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Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Coca-Cola's share price continues to outperform, while it is still attractively priced relative to peers.</li>
<li>High free cash flow generation and industry leading profitability set the company apart, even from the other leaders in beverages.</li>
<li>Although the company's strong international exposure results in lower return on capital, it offers a major competitive advantage.</li>
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Coca-Cola's share price continues to outperform, while it is still attractively priced relative to peers.
High free cash flow generation and industry leading profitability set the company apart, even from the other leaders in beverages.
Although the company's strong international exposure results in lower return on capital, it offers a major competitive advantage.


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<ul><li>PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have been the oldest rivals in the beverage business on whom one can find dozens of marketing case studies of how the two companies have fought each other tooth and nail in different geographies.</li><li>Today, we are looking to carry out a side-by-side comparison of the recent financial performance of both beverage giants and evaluate them from an investment standpoint.</li><li>In this report, we are looking to analyze the key qualitative factors that could influence the two companies’ stock price in the near future.</li></ul>

PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have been the oldest rivals in the beverage business on whom one can find dozens of marketing case studies of how the two companies have fought each other tooth and nail in different geographies.Today, we are looking to carry out a side-by-side comparison of the recent financial performance of both beverage giants and evaluate them from an investment standpoint.In this report, we are looking to analyze the key qualitative factors that could influence the two companies’ stock price in the near future.

PepsiCo vs. Coca-Cola - The Battle Of The Beverage Giants (12/2021)

Quality-first, Business-perspective, Long-term, Urbem (HK) Limited

Urbem Capital

Quality-first, Business-perspective, Long-term

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<li>US-based National Beverage has an atypical management culture that emphasizes long-term value creation;</li>
<li>The business outperforms its publicly-traded peers across many dimensions;</li>
<li>At the current level, the risk-reward ratio looks quite favorable for the company's long-term shareholders.</li>
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US-based National Beverage has an atypical management culture that emphasizes long-term value creation;
The business outperforms its publicly-traded peers across many dimensions;
At the current level, the risk-reward ratio looks quite favorable for the company's long-term shareholders.


This Atypically-Cultured Beverage Business Can Be Interesting!

<ul><li>Pepsi reported a blockbuster Q2 2021 result and has reached the target price from our last report after cruising past Wall Street expectations in terms of both, revenues as well as earnings.</li><li>We give the stock a ‘Hold’ rating with a revised target price.</li><li>In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.</li></ul>

Pepsi reported a blockbuster Q2 2021 result and has reached the target price from our last report after cruising past Wall Street expectations in terms of both, revenues as well as earnings.We give the stock a ‘Hold’ rating with a revised target price.In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.

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Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

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We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

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Devyani International / Equity Capital Markets

<div><p>Devyani International Limited (DIL), Yum Brand’s largest franchisor in India, aims to raise around US$200m via its Indian IPO. The IPO will be a mix of primary and secondary shares. </p></div><div><p>DIL operates a chain of quick service restaurants (QSRs) in India. Its core business is to operate KFC, Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee in India. It operated 655 stores across 155 cities in India, as of Mar 2021. These include 264 KFC stores, 297 Pizza Hut stores and 44 Costa Coffee stores. It also operates stores in Nepal and Nigeria for KFC and Pizza Hut. In addition, it also runs its own brands Vaango, Food Street, Masala Twist, Ile Bar, Amreli, and Ckrussh Juice Bar in India. Yum owns over 4% stake in the company.</p></div><p>We covered various aspects of the deal in our previous note, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/devyani-pre-ipo-might-not-do-another-burger-king-india-but-should-be-good" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Devyani Pre-IPO - Might not do another Burger King India but should be good</a>.</p><p>In this note we will compare the company against some of its listed peers.</p>

Devyani International Limited (DIL), Yum Brand’s largest franchisor in India, aims to raise around US$200m via its Indian IPO. The IPO will be a mix of primary and secondary shares. DIL operates a chain of quick service restaurants (QSRs) in India. Its core business is to operate KFC, Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee in India. It operated 655 stores across 155 cities in India, as of Mar 2021. These include 264 KFC stores, 297 Pizza Hut stores and 44 Costa Coffee stores. It also operates stores in Nepal and Nigeria for KFC and Pizza Hut. In addition, it also runs its own brands Vaango, Food Street, Masala Twist, Ile Bar, Amreli, and Ckrussh Juice Bar in India. Yum owns over 4% stake in the company.We covered various aspects of the deal in our previous note, Devyani Pre-IPO - Might not do another Burger King India but should be good.In this note we will compare the company against some of its listed peers.

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PepsiCo, Inc. operates worldwide beverage, snack and food businesses. The Company manufactures or uses contract manufacturers, markets and sells a variety of grain-based snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages and foods in countries throughout the world.

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Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

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PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have been the oldest rivals in the beverage business on whom one can find dozens of marketing case studies of how the two...

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Devyani Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Slots in Neatly

Devyani International Limited (DIL), Yum Brand’s largest franchisor in India, aims to raise around US$200m via its Indian IPO. The IPO will be a...

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