Dividend Report Card: Coca-Cola
Published Thu, 24 Mar 2011 on The Motley Fool

The Dividend Report Card wasn't designed as a buy or sell signal but rather as a tool to gauge the health of a company's dividend. For a full explanation of each category, click here for a tutorial. Today's pupil is Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), which posts a 3% yield. In his most recent shareholder letter, Warren Buffett said he expected Berkshire Hathaway's dividend income from its investment in Coca-Cola would double within 10 years -- implying a roughly 7.2% annualized dividend growth rate. Let's see if that's a reasonable expectation.... Read more