The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) ranks third on the list of the world’s most valuable brand names, after Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT), according to a recent Forbes study. Because of its iconic retail brand, the company is widely held by retail investors and gets strongly positive reviews from analysts. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) shares after opening at $38.78 moved to $38.83 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $38.44. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 3.62 and price to cash ratio as 8.36. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) showed a positive weekly performance of 0.71%.
Former sponsor PepsiCo Inc.’s (NYSE:PEP) deal expired at the end of 2012. PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) shares advanced 0.34% in last trading session and ended the day on $82.14. PEP return on equity ratio is recorded as 29.40% and its return on assets is 8.80%. PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) yearly performance is 10.67%.
Investment analysts at Deutsche Bank increased their target price on shares of Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE:CCE) from $47.00 to $50.00 in a note issued to investors on Friday, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports. Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc (NYSE:CCE) shares moved down -0.80% in last trading session and was closed at $47.37 while trading in range of $47.22 – $47.87 – Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc (NYSE:CCE) year to date (YTD) performance is 7.93%.
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc (NYSE:DPS) just hit a fresh high breaching the psychologically-important $50 per share mark for the first time. This level is also close to the 52 week high for Dr Pepper Snapple which has added about 10% in the last 12 weeks, suggesting that decent momentum is present in DPS. Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (NYSE:DPS) weekly performance is 0.74%. On last trading day company shares ended up $52.77. Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (NYSE:DPS) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 5.94%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $53.14.