Coke Stock Plummet

The company struggled with bloated costs, management upheaval, and a loss of focus on its core product, soda.

>The stock's $87.94 high-water mark on July 14, 1998, still haunts company headquarters in Atlanta. The five-year decline that brought shares to $37 in March 2003 reflected the turmoil within, as the company struggled with bloated costs, management upheaval, and a loss of focus on its core product, soda pop.

bloomberg article

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oh shit

>>1345096
>>1345094
Such a pathetic reason to lose shareholder value.

That being said I feel like there hasn't been a good corporate mismanagement scandal in a while, but it almost feels like apple might be heading in that direction soon.

>>1345112
It was overvaluation, not mismanagement.

Profit and management issues were minor compared to the unsustainable 50 P/E mentioned in >>1345108. Note that this was when you could get 5-6% interest rates on Treasuries.

When P/E for such a huge company gets that bloated, the next 10-15 years are going to see either a drop (Coke) or stagnate until the earnings catch up (look at a chart for Wal-Mart for instance).

Ahh. I remember reading about this in Warren Buffett's biography 'The Snowball'. Roberto Goizueta, Coca-Cola's CEO, died in 1997 due to lung cancer. Douglas Ivester was named CEO. Within 3 years, he was out. Why? Earnings declined due to a stronger US Dollar from the fallout of the Asian Financial Crisis. Ivester was ambushed by Buffett and Herbert Allen during a trip to Chicago meeting with McDonald's executives.

>>1345322
they got their shit together
now warren buffett is all in on coca cola

>>1345087
>coke
Here I am googling coal prices and coal derivatives, and you mean coca-cola company stock.

Be more vague, why dont you.

>>1345374
Yep. Coca-Cola falling between 1998 and 2003 is the reason why Berkshire Hathaway underperformed during the Dotcom boom and people started criticizing the performance of the stock.

Buffett's son, Howard, is a director for Coca-Cola. He got thrown under the bus at ADM during the price fixing scandal.

>>1345383
>Be more vague, why dont you.

look at the image, why don't you.

Ayone else own pepsi here?

>>1345396
Yes I do. Tbh, PEP is a better stock compared to KO if one has bought it in the last 5 years. Company does not derive a high percentage of their revenue from drinks. They're not as entrenched globally compared to Coca-Cola. Also Indra Nooyi is a great CEO even though there have been periods of harsh criticism in the business press.

>>1345112
Just wait till Tesla and Solar City are exposed as money pits with no intent of ever turning a profit

>>1345494
you misspelled Amazon, fa/m

>>1345383
I wrote the word "coke" without typos three times and had the picture. Given so much of the electricity in the world is coal powered a sudden drop like that would be impossible...

>>1345101
Keks

>>1345498
Amazon has a clear business model. All Elon Musk companies have murky business models that hide cash flow problems. Amazon generates enough revenue to never go under

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>>1345560
lmao go look at any coal stock chart
>pic related (Peabody) yes, that is 1500 as in $1500

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lol the one black guy on my street growing up was an executive of some sort at coca cola

this was around the late 90s. not making this up, why would i.

>>1345723
they don't generate revenue
they break even

>>1345733
thats definitely not what Im seeing here:
https://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=AMZN+Income+Statement&annual

>>1345729
I stand completely corrected. Take that solar

>>1345740
it was brutal. I bought Peabody last year thinking $2.20 was a floor. It reverse split to $36 and I held all the way to zero. lol Thanks Obama

>>1345747
Man that's rough. Did you think it would be a more gradual transition towards renewable? or that regulations would relax? It's situations like these that make me so nervous about futures trading

>>1345094
>>1345096
kek

>>1345760
the thing is, coal use has barely dropped. Renewables havent really taken any market share and are still a meme, barely accounting for a few percent of electricity production. Natural gas has taken some market share.

Almost all energy companies overstretched themselves funding growth with debt during the last boom. so when natural gas prices dropped 80%, the price of coal naturally did too. That and Obama EPA's "war on coal" bankrupted literally every coal company in the U.S. They all could have survived if you look at their books they were never insolvent. The stocks were just shorted to zero until management gave up

>>1345760
The lesson is dont invest against political headwinds I guess.

>>1345087
NEW COKE.

>>1345112
Look at Valaent (VRX) and SUNE

They went crazy with acquisitions, company rotten to the core raising drug prices and have 30B debt

I do think they'll go back though and won't end up like SUNE

>>1345112
>That being said I feel like there hasn't been a good corporate mismanagement scandal in a while


Here you go anon

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lending-club-layoffs-20160628-snap-story.html

>The latest disclosures Tuesday, uncovered by a company investigation, found that in the last few weeks of December 2009, Laplanche and three relatives took out 32 loans for a total of $722,800. All but three of those loans were repaid in full over the next two months, implying they were taken out to artificially goose loan numbers.

It just gets better and better for Lending Club

>>1346152
Lending Club is like Zenefits. They're both horribly managed.