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
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Major Operations
The Coca-Cola system is not a single entity from a legal or managerial perspective, and the company does not own or control all of their bottling partners. While many view the company as simply "Coca-Cola," their system operates through multiple local channels. The Company manufactures and sells concentrates, beverage bases and syrups to bottling operations, owns the brands and is responsible for consumer brand marketing initiatives. Coca Cola’s bottling partners manufacture, package, merchandise and distribute the final branded beverages to Coca Cola customers and vending partners, who then sell their products to consumers (Wikipedia, 2).
All bottling partners work closely with customers (grocery stores, restaurants, street vendors, convenience stores, movie theaters and amusement parks, etc.) to execute localized strategies developed in partnership with Coca Cola. Customers then sell their products to consumers at a rate of more than 1.9 billion servings a day. In January 2006, company-owned bottling operations were brought together to form the Bottling Investments operating group, now the second-largest bottling partner in the Coca-Cola system in terms of unit case volume.
Distribution
Coca-Cola’s portfolio features 17 billion-dollar brands including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, Vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid, Simply, Georgia and Del
The Coca Cola Company is the world’s leading owner and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage brands. In order to achieve long-term sustainable growth they look at their brands, financial strength, unrivaled distribution system, global reach, and a strong commitment by management and associates worldwide. The company focuses on inspiring their employees, satisfying customer desires, nurturing partners, making a global difference, maximizing returns to shareowners, and managing for overall effectiveness. The financial statement that the Coca Cola Company provides shows their strong leadership by the data they present. By discussions held in class it allows us to analyze the following
Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world 's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Coca-Cola Enterprises, also based in Atlanta, bottles & distributes the beverages. It employs approximately 146,200 both local and globally (www.cocacolacompany.com). Coca-Cola, is one of the world 's most valuable and recognizable brands, their Company 's portfolio features 17 billion-dollar brands including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid, Globally, they are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, ready-to-drink coffees, and juices and juice drinks. Through the world 's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy beverages at a rate of 1.9 billion servings a day.
Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company. Coca-Cola Company owns 500 non-alcoholic beverage brands, such as water, sparkling drinks, juices, fruit juices, sports and energy drinks, coffees, and teas. It owns and markets four of the world’s most popular carbonated drinks: Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, and Diet Coke and is sold in over 200 countries .
The Coca Cola system comprises our Company and more than 300 bottling partners worldwide. Company’s primarily manufactures and sells concentrates, beverage bases and syrups to bottling operations, which then produce a wide array of Coca Cola beverages. Our Company owns the brands and is responsible for consumer marketing initiatives. Our bottling partners, in addition
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
Various kinds of subsidiary brands such as Fanta, Minute Maid, Sprite, DASAI, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero and others (The Coca Cola Company, 2013).
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.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the USA, the Coca-Cola Company is the largest beverage company in the world, owning, manufacturing, distributing, and marketing of more than 500 non-alcoholic beverage brands, mainly sparkling beverages and more than 3,500 beverage products like waters, enhanced waters, energy and sports drinks, ready-to-drink teas and coffees, and juices and juice drinks (Coca-Cola, 2014). The company owns and markets 4 of the globe’s top 5 non-alcoholic sparkling beverage brands, such as Coca-Cola (or Coke), Diet Coke, Fanta, and Sprite. The company’s finished beverage products bearing its trademarks, sold in the USA since 1886, are now consumed in more than two hundred countries (Coca-Cola, 2014). According to Coca-Cola (2014), the company makes its branded beverage products available to its
The Coca-Cola beverage, produced by the Coca-Cola company of Atlanta, Georgia is sold in more than 200 countries. The Company produces the coca-cola (otherwise called Coke) beverage which is then distributed to licensed international Coca-Cola bottlers. The bottlers hold exclusive contract with Coke and produce the complete Coke before they distribute, market, and sell it. The bottlers include Coca-Cola Enterprises which is the largest Coca-Cola bottling company in N. America ("Brand Fact Sheet". Coca-Cola official website).
When looking at the financial status of PepsiCo, Inc. and Coca-Cola, every dollar amount in every column has some significance. To find out what these amounts represent a financial comparison of both companies is required. Using financial analysis tools such as vertical analysis, horizontal analysis, and ratio analysis, one can get a clearer picture of the financial status of each company.
Coca-Cola is able to market to a large and diverse amount of people by making relationships with any person that comes in contact with the product. Mustard Knet (Chief Operating Officer and President of the Coca-Cola Company), “developing cross-cultural relationships is the reason as to why we are the largest beverage company globally… and why almost 80% of our profits and revenues come from outside North America.
Additionally, Coca-Cola’s bottling system is one of their greatest strengths. It allows them to conduct business on a global scale while at the same time maintain a local approach. The bottling companies are locally owned and operated by independent business people who are authorized to sell products of the Coca-Cola Company. Because Coke does not have outright ownership of its bottling network, its main source of revenue is the sale of concentrate to its
Coca-Cola Enterprises bottles 30 million bottles of Coke every day and delivers to 7 European countries. The company aims to serve the needs of the customer and they decided to improve this service through Salesforce. Coca-Cola Enterprises connects their customers to the business from the various countries they provide to. Some of the products the company uses are the Sales Cloud, the Service Cloud, App Cloud and Chatter.
Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company. Coca-Cola Company owns 500 non-alcoholic beverage brands, such as water, sparkling drinks, juices, fruit juices, sports and energy drinks, coffees, and teas. It owns and markets four of the world’s most popular carbonated drinks: Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, and Diet Coke and is sold in over 200 countries .
The Coca-Cola Company is the world 's largest beverage company. Coca-Cola owns or licenses and markets more than 500 nonalcoholic beverage brands, primarily sparkling beverages