Coca Cola Analysis

The company that is being reviewed financially is the Coca-Cola Company. The Coca-Cola Company was established in 1886 (http://heritage.coca-cola.com/ ). The Coca-Cola Company became publicly traded in the 1890s (http://assets.coca-colacompany.com/7b/46/e5be4e7d43488c2ef43ca1120a15/TCCC_125Years_Booklet_Spreads_Hi.pdf ). The company will be analyzed using the company's most recently filed 10-K report. The 10-K filing is for the 2012 fiscal year.

The public 10-K filing includes selected and simplified financial statements. The statements will show simplified details due to the fact that the a company as large as the Coca-Cola Company may have balance sheets and income statements that may have hundreds to thousands of different assets and countless numbers of income sources and expenditures.

The three major competitors that the Coca-Cola Company faces in the beverage and soft drink industry is PepsiCo, Inc., Nestle S.A., and the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group.

The gross margin percent, debt to equity ratio, and stock price are as follow:

Company: | Gross Margin Percent: | Debt To Equity Ratio: | Stock Price: |

PepsiCo, Inc.1 | 52.22% | 1.27 to 1 | $79.50 |

Nestle S.A.2 | 47.50% | .4405 to 1 | $69.60 |

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group3 | 58.30% | 1.12 to 1 | $44.82 |

*Gross margin percent and debt to equity ratio are calculated as of 12/31/2012. Stock price is of REPORT DATE.

**Stock prices are reported from Morning Star.

http://www.stock-analysis-on.net/NYSE/Company/PepsiCo-Inc/Ratios/Profitability#Gross-Profit-Margin

http://www.stock-analysis-on.net/NYSE/Company/PepsiCo-Inc/Ratios/Long-term-Debt-and-Solvency#Debt-to-Equity

http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/nsrgy/financials

http://ycharts.com/companies/NSRGY/debt_equity_ratio

http://financials.morningstar.com/ratios/r.html?t=DPS&region=USA&culture=en-US

Ernst & Young, LLP was the auditing firm for the Coca-Cola Company....