Comparative Analysis Case The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo, Inc.

Instructions: Use the companies' financial information to answer the following questions.

b) Using the Selected Financial Data section of these two companies, determine their 3-year average growth rates related to net sales and income from continuing operations. (Use the years 2014, 2013, and 2012).

c) Which company had more depreciation and amortization expense for 2014? Provide a rationale as to why there is a difference in these amounts between the two companies.

Please show the numbers and steps involved (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) used to arrive at the answers. Thanks!

PepsiCo http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=78265&p=irol-SECText&TEXT=aHR0cDovL2FwaS50ZW5rd2l6YXJkLmNvbS9maWxpbmcueG1sP2lwYWdlPTEwNzMzMDQzJkRTRVE9MCZTRVE9MCZTUURFU0M9U0VDVElPTl9FTlRJUkUmc3Vic2lkPTU3#sACB03CBF0E0C5373832AB00DC4B03D5F Coca-Cola http://otp.investis.com/clients/us/cocacola_company1/SEC3/sec-show.aspx?Type=html&FilingId=11881168&CIK=0000021344&Index=10000#A2016123110-K_HTM_S3F311243243AD9D298E27385A9297D22

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