Obtain The Coca-Cola Company’s 2017 annual report either using the “Investor Relations” portion of its web site (do a Web search for Coca-Cola investor relations) or go to http://www.sec.gov and click “Search for company filings” under “Filings and Forms (EDGAR).”

Required:
1. What does the company call its retained earnings? What was the amount at the end of 2017?
2. What was the balance of accumulated other comprehensive income on December 31, 2017? What caused it to change during 2017 and by what amounts?
3. What was the company’s basic net income per share for 2017? How much preferred dividends were subtracted in the computation of this income per share? What was the average number of common shares outstanding used in the computation of this income per share? What was the company’s diluted net income per share for 2017? How does this amount compare to 2016? What potential common shares were included?
4. What were the dividends per share and in total for 2017?
5. Compute the return on shareholders’ equity for 2017. How does this compare to 2016 (the shareholders’ equity was $25,554 million at the end of 2015)?