Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Incorporated (DPS)

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2-Year Price History

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Recent Price
(12/3/2008)

$15.06

52-Week Price

$14.26 - $30.00

Market Capitalization

$3.8 Billion

Dividend Yield

0.00%

Most Recent Dividend

$0.00

About Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Incorporated is considered to operate in the Consumer Goods sector. They specifically operate in the Beverages-Soft Drinks business segment contained within the Food & Beverage industry.

The Company is a bottler and distributor of non-alcoholic beverages in the United States, Canada and Mexico with a diverse portfolio of flavored CSDs and non-CSDs, including ready-to-drink teas, juices, juice drinks and mixers.

Ockham's Rating

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DPS Revenue

Unfortunately, we do not have reliable fundamental data available for DPS at this time. Coverage will resume as reliable data becomes available.

DPS Cash Earnings

Price to Cash Earnings analysis is inappropriate for this company due to an insufficient positive cash earnings history. Rather than calculating a potentially misleading Price to Cash Earnings analysis, we have chosen to give DPS a neutral Price to Cash Earnings outlook at this time. However, we should point out that this metric is a significant element in Ockham’s methodology to analyzing the outlook for any company. Therefore, for DPS, our assessment is now more dependent on the Price to Sales analysis, and investors should be cautious with a company with very limited, if any, positive cash earnings.

DPS Dividends

When determining a company's future prospects for success, Ockham Research sees analysis of dividend payments as a key additional factor. Even though it isn't imperative for DPS to shell out a dividend in order to receive a positive rating, it can be helpful to further our analysis. DPS is not paying a dividend at this time, nor do they have a history of paying a dividend for the last 10 years plus. Therefore, we are not utilizing the dividends portion in our study. If DPS initiates paying a dividend, we will begin to factor this into the Ockham approach.

Peer Comparison

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. Industry Grouping

(12/3/2008)

Company	Ticker	Market Cap (Ml)	Latest Price	Price/Cash Earnings				Price/Sales				5-Yr. Rev. Growth Rate	5-Yr. Avg. ROE.
Company	Ticker	Market Cap (Ml)	Latest Price	Current	10-Yr. Range*			Current	10-Yr. Range*			5-Yr. Rev. Growth Rate	5-Yr. Avg. ROE.
Peer Company Averages (not incuding DPS)				7.28	6.66	»	17.98	0.79	0.71	»	7.74	7.76%	19.38%
				*10 year range does not include current year values
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.	DPS	$3.8 Billion	$15.06	6.14	5.42	»	11.41	0.00	0.00	»	0.00	n/a	12.80%
Pepsi Bottling Group Inc	PBG	$3.6 Billion	$17.26	3.09	2.77	»	11.07	0.27	0.30	»	3.54	8.08%	22.78%
Brown-Forman Corp.- Shs -B- Non-Voting	BFB	$3.6 Billion	$44.37	8.07	10.28	»	27.79	1.50	1.53	»	17.98	4.62%	23.60%
Hormel Foods Corp.	HRL	$3.5 Billion	$25.98	7.03	7.24	»	14.32	0.52	0.52	»	4.44	9.63%	15.88%
McCormick & Company, Inc.	MKC	$3.4 Billion	$29.00	9.89	8.14	»	17.96	1.17	0.76	»	8.96	4.68%	24.42%
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.	RAH	$3.1 Billion	$55.31	8.32	4.87	»	18.77	0.50	0.43	»	3.79	11.77%	10.24%

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Key Fundamentals

DPS - Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Incorporated Fundamentals


Price (12/3/2008)	$15.06
Volume (12/3/2008)	2.1 Million
10 Day Average Volume	2.4 Million
13 Week Price Range	$14.26 - $26.82
52 Week Price Range	$14.26 - $30.00
LTM Revenue	$5.7 Billion

Shares Outstanding (12/2007)	253.7 Million
Market Capitalization	$3.8 Billion
Shares Held By Institutions	222.9 Million
Insitutional Holders	376
% Shares Held By Institutions	87.90%
Earnings Per Share (EPS)	$1.79
P/E Ratio	8.40
Book Value Per Share	$13.13

Gross Margin	55.70%
Quarterly Dividend	0.00
Dividend Yield	0.00%
Beta	n/a
Fiscal Year Ends	December

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