The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO)
Overview
Coke is it -- "it" being the world's #1 soft-drink company. The Coca-Cola Company owns four of the top five soft-drink brands (Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta, and Sprite). Its other brands include Barq's, Minute Maid, POWERade, and Dasani water. In North America, it sells Groupe Danone's Evian. Coca-Cola sells brands from Dr Pepper Snapple Group (Crush, Dr Pepper, and Schweppes) outside Australia, Europe, and North America. The firm makes or licenses more than 400 drink products in more than 200 nations. Although it does no bottling itself, Coke owns 35% of Coca-Cola Enterprises (the #1 Coke bottler in the world); 32% of Mexico's bottler Coca-Cola FEMSA; and 23% of European bottler Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling.
Sample Overview & HistoryKey Numbers from Hoover's UK
Key financials for The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO)
| Company Type | Public (NYSE: KO) |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Year-End | December |
| 2007 Sales (mil.) | £14,448.7 |
| 1-Year Sales Growth | 19.8% |
| 2007 Net Income (mil.) | £2,994.7 |
| 1-Year Net Income Growth | 17.7% |
| 2007 Employees | 90,500 |
| 1-Year Employee Growth | 27.5% |
Key People from Hoover's UK
Key people and executives for The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO)
| Chairman | E. Neville Isdell (Subscribers see complete biographies -- view sample)
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| President, CEO, and Director | Muhtar Kent Connect to this executive |
| EVP and CFO | Gary P. Fayard Connect to this executive |
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Top competitors of The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO)
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- #83 in FORTUNE 500
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- #34 in FT Global 500
