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Dr Pepper up on Q2 report

Posted Aug 13th 2009 3:00PM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP)

Dr Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS) is having one refreshing day so far. At the time of this writing, shares of the beverage entity were up over 5%, with volume being quite strong. Dr Pepper delivered a decent Q2 report that surprised the experts on Wall Street, so the market was happy to extend a little buying interest.

According to the preview, Dr Pepper was supposed to do $1.5 billion on the top line and 49 cents on the bottom line. Net sales roughly matched the estimate, but net income went way beyond the call. Dr Pepper made 62 cents per share on an adjusted basis.

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Dr Pepper beats the analysts in Q1

Posted May 14th 2009 6:00PM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Hansen Natural (HANS)

Dr Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS) popped open its first-quarter report on Wednesday (I bet you never read that pun before from a financial pundit covering a beverage concern!). On an adjusted basis, sales rose 4%. Management needed to adjust for the termination of a contract with Hansen (NASDAQ: HANS), as well as for currency effects. The company saw a drop in bottom-line income excluding items as earnings came in at $0.37 per share. This was $0.03 less than last year's performance.

However, Dr Pepper can feel happy about the fact that the company beat expectations. The market was only looking for $0.29 per share. How refreshing (yep, another pun)! Volumes did all right during the quarter.

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