CocaCola (KO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company provides sparkling soft drinks, sparkling flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and other beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores. The company sells its products under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, caffeine free Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Fanta Orange, Fanta Zero Orange, Fanta Zero Sugar, Fanta Apple, Sprite, Sprite Zero Sugar, Simply Orange, Simply Apple, Simply Grapefruit, Fresca, Schweppes, Thums Up, Aquarius, Ayataka, BODYARMOR, Ciel, Costa, Dasani, dogadan, FUZE TEA, Georgia, glacéau smartwater, glacéau vitaminwater, Gold Peak, Ice Dew, I LOHAS, Powerade, Topo Chico, AdeS, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Minute Maid, and Minute Maid Pulpy brands. It operates through a network of independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, as well as through bottling and distribution operators. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $68.63 to $69.80
• 50-Day Range: $67.90 to $72.36
• 52-Week Range: $60.62 to $74.38
• Volume: 10.78 million shs
• Average Volume: 15.95 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $299.07 billion
• P/E Ratio: 24.64
• Dividend Yield: 2.94%
• Price Target: $77.21
• Consensus Rating: Buy

CocaCola Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

CocaCola scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 1st out of 300 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

CocaCola has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.06, and is based on 14 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

CocaCola has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.77%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for CocaCola are expected to grow by 7.77% in the coming year, from $2.96 to $3.19 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of CocaCola is 24.64, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.62.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of CocaCola is 24.64, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 18.90.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

CocaCola has a PEG Ratio of 3.59. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

CocaCola has a P/B Ratio of 9.91. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.78% of the float of CocaCola has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

CocaCola has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in CocaCola has recently decreased by 5.27%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

CocaCola pays a meaningful dividend of 2.95%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

CocaCola has been increasing its dividend for 64 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of CocaCola is 72.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, CocaCola will have a dividend payout ratio of 63.95% next year. This indicates that CocaCola will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.36

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.78% of the float of CocaCola has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

CocaCola has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in CocaCola has recently decreased by 5.27%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.26

News Sentiment

CocaCola has a news sentiment score of 1.26. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 70 news articles for CocaCola this week, compared to 64 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

203 people have searched for KO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 88% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

51 people have added CocaCola to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 24% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, CocaCola insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $29,923,985.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.97% of the stock of CocaCola is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.26% of the stock of CocaCola is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

KO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have KO shares performed this year?

CocaCola's stock was trading at $62.26 at the start of the year. Since then, KO stock has increased by 11.6% and is now trading at $69.4920.

How were CocaCola's earnings last quarter?

CocaCola Company (The) (NYSE:KO) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 22nd. The company reported $0.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.04. The company's revenue was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does CocaCola have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of CocaCola: BODYARMOR Sports Nutrition, Fairlife, C.H.I. Limited, Costa Limited, Tropico, Organic & Raw Trading Co, MOJO Beverages, and others.

Who are CocaCola's major shareholders?

CocaCola's top institutional investors include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.55%), Vontobel Holding Ltd. (0.38%), Truist Financial Corp (0.36%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. (0.24%). Insiders that own company stock include Cola Co Coca, James Quincey, Nikolaos Koumettis, Nancy Quan, John Murphy, Beatriz R Perez, Brian John Smith, Manuel Arroyo, Herbert A Allen III, Lisa Chang, Henrique Braun, Mark Randazza, Monica Howard Douglas and Bruno Pietracci.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of CocaCola?

Shares of KO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of CocaCola own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that CocaCola investors own include Chevron (CVX), Salesforce (CRM), Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Comcast (CMCSA), AbbVie (ABBV) and Home Depot (HD).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/1 Dividend: 6/13/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/1 Dividend: 6/13/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/01/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/22/2025
• Today: 8/06/2025
• Record date for 10/1 Dividend: 9/15/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 10/1 Dividend: 9/15/2025
• Dividend Payable: 10/01/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/22/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: BEVERAGES - SOFT
• Sub-Industry: Soft Drinks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:KO
• CIK: 21344
• Web: www.coca-colacompany.com
• Phone: (404) 676-2121
• Fax: 404-676-6792
• Employees: 69,700
• Year Founded: 1892

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for CocaCola: $77.21
• High Price Target: $84.00
• Low Price Target: $70.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.06
• Research Coverage: 17 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.82
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 24.64
• Forward P/E Ratio: 23.48
• P/E Growth: 3.59
• Net Income: $10.63 billion
• Net Margins: 25.89%
• Pretax Margin: 31.96%
• Return on Equity: 44.91%
• Return on Assets: 12.23%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.49
• Current Ratio: 1.21
• Quick Ratio: 0.98

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $47.06 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.35
• Cash Flow: $3.16 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 21.97
• Book Value: $7.01 per share
• Price / Book: 9.91

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 4,303,670,000
• Free Float: 4,261,921,000
• Market Cap: $299.07 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.44