Coca-Cola beats quarterly revenue estimates on steady soda demand
Coca-Cola beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue on Tuesday, as the beverages giant benefited from resilient demand for its sodas.
The company's comparable revenue rose 2.5 per cent to US$12.62 billion, compared with analysts' expectations of a 1.86 per cent growth to $12.54 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.
(Reporting by Juveria Tabassum in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
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