Instructions:

Complete this assignment using the most recent Form $10-K$ for the Coca Cola Company

$($Trading Symbol KO$).$ Directions on how to retrieve the $10-K$ can be found in the Chapter

$15$ module of myLearning. Please download and print this document and hand write the

responses to each question in the space provided below. To Pull a $10-$K Report from EDGAR

To access the site, go to: SEC.gov $|$ EDGAR $|$ Company Filings

Type in the name of the company you$$re looking for in the $$Company and Person Lookup$)$ box. When you see the name of the company come up in the dropdown section, click on it$.$

Expand the $10-$K $($annual reports$)$ and $10-$Q $($quarterly reports$)$ section of the $$Selected Filings$$ box.

Review the short list of the most recently filed $10-$K$$s $($annual reports$)$ and $10-$Q$$s $($quarterly reports$)$ to locate the $10-$K with the most recent date. Click on it$.$

You can now use the icon labeled $$Sections$$ at the top to navigate to different sections of the report. If you want to go directly to the financial statements section, click on this option. Or$,$ you can click on one of the other options depending on what you$$re looking for.

Financial statements are supposed to be prepared in conformity with U$.$S$.$ Generally

Accepted Accounting. Where in the company $10-K$ do you find whether or not the

statements are following U$.$S$.$ GAAP. State the area in the $10-K$ and the page number:

Coca Cola has inventories. What is the amount for the current year, basis for valuation,

and the costing method used by the company. State the area in the $10-K$ where this is

found and the page number.

Using Horizontal Analysis compute the dollar change and percent of change for

Marketable Securities and Gross Profit using the latest period on the financial

statements. Please show computations.

Using Vertical Analysis compute the common size percentage for Property, Plant and

Equipment $-$ Net and for Operating Expenses for the most current period. Please show

computations.

Property, Plant and Equipment $-$ Net:

Selling, general and administrative expenses:

Using the financial statements, compute the following ratios: Current Ratio, Days' Sales

in Inventory, Debt Ratio, Rate of Return on Total Assets, and Rate of Return on Common

Stockholders' Equity. Using the table below for each ratio, write the formula, the ratio

based on the current year financial information from the $10-K$ and the computations to

support your answer for each ratio.