STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS &

ECONOMICS

Project No. 1

INVESTMENT IN A COMPANY

Submitted by : AWAIS AHMAD

Registraton ID : CIIT/FA09-MBA-027/LHR
Submitted to : MR. MUHAMMAD
MOHSIN
Submission Date : OCTOBER 21ST, 2009

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology

& Business Administration
OBJECTIVE:

Investment in a company having more stable position.

SELECTED COMPANIES:

1. UNILEVER FOODS
2. PEPSI COMPANY
3. COCA COLA BEVERAGES
4. GORMET BURGERS
5. NESTLE PAKISTAN

STOCK MARKET CHARTS:

1. UNILEVER FOODS

DATE PRICE/SHARE (Rs.) DATE PRICE/SHARE (Rs.)

SEPTEMBER 02 266.95 SEPTEMBER 24 259.75
SEPTEMBER 03 266.95 SEPTEMBER 25 259.40
SEPTEMBER 04 273.10 SEPTEMBER 29 262.65
SEPTEMBER 07 274.00 SEPTEMBER 30 262.85
SEPTEMBER 08 266.70 OCTOBER 01 265.15
SEPTEMBER 09 265.45 OCTOBER 05 266.85
SEPTEMBER 10 262.05 OCTOBER 06 281.65
SEPTEMBER 11 255.95 OCTOBER 07 279.20
SEPTEMBER 14 260.10 OCTOBER 08 286.80
SEPTEMBER 15 259.30 OCTOBER 09 287.05
SEPTEMBER 16 256.95 OCTOBER 12 289.95
SEPTEMBER 17 260.20 OCTOBER 14 292.95
SEPTEMBER 18 261.15 OCTOBER 15 288.85
SEPTEMBER 22 264.50 OCTOBER 16 286.40
SEPTEMBER 23 258.20 OCTOBER 17 285.15

UNILEVER FOODS STOCK MARKET CHART

300
290
PRICE/SHARE (Rs.)

280
270
260
250
240
230
9/2/2009

9/9/2009

9/16/2009

9/23/2009

9/30/2009

10/7/2009

10/14/2009

DATE
Graph Explanation:
The given chart is showing Share Prices of Unilever Pakistan. The graph
shows that the company is in strong position. But on the other hand it is
showing that there is a huge variation in the share prices as the share price is
starting from Rs. 266.95 and ending on Rs. 285.15

Methodology:
In order to check the stability of the company, we apply some statistical
tools so that we can judge at what level the company is doing its business. The
following are the tools applied by us to check the company’s stability.

MEAN = 270.2067 STANDARD DEVIATION =

11.7292
VARIANCE = 137.5729 CO-EFFICIENT OF RANGE (%)
= 6.7407
CO-EFFICIENT OF VARIATION (%) = 4.3408

2. PEPSI COMPANY

DATE PRICE/SHARE ($) DATE PRICE/SHARE ($)

SEPTEMBER 03 57.70 SEPTEMBER 27 59.49
SEPTEMBER 07 58.33 SEPTEMBER 28 59.31
SEPTEMBER 08 58.34 SEPTEMBER 29 58.86
SEPTEMBER 09 58.05 SEPTEMBER 30 58.99
SEPTEMBER 10 58.92 OCTOBER 01 61.24
SEPTEMBER 13 58.89 OCTOBER 04 61.24
SEPTEMBER 14 58.74 OCTOBER 05 61.27
SEPTEMBER 15 58.47 OCTOBER 06 61.38
SEPTEMBER 16 58.99 OCTOBER 07 61.24
SEPTEMBER 17 60.00 OCTOBER 08 60.70
SEPTEMBER 20 59.66 OCTOBER 11 61.36
SEPTEMBER 21 59.20 OCTOBER 12 61.00
SEPTEMBER 22 59.08 OCTOBER 13 61.68
SEPTEMBER 23 58.82 OCTOBER 14 62.75
SEPTEMBER 24 59.13 OCTOBER 15 62.68
 PEPSI STOCK MARKET CHART

64
63
62
PRICE/SHARE ($) 61
60
59
58
57
56
55
9/3/2009

9/10/2009

10/8/2009
9/17/2009

9/24/2009

10/1/2009

10/15/2009
DATE

Graph Explanation:
The given chart is showing Share Prices of Pepsi Company Pakistan. The
graph shows that the company is in strong position. there is a slight variation in
the share prices as the share price is starting from Rs. 57.70 and ending on Rs.
62.68.

Methodology:
In order to check the stability of the company, we apply some statistical
tools so that we can judge at what level the company is doing its business. The
following are the tools applied by us to check the company’s stability.

MEAN = 59.8503 STANDARD DEVIATION =

1.4038
VARIANCE = 1.9709 CO-EFFICIENT OF RANGE (%) =
4.1926
CO-EFFICIENT OF VARIATION (%) = 2.3457

3. COCA COLA BEVERAGES

DATE PRICE/SHARE ($) DATE PRICE/SHARE ($)

SEPTEMBER 04 20.32 SEPTEMBER 28 21.02
SEPTEMBER 08 20.50 SEPTEMBER 29 21.03
SEPTEMBER 09 20.10 SEPTEMBER 30 21.41
SEPTEMBER 10 20.37 OCTOBER 01 20.56
SEPTEMBER 11 20.45 OCTOBER 02 20.58
SEPTEMBER 14 20.75 OCTOBER 05 20.96
SEPTEMBER 15 20.87 OCTOBER 06 20.95
SEPTEMBER 16 20.76 OCTOBER 07 20.93
SEPTEMBER 17 20.99 OCTOBER 08 20.85
SEPTEMBER 18 21.15 OCTOBER 09 20.94
SEPTEMBER 21 20.97 OCTOBER 12 20.91
SEPTEMBER 22 20.94 OCTOBER 13 20.92
SEPTEMBER 23 21.11 OCTOBER 14 21.05
 SEPTEMBER 24 21.01 OCTOBER 15 21.11
SEPTEMBER 25 20.90 OCTOBER 16 20.94

COCA COLA STOCK MARKET CHART

22
21.5
PRICE/SHARE ($)

21
20.5
20
19.5
19
9/4/2009

9/25/2009
9/11/2009

9/18/2009

10/2/2009

10/9/2009

10/16/2009
DATE

Graph Explanation:
The given chart is showing Share Prices of Coca Cola Beverages Pakistan.
The graph shows that the company is in strong position. However there is a
normal variation in the share prices as the share price is starting from Rs. 20.32
and ending on Rs. 20.94.

Methodology:
In order to check the stability of the company, we apply some statistical
tools so that we can judge at what level the company is doing its business. The
following are the tools applied by us to check the company’s stability.

MEAN = 20.8450 STANDARD DEVIATION =

0.2813
VARIANCE = 0.0791 CO-EFFICIENT OF RANGE (%) =
3.1559
CO-EFFICIENT OF VARIATION (%) = 1.3494

4. GOURMET BURGERS

DATE PRICE/SHARE (Rs.) DATE PRICE/SHARE (Rs.)

SEPTEMBER 04 18.50 SEPTEMBER 28 21.06
SEPTEMBER 08 18.85 SEPTEMBER 29 21.00
SEPTEMBER 09 19.12 SEPTEMBER 30 20.42
SEPTEMBER 10 20.04 OCTOBER 01 19.41
SEPTEMBER 11 20.11 OCTOBER 02 19.11
SEPTEMBER 14 19.92 OCTOBER 05 19.39
SEPTEMBER 15 20.43 OCTOBER 06 19.66
SEPTEMBER 16 21.10 OCTOBER 07 19.54
SEPTEMBER 17 22.08 OCTOBER 08 20.20
SEPTEMBER 18 22.47 OCTOBER 09 21.14
 SEPTEMBER 21 22.17 OCTOBER 12 19.80
SEPTEMBER 22 21.82 OCTOBER 13 19.42
SEPTEMBER 23 21.06 OCTOBER 14 19.20
SEPTEMBER 24 20.71 OCTOBER 15 19.06
SEPTEMBER 25 20.85 OCTOBER 16 19.30

GOURMET STOCK MARKET CHART

25
PRICE/SHARE (Rs.)

20

15

10

0
9/11/2009

10/9/2009
9/18/2009

9/25/2009

10/2/2009

10/16/2009
9/4/2009

DATE

Graph Explanation:
The given chart is showing Share Prices of Gourmet Burgers Pakistan. The
graph shows that the company is in neither in strong nor in weak position. There
is a slight variation in the share prices as the share price is starting from Rs.
18.50 and ending on Rs. 19.30.

Methodology:
In order to check the stability of the company, we apply some statistical
tools so that we can judge at what level the company is doing its business. The
following are the tools applied by us to check the company’s stability.

MEAN = 20.2313 STANDARD DEVIATION =

1.0639
VARIANCE = 1.1319 CO-EFFICIENT OF RANGE (%)
= 0.0969
CO-EFFICIENT OF VARIATION (%) = 5.2587

5. NESTLE PAKISTAN

DATE PRICE/SHARE (Rs.) DATE PRICE/SHARE (Rs.)

SEPTEMBER 04 43.32 SEPTEMBER 29 44.08
SEPTEMBER 07 43.52 SEPTEMBER 30 44.16
SEPTEMBER 08 43.68 OCTOBER 01 43.96
SEPTEMBER 10 43.32 OCTOBER 02 43.24
SEPTEMBER 11 43.74 OCTOBER 05 43.30
SEPTEMBER 14 43.72 OCTOBER 06 43.72
SEPTEMBER 15 43.46 OCTOBER 07 43.46
 SEPTEMBER 16 43.64 OCTOBER 08 43.36
SEPTEMBER 17 43.96 OCTOBER 09 43.10
SEPTEMBER 18 44.36 OCTOBER 12 43.86
SEPTEMBER 21 44.34 OCTOBER 13 43.76
SEPTEMBER 22 44.06 OCTOBER 14 43.60
SEPTEMBER 23 44.12 OCTOBER 15 43.58
SEPTEMBER 25 43.98 OCTOBER 16 43.40
SEPTEMBER 28 43.88 OCTOBER 17 43.40

NESTLE STOCK MARKET CHART

44.6
44.4
44.2
PRICE/SHARE ($)

44
43.8
43.6
43.4
43.2
43
42.8
42.6
42.4
9/4/2009

9/25/2009

10/9/2009
9/11/2009

9/18/2009

10/2/2009

10/16/2009
DATE

Graph Explanation:
The given chart is showing Share Prices of Nestle Pakistan. The graph
shows that the company is in weak position. However there is a slight variation
in the share prices as the share price is starting from Rs. 43.32 and ending on
Rs. 43.40.

Methodology:
In order to check the stability of the company, we apply some statistical
tools so that we can judge at what level the company is doing its business. The
following are the tools applied by us to check the company’s stability.

MEAN = 43.7027 STANDARD DEVIATION =

0.3361
VARIANCE = 0.1130 CO-EFFICIENT OF RANGE (%)
= 1.4407
CO-EFFICIENT OF VARIATION (%) = 0.7691

CONCLUSION:

By careful observance and study of the above graphs, we can say that
COCA COLA BEVERAGES PAKISTAN has a more stable and strong financial
position, because it has slight Variance and its Standard Deviation is also
showing less value than all other four companies. So having less variation in the
prices of shares, Coca Cola Beverages will be suitable for investment.
INTRODUCTION OF COCA COLA BEVERAGES COMPANY PAKISTAN:

Coca Cola is the largest beverage company with the most extensive
distribution system in the world. It is a nonalcoholic beverage company with an
ever-expanding portfolio of choices to meet consumer needs.
The Coca-Cola Company has been operating in Pakistan since 1953 and is
very much a local company in the country. It has always been a major supporter
of sports, music, culture and education and is remembered for its sponsorship of
the Pakistan cricket team in the 1996 World Cup, support to music icons like
Junoon and Abrar-ul-Haq, annual sponsorship of the Basant in Lahore and of
heritage building in Lahore and Karachi.

REFERENCES:

UNILEVER CHART http://www.hemscott.com/companies/company-chart.do?companyId=646

PEPSI CHART http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Pepsico_(PEP)/WikiChart
COCA COLA CHART www.wikinvest.com/stock/Coca-Cola_Enterprises.../WikiChart
GOURMET CHART http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=rrgb
NESTLE CHART http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Nestle_(NSRGY)/WikiChart
COCA COLA INTRO http://www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=210982&currPageNo=3&query
=&search=&term=&supDate and
http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/investors/annualandotherreports/2005/
introduction.html