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pamdathebear t1_iwwxtj8 wrote

Buffett has 2 Ts

Berkshire earned those dividends not Warren himself

Dividends aren't free. It's deducted from the stock price.

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autoencoder t1_iwwz9e9 wrote

Dividends are when a company pays out profits when it has nothing better to invest them in.

Coca Cola has no growth potential, all they do now is cannibalize what's left of the branded plastic sugar water industry.

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Bright-Ad-4737 t1_iwx1be3 wrote

WTF are you talking about "no growth potential?"

Its revenue has grown 25% over the past 4 years and market cap has grown 25% over the past 5.

Did you even open the financials before you made that statement?

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autoencoder t1_iwx2xbp wrote

I mean long-term; over decades. It's my impression that Coke is everywhere, and nowhere left to expand. The market is saturated.

If people realized the harm sugary drinks do to them, they wouldn't buy any. But if they do, there are plenty with almost the same taste as Coke, but at least 2x cheaper.

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reckonthedead t1_iwx3xst wrote

Coca cola doesn't only sell sugar drinks. Do you even invest?

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autoencoder t1_iwx5gnf wrote

Well, that is a fair point.

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hotmodel1234 t1_ix0nb0r wrote

To be fair, you're not wrong, as the core Coke product is saturated! It's why Coke bought VitaminWater from 50 Cent and his investors, to energy drinks like Monster as they have a huge chunk of that. Just last year, they spent $5.6B, for Body Armor, which is damn good imo.

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