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4. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO)

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) was on Jim Cramer’s Mad Money game plan for the week ahead. Cramer noted that the company has been doing well despite the rest of the consumer packaged goods industry suffering over the past few years.

The consumer packaged goods industry has had a couple of bad years, right, except for Coca-Cola, which has continued to turn higher. This time, the conference call will be led by the new CEO, Henrique Braun, as his predecessor, James Quincey, has stepped up to chairman. Quincey’s got it going. I’m sure that the company’s going to keep delivering.

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) produces and sells beverages, including soft drinks, water, juices, coffee, tea, sports drinks, and plant-based beverages. The company’s major brands include Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Dasani, Dogadan, Maaza, Minute Maid, and Simply. Presenting his game plan on February 6, Cramer mentioned the company and said:

On Tuesday, we’re back in heavy earnings rotation. We’ve got DuPont, Coca-Cola, CVS Health, AstraZeneca, Datadog, and S&P Global report… PepsiCo stock went insane this week. It looks like the old PepsiCo with growth in snacks, except this time the growth occurred because they cut price. Coca-Cola doesn’t have that nagging snack business… you know, that’s been hurt by GLP-1s. But they’ve got a new CEO, and this is James Quincey’s last quarter. He will be missed.