Coca-Cola reports 2nd-quarter earnings per share of $0.64

Coca-Cola reports 2nd-quarter earnings per share of 0.64 excluding items versus 0.63 estimate

Coca-Cola reported quarterly earnings that beat analysts’ expectations on Tuesday.

The company announced second-quarter earnings excluding items of 64 cents per share, up from 63 cents a share in the second quarter of 2013.

Revenue slipped to $12.57 billion from $12.75 billion a year ago.

Analysts had expected Coca-Cola to post earnings of 63 cents per share on $12.83 billion, according to a consensus estimate from Thompson Reuters.

[bbcnews]