PepsiCo’s financial statements are presented in Appendix A. Financial statements of The Coca-Cola Company are presented in Appendix B.
Instructions
  (a) Compute earnings per share and return on common stockholders’ equity for both companies for 2009. Assume PepsiCo’s weighted-average shares were 1,560 million and Coca-Cola’s weighted-average shares were 2,314 million. Can these measures be used to compare the profitability of the two companies? Why or why not?
  (b) What was the total amount of dividends paid by each company in 2009?