Coca-Cola VS PepsiCo Carmine Strayer Strayer University Intermediate Accounting III ACC305012VA016-1136-001 Professor Bob A. Wright August 25, 2013 This paper will discuss the financial health and similarities and differences between the two major producers of soft drinks in the United States as of 2013. In order to understand the financial health of the two companies we must first understand the markets, history and products produced by both companies. Both companies were founded in
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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
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PEPSICO CORPORATION STOCK ANALYSIS Presented by: St. John’s University Undergraduate Student Managed Investment Fund April 29, 2003 Recommendation: Purchase 400 shares of PepsiCo stock at market order Industry: Food and Beverage Kristopher Cartagena – kcart26@yahoo.com Dion Demetropoulos – Ddeme829@aol.com Tenisha Martin – tenishax@hotmail.com Share Data: Price - $42.65 Date – April 25, 2003 Target Price - $50.65 52 Week Price Range - $53.23 - $34.00 Market Capitalization – 74.5
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Comparison of Pepsi and Coca Cola Financials Introduction Coca-Cola and Pepsi are the two most popular and widely recognized beverage brands in the world. They have been competing in the soft drink sector for over a century and both companies enjoy a high degree of brand consciousness globally. Both companies try to market as part of a lifestyle. Coca-Cola uses phrases such as “Coke side of life” in their website, while Pepsi uses phrases such as “Hot stuff” in their web, to promote the idea
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Running head: COCA-COLA Five Year Marketing Plan Coca-Cola Company Liberty University Jennifer Bachelder, Ryan Belush, Teresa Bissette, Travis Boyce, Carol Brown, Brenda Chamlee, and James Crandall Abstract Our group has decided to market an existing product, but we would like to add a variety pack to this product. We feel if Coca-Cola would add a variety pack to their existing products it would offer more choices for the consumer and we feel this would increase
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Case Analysis Cola Wars Continue – HBR 702442 History of the Cola Wars For decades, Pepsi and Coca Cola fought over the market share of the soft drink industry. Throughout this almost duopolistic competition, Coke’s share grew from 33.4% in the 1960s to 44.5% in the late 90s; while Pepsi’s market share grew from 20.4% to 31.4% in the same time span. Although there are other potential firms in the market with considerable market influence such as Schweppes and Royal Crown, Pepsi and Coca-Cola
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Business/Financial Analysis Team Project Name Institution Business/Financial Analysis Team Project 1.0 Executive Summary The Company for analysis is the Coca-Cola Company. It operates in the soft drinks industry. This company is known to be among the oldest companies that manufacture non-alcoholic beverages. Among the main competitors of Coca-Cola is Pepsi. Coca-Cola is a multinational that has subsidiaries in almost every corner of the globe. It is a publicly traded company with a current
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External Analysis: Macro environment: The environment is constantly changing and therefore also influencing PepsiCo’s operations. Environmental changes which are not directly involved with the company but do influence it can be put in six categories: economic, technological, political, cultural, natural and international changes. These changes and their influence on PepsiCo Canada are described per category. Management R. L. Draft, M. Kendrick, N. Vershinina, the general environment page
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Industry Analysis: Soft Drinks Meghan Deichert, Meghan Ellenbecker, Emily Klehr, Leslie Pesarchick, & Kelly Ziegler Strategic Management in a Global Context February 22, 2006 Industry Analysis: Soft Drinks Barbara Murray (2006c) explained the soft drink industry by stating, “For years the story in the nonalcoholic sector centered on the power struggle between…Coke and Pepsi. But as the pop fight has topped out, the industry's giants have begun relying on new product flavors…and looking to
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Financial Analysis The purpose of my paper is to make financial comparisons between PepsiCo, Inc., and Coca Cola. I will be using Vertical and Horizontal analysis, and as Ration Analysis to form my opinion. PepsiCo, Inc. and Coca Cola have been a part of American life for so long that both companies are both taken for granted even though PepsiCo, Inc and Coca Cola are both internationally know the public does not know much about the history of the two corporate giants. Because I am doing a financial
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