Exercise $8$C Determine the Cash Value of Coca$-$Cola

Purpose

It is simply good business to continually know the cash value $($corporate valuation$)$ of your company. This exercise gives you practice in determining the total worth of a company using several methods. To perform this analysis, use Coca$-$Cola$$s financial statements as given in the Cohesion Case.

Instructions

Step $1$ Calculate the financial worth of Coca$-$Cola based on four approaches: $(1)$ the net worth method, $(2)$ the net income method, $(3)$ the price$-$earnings ratio method, and $(4)$ the outstanding shares method.

Step $2$ Get an average of the four methods. In a dollar amount, how much is Coca$-$Cola worth?