Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are two of the largest and most successful beverage compan

Question

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are two of the largest and most successful beverage companies in the world in terms of the products that they sell and their receivables management practices. To evaluate their ability to collect on credit sales, consider the following information reported in their 2010, 2009, and 2008 annual reports (amounts in millions). Required: 1. Calculate the receivables turnover ratios and days to collect for Coca-Cola and PepsiCo for 2010 and 2009. (Use 365 days in a year. Do not round intermediate calculations on Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio. Round your final answers to I decimal place. Use final rounded answers from Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio for Days to Collect ratio calculation.)

Explanation / Answer

Average receivable = (beg+closing)/2

Receivable turnover ratio =net sales/average receivable

2009 2010 cocacola (3141+3813)/2 = 3477 (3813+4478)/2 = 4145.5 pepsico (3784+4714)/2 = 4249 (4714+6467)/2 = 5590.5

Related Questions

Navigate

• Browse (All)
• Browse C
• Subjects

---