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Adam Fleck
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Dr Pepper’s Profitability Improvement Continues to Slow in Third Quarter; Shares Still Overvalued

Narrow-moat Dr Pepper Snapple continued to track our expectations in the third quarter, and we don’t foresee major changes to our $73 fair value estimate. The company again posted 1% volume gains year over year, in line with our full-year expectations, with positive pricing and mix helping revenue climb more than 3% in the quarter and 2.7% year to date. Management raised its full-year earnings guidance slightly, but nearly entirely due to one-time tax benefits rather than improvements in the cor...
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Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group is a brand owner, manufacturer and distributor of non-alcoholic beverages in the U.S., Canada and Mexico with a portfolio of flavored (non-cola) carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) and non-carbonated beverages (NCBs), including ready-to-drink teas, juices, juice drinks, water and mixers. In the CSD market, the company's primary brands are Dr Pepper, Canada Dry, 7UP, Crush, A&W, Sunkist soda, Schweppes and Squirt. In the NCB market segment in the U.S., the company participates primarily in the ready-to-drink tea, juice, juice drinks and mixer categories. The company's segments are: Beverage Concentrates, Packaged Beverages and Latin America Beverages.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Adam Fleck

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