10-02-2013, 08:27 PM
(10-02-2013, 11:11 AM)Horace Cugle Wrote: does anyone have concerns that KO might disappoint?
I certainly wouldn't be surprised if the KO raise was smaller, percentage-wise, than recent years. But I think Q3 earnings will signal how things are going. Just guessing, I'd say we'll see something from KO in the 7 to 8 percent range. I'd be fine with a higher raise, of course, but it would come by raising the payout ratio, and not because earnings are rising fast.