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Ok, I know a lot of you guys own KO. This is the distributor in western Europe. Any insights into this stock?

Currently yielding 2.19%... BUT... here are the DGRs.

3 Year Growth Rate +88.2%
5 Year Growth Rate +23.4%
10 Year Growth Rate +17.5%

(06-03-2014, 04:51 PM)Ok Red Wrote: [ -> ]Ok, I know a lot of you guys own KO. This is the distributor in western Europe. Any insights into this stock?

Currently yielding 2.19%... BUT... here are the DGRs.

3 Year Growth Rate +88.2%
5 Year Growth Rate +23.4%
10 Year Growth Rate +17.5%

I remember reading somewhere that the bottlers are very capital-intensive, compared to KO. Because of this, they also carry a lot of debt. I like strong FCF, so that comment stuck out to me and has always lingered in the back of my mind whenever I take a look at CCE.