the past three years, Coca-Cola had an increase in its current liabilities as well as in their “cash to sales”. The debt-to-equity ratio shows that it’s smaller than one, meaning that the company is financed through equity. This low debt-to-equity ratio will usually be preferable...
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...The purpose for this analysis is to compare PepsiCo to Coca-Cola; this is done by providing a summary of financial accounting information. The information to compare a company to another comes from financial statements and then those numbers are broken down into analysis and ratios. Once the ratios are calculated then the investor can decipher is the company is worth investing in. The information gathered is from the attached financial statements of both companies for the year 2005. Below is a small description of the two companies before comparing them. PepsiCo manufactures or use contract manufacturers for their products. This company markets and sells a variety of salty, sweet and grain-based snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages, and foods through North American and international business divisions (Navigator). Within PepsiCo one can find them merged with Frito-Lay, Tropicana, Quaker, and Gatorade. Coca-Cola manufactures carbonated and non-carbonated beverages. New beverages joined Coca-Cola’s line up, including Minute Maid, Powerade, and Dasani bottled water. Coca-Cola is throughout Northern American and international business divisions. Ratio analysis expresses the relationship among selected items of financial statement data. A ratio expresses the mathematical relationship between one quantity and another. The relationship is expressed in terms of a percentage, a rate, or a simple proportion. To analyze the primary financial statements, an individual...
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...Financial Statement Analysis ACG203-CE Marianne Marchant Margaret Pesikov Sean Lenehan Jeff Braga 2 Table of Contents Questions to be answered Management Discussion & Analysis section and Miscellaneous Income Statement and Profitability Cash Flows Balance Sheet Liquidity and Efficiency Solvency 3 3 6 12 14 18 22 Relevant Documents Balance Sheet Income Statement 25 25 26 Evaluation 27 3 Questions to be answered: Management Discussion & Analysis section and Miscellaneous 1. Read the Management Discussion and Analysis and the Chairman’s letter to shareholders. Describe the major products and services of the company. The Coca-Cola Company is the leading owner and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage brands. Coca-Cola either owns or licenses 500 of the world’s nonalcoholic beverage brands. Coca-Cola is recognized as the world’s most valuable brand. There are approximately 54 billion beverages of all kinds served worldwide, of the 54 billion Coca-Cola accounts for approximately 1.6 billion of those beverages. Coca-Cola sells syrups, concentrates, and sodas to bottling companies and retailers. 2. Describe some of the specific details of the company’s financial and operational performance. Based on what you read in the Management Discussion & Analysis sections, do you get a positive or negative impression about the company? Describe why. Coca-Cola follows the accounting principles that are generally accepted in the United States...
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...Introduction The purpose of this financial analysis paper will evaluate the results of PepsiCo, Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company. The paper will access the balance sheets of the two from 2004 and 2005 through horizontal and vertical analysis. The paper will also address recommendations of how to improve the financial status of both companies. Vertical analysis for PepsiCo, Inc. 2005 2004 |Total Assets | $ 31,272 | | $ 27,987 | | | |Amount |Percent |Amount |Percent | |Assets | | | | | | Current Assets | | | | | |Cash and cash equivalents | $ 1,716 |5.5% | $ 1,280 |4.6% | |Short-term investments | 3,166 |10.1% | 2,165 |7.7% | | | 4,882 |15.6% | 3,445 |12.3% | |Accounts and...
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...As a financial manager researching investments for my client that align with its investment goals would be The Coca Cola Company. The Coca Cola Company has been around for years and everyone enjoys a Coke or a Coke product. 1. Provide a rationale for the U.S. publicity traded company that you selected, indicating the significant factors driving your decision as a financial manager. The significant factors that drove the decision, as a financial manager to look into The Coca Cola Company for my client is that Coca Cola is going to always be around and everyone enjoys a nice cold Coke or Coke product. The Coca Cola Company sells many products world wide. Investing in The Coca Cola Company will offer my client a very high return equity (ROE). “Coca Cola gives investors a very high return on equity (ROE), meaning that for the money you invest your return is typically higher than the industry average. In the case of Coke, it over 19% higher than other beverage or similar companies return. The company has also increased their stock dividend every year for almost 50 years straight.” (http://www.rsstocktips.com/the-coca-cola-company-ko-nyse.php) This study has should that investing is risky, however, The Coca Cola Company has been a solid company to invest in throughout the years. “For example, the company sells more than 500 brands in more than 200 countries and 23 million retail locations.” (http://investorplace.com/2014/02/ko-stock-coca-cola-pros-cons/#.VADekha4lFI) “These products...
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...Christine Worth MBA515 Financial Statement Analysis Project Outline Compare & Contrast Coca-Cola vs. PepsiCo Financial Analysis Income Statement vs Cash Flow Accounts with greatest difference Evaluation of Fiscal Period Profitability Liquidity Leverage Financial Reporting Practices Methods for Accounting Coca-Cola Pepsi Company Disclosures Compare & Contrast Clarity & Completeness Critical Analysis Decision Investment Equity Investor Coca-Cola Company verses PepsiCo Critical Analysis of Investment The three financial statements required for external reports are the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows. The statement of cash flow highlights the major activities that impact cash flows, which affect the overall cash balance (Garrison, Noreen & Brewer, 2012). Equity investors utilize these financial statements for a critical analysis of the firm’s financial stability before making an investment. Based on a comparison of the income statements to the statements of cash flows for Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, the following accounts report the greatest differences between net income and cash flow from operations. Coca-Cola Company 2010 2009 2008 * Gain from Sale of Asset $(5,358) $(43) $(130) * Income of Equity Investments (671) (359) 1,128 * Change in Accounts Payable 656 319 (576) * Change in Other Working Capital (161) (510) (41) PepsiCo 2010 2009 2008 * Income...
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...CONTENTS OVERVIEW OF COCA-COLA 3 HISTORY 3 MANAGEMENT 3 DISTRIBUTION 5 SIZE OF COMPANY 5 LOCATIONS OF FACILITIES & CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS 6 STRATEGIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 6 COCA-COLA’S VISION 7 PRODUCT LINES, CUSTOMERS, AND MARKET SECTORS 8 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 9 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION 9 HORIZONTAL ANALYSIS 10 VERTICAL ANALYSIS 12 LIQUIDITY ANALYSIS 14 EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS 15 SOLVENCY ANALYSIS 17 PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS 19 MARKET ANALYSIS 21 CONCLUSION 23 APPENDIX A 24 COCA-COLA’S SUBSIDIARIES 24 APPENDIX B 26 FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS 26 COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET 26 COCA-COLA INCOME STATEMENT 27 COCA-COLA STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 28 COCA-COLA’S STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY 29 PEPSI CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET 30 PEPSI CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT 31 PEPSI STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 32 PEPSI CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY 34 VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ANALYSIS 35 REFERENCES 40 OVERVIEW OF COCA-COLA Since its creation in 1886, the Coca-Cola Company has become one of the leading beverage entities throughout the world. In fact, Coca-Cola products are now sold in more than 200 countries. Coca-Cola’s business is centered on its production of beverage concentrates, syrups, and finished products. It is responsible for producing and distributing four of the top five nonalcoholic sparkling beverage brands across the globe. These include Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta, and Sprite. The Coca-Cola Company’s distribution...
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...Company Analysis Coca-Cola Company Presented by xxxxx Submitted to xxxxxxx On 10/12/2014 The Coca-Cola Company is a multinational, nonalcoholic beverage company that offers its products through a network of “company-owned or controlled bottling and distribution operators, as well as through independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers” (Yahoo Finance, Retrieved 2014). The Coca-Cola Company was founded by Asa Griggs Candler in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia (Yahoo Finance, Retrieved 2014). The following is an analysis of Coca Cola Company. The evaluation will present financial ratios and a common-sized income statement. This analysis will provide insight of Coca Cola’s financial performance. Additionally, it will summarize an overall performance based on the ratios and financial statement. Coca Cola’s return on assets for year 2002 is 12% and 16% in 2003, as illustrated in Figure 1. The ratio increases over a year. The ratio is high and is assumed to be making good use of its assets (Loth, 2014). The net income for year 2002 is $3,050 and $4,347 in 2003. The total assets for 2002 is $24,406 and $27,342 in 2003. The ratio computation is the net income divided by the total assets is the return on assets. Figure 1. Chart showing the return on assets for Coca Cola. From “Coca-Cola Company and Subsidiaries Consolidated Balance Sheets,” by William J. Bruns, Jr., 2004, The Accounting Framework, Financial Statements...
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...Financial Research Report: The Coca - Cola Company FIN 534 – Assignment #1 07 December 2014 Coca Cola Introduction: Coca Cola Company is an American, multinational company that is infamous for its beverage products. The company is commonly referred to as coca cola. Invented and patented in 1886 and 1887, respectively, by an American pharmacist named John Pemberton. Pemberton sold the company in 1889 to Griggs Candler who incorporated it in 1892. For more than 70 years, coca cola had been the sole beverage of the company. Although international expansion was tested in 1928, expansion of the company in the United States did not start until late 1955 (World of Coca-Cola, 2014). This expansion into other beverage flavors as well as diet and caffeine free choices has allowed the company to become a market leader in the beverage industry. The Company has found success in appealing to the needs and desires of a broad consumer base. Their customers derive from various backgrounds, lifestyles, demographics and age ranges. Currently, the Coca Cola brand expands in the integrated form of more than 500 brands of beverages across more than 200 nations worldwide. As markets changed and competition grew, Coca Cola decided to introduce Diet Coke and later followed with several others to include, but not limited to, Coca-Cola Zero, Coca-Cola Cherry, Sprite, and Schweppes. As of today, it is estimated that the Coca Cola Corporation has more than 3500 beverages spread across a...
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...to Financial Reporting……………………………………………… 3 2. Body………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3, 4 a) Auditing and Legal Practices…………………………………………………………………………... 3, 4 b) Balance Sheet Analysis……………………………………………………………………………..…. 4, 5 c) Stock Analysis……………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 d) Income Statement Analysis…………………………………………………….................................. 5, 6 1. Income Reporting Methods…………………………………………………………………………… 5 2. Income Reporting Trends…………………………………………………………………………...… 6 b) Cash Flow Statement Analysis…………………………………………………................................ 8, 9 1. Cash Reporting Methods……………………………………………………………………………… 8 2. Cash Reporting Trends………………………………………………………………………..…. 9, 10 3. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………..... 10 4. Bibliography…………………………………………………………….…………………………………….. 11 Introduction Coca-Cola Company was established in 1892 in North America, and has since expanded successfully into the international market, now doing business in over 200 countries around the world (Coca-cola.co.uk. 2013). Coca-Cola sells a wide variety of beverages from water to soft drinks, sports drinks, and teas. Coca Cola Company has acquired existing beverage brands over the years, including Minute Maid and Honest Tea, Inc. Coca-Cola follows the strict financial reporting guidelines established by the ISAB and FASB, and reports financial activities in an unbiased and transparent way. The following analysis looks...
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...Financial Analysis I think that when it comes down to it PepsiCo and Coca Cola are companies that been around for a very long time and have established relationships with their brands with consumers all over the world. The purpose of this paper is to help breakdown both companies by explaining both financial positions along with showing their strengths. Listed below in this paper are going to be examples that show vertical, horizontal and ratio analysis. The calculations that have been conducted which are listed below are basically intended as a visual to help show which company may appear more secure. Along with that I will provide some recommendations that may seem to help improve the growth of each company. There are a few tools that are used to help evaluate financial statements and that are quite used often in accounting and those tools are Horizontal Analysis, Vertical Analysis and Ratio Analysis. In the preliminary calculation which will be the Vertical Analysis which is often defined as “common size. When it comes down to it this analysis objective is to basically assess the company’s financial statements by assigning certain percent from the base amount to each item of financial statements; this type of evaluation is often used for inter-and intra-company needs according to (Weygandt, Kimmel, Kieso, 2008). A really good example of vertical analysis that is calculated for PepsiCo generally shows and compares its assets in number and percent figures for 2004 and...
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