Financial Management: Coke vs. Pepsi BUS 508 – Business Enterprise June 11‚ 2011 Financial Management: Coke vs. Pepsi The purpose of this paper is to analysis companies Coke and Pepsi and determinate (a) which company is better able to pay current liabilities (debt)‚ (b) explain what profitability ratios can tell about a company’s performance and how that information would influence investing decisions‚ (c) discuss which financial ratios to utilized while examining the company’s most
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CASE 13 Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India THE BEVERAGE BATTLEFIELD In 2007‚ the President and CEO of Coca-Cola asserted that Coke has had a rather rough run in India; but now it seems to be getting its positioning right. Similarly‚ PepsiCo’s Asia chief asserted that India is the beverage battlefield for this decade and beyond. Even though the government had opened its doors wide to foreign companies‚ the experience of the world’s two giant soft drinks companies in India during the 1990s
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Coke has been leading the competition from 1998-2002 in terms of higher market capitalization‚ gross margin and net income. However‚ Pepsi was leading the fight in terms of growth in revenue and net income. However‚ Pepsi’s stock performed 45% better than Coke’s stock. Overall‚ Pepsi was a smaller company but it was growing faster than Coke. Coke had a strong foundation‚ however‚ their revenue during this period increased due to summer months artificially increasing the demand. Pepsi‚ on the other
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Coke vs. Pepsi As we all know‚ Coca-Cola and Pepsi have been rivals for centuries. While most people have their own preference on which cola they prefer‚ they have no idea what makes these two cola brands so similar yet so different. While both are similar in color and taste‚ the biggest difference between these two brands are their sugar level. Coca-Cola‚ the dominant coke brand‚ contains less sugar compared to that of Pepsi’s. Furthermore‚ these two world renowned colas are said to help regain
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Coke commercial Vs Pepsi commercial Coke and Pepsi have always been rival beverages for decades. I can remember my teens when most households would divide into two when it came to choosing their choice of drink‚ especially when going for grocery shopping. Even the advert aired by both brands shows a lot of rivalries between them. When one makes a new product‚ the other would do everything possible to make something similar or better than the former. Making people‚ both old and young believe
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Pepsi and Coke’s Uncivil Wars Chapter 9 in Competition Demystified: Uncivil Cola Wars: Coke and Pepsi Confront the Prisoner’s Dilemma What are the sources of competitive advantages in the soda industry? First we should look at industry structure. The cola companies buy raw materials of sugar‚ sweeteners and flavorings from many suppliers then they turn the commodities into a branded product which consists of syrup/concentrated combined with water and bottles. The companies are joined at the hip
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Leher Pepsi till 1991 .This has given advantage of Pepsi in understanding Indian Market this been seen in Marketing strategy differentiation. Where as Coca Cola Marketing Strategy focused on American way of life which make brand as part of day to day needs where as PepsiCo adopted youth drink approach which accepted by consumers easily. By 2001 both companies adopted complete new Strategy to create differentiation . PepsiCo focused on Cricket and Bollywood stars to woo consumers whereas Coke kept
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Georgia‚ and is often referred to simply as Coke (a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company‚ which is in the United States since March 27‚ 1944). It is a carbonated soft drink sold in the stores‚ restaurants‚ and vending machines of more than 200 countries.. Originally proposed as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton‚ Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler‚ whose marketing strategies led Coke to its governing of the world soft-drink
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COCA-COLA c. COLA WAR : THE CONCEPT d. RESEARCH PAPERS USED AS SECONDARY MATERIAL i. Coke Vs Pepsi fighting for foreign markets ii. Comparison between Coke and Pepsi iii. Brand Analysis : PepsiCo iv. Brand Analysis : Coca-Cola v. History of Coca-Cola : The best soda vi. Coke Vs Pepsi vii. Comparison between Coke and Pepsi viii. The rivalry of various fronts ix. Market share x. Indian scenario
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We researched Coke and Pepsi as was requested to see which one would be a better investment over the other. One of the ways to see how a company is doing is to look at how much (EVA) Economic Value Added that company is producing. EVA is a way of measuring an operation’s real profitability. EVA is better than conventional ways because it takes into account the total cost of the operating capital. EVA is simply the after-tax operating profit minus the total annual cost of capital. Using EVA has
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