PepsiCo, Inc.s financial statements are presented in Appendix B. Financial statements of The Coca-Cola Company are presented

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PepsiCo, Inc.’s financial statements are presented in Appendix B. Financial statements of The Coca-Cola Company are presented in Appendix C. The complete annual reports of PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, including the notes to the financial statements, are available at each company’s respective website.


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a. At December 26, 2015, what was PepsiCo’s largest current liability account? What were its total current liabilities? At December 31, 2015, 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 2015 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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Accounting Principles

ISBN: 978-1119411482

13th edition

Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso

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