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Dividend Face-Off: PepsiCo vs. Dr Pepper Snapple

By Asit Sharma - Apr 18, 2016 at 10:02PM

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NYSE: DPS

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

Two well-known brand portfolios go head-to-head in a dividend investment challenge. Which one should you invest in?

Both PepsiCo (PEP 1.64%) and Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) attract their share of dividend devotees. Both offer the stability inherent in large capitalization consumer goods corporations, along with robust dividend yields. But which one is ultimately the better dividend investment? To find out, simply click through the following presentation:

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