PEP vs KO: some questions about evaluation


I am trying to educate myself a bit about evaluating companies. I have been finding out about the balance sheet, income statement and cashflow statement. To get a bit of a hang of the metrics that come from these, I am now comparing 2 industry giants: Pepsi and Coca-Cola.

The numbers below are from a 2006 – TTM timeframe. For example: between 2006 and today (TTM), PEP revenue grew 146%:

PEP KO
Dividend CAGR 8.34 2.08
Dividend Yield 2.9 3.4
MarketCap 142 143
Revenue 146 79
Revenue CAGR 5.37 3.42
Net Income 41 107
FCF 43 109

I have a few questions about these numbers:

  • PEP seems to be the stronger company, with a revenue that grew a lot more than KO's. However, where PEP net income only grew 41%, KO's grew 107%. What is -generally speaking- the meaning of this? Does it mean that KO is running a much more efficient operation?
  • Marketcap of both companies grew basically the same: up ~140% over the last 17 years. But revenue growth of PEP is a lot bigger than KO's. Would that mean that either KO is overvalued right now, or PEP undervalued (compared to one another)?


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