PepsiCo’s are presented in Appendix B. of The Coca-Cola Company are presented in Appendix C. The complete annual reports of PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, including the notes to the are available at each company’s respective website.
Instructions
a. Based on the information contained in these determine each of the following for each company.
1. Gross profit for 2015.
2. Gross profit rate for 2015.
3. Operating income for 2015.
4. Percentage change in operating income from 2014 to 2015.
b. What conclusions concerning the relative profitability of the two companies can you draw from these data?
