For Coca$-$Cola $($KO$)/$Pepsi $($PEP$)$ pull the most recent $10-$k$/20-$f for each company form the EDGAR service or some other available online source. Please answer the following questions, and complete the followingn tasks for each company: Income Statement Analysis:

Describe in detail the trends over the most recent five years of the following:

Gross Revenue$/$Sales$,$ Sales and Administrative Expenses, Executive Compensation, Net Income

Please explain the possible reason$($s$)$ for the trends.

Please calculate for the most recent FY the following:

Gross Margin, Operating Margin, Net Margin, Interest coverage Ratio, Basic EPS, ROE, ROA

Which of the above ratios do you think is most predictive of the company's future prospects and why?

What do you see in the reports that contribute to the success of the companies?

What elements of the income statement point to possible risks of sustained revenue or profitability?

Which company do you think is the best investment? The best credit risk? Why?

If you were advising each company, what changes would you suggest to improve its long$-$term performance?