Current Liabilities — Comparative Analysis Problem: PepsiCo, Inc. versus The Coca-Cola Company This week’s Discussion topic comes from BYP11-2, p. 561 of your textbook.
Current Liabilities — Comparative Analysis Problem: PepsiCo, Inc.
versus The Coca-Cola Company This week’s Discussion topic comes from
BYP11-2, p. 561 of your textbook. PepsiCo, Inc. and Coca-Cola Company
financial statements are in Appendix C. Use their financials to answer
the following questions:
(a) At December 31, 2011, what was PepsiCo’s largest current liability account? What were its total current liabilities? At December 31, 2011, what was Coca Cola’s largest current liability account? What were its total current liabilities?
(b) Based on information contained in those financial statements, compute the following 2011 values for each company:
(1) Working Capital
(2) Current Ratio
(c) What conclusions concerning the relative liquidity of these companies can be drawn from these data?
(a) At December 31, 2011, what was PepsiCo’s largest current liability account? What were its total current liabilities? At December 31, 2011, what was Coca Cola’s largest current liability account? What were its total current liabilities?
(b) Based on information contained in those financial statements, compute the following 2011 values for each company:
(1) Working Capital
(2) Current Ratio
(c) What conclusions concerning the relative liquidity of these companies can be drawn from these data?
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