CocaCola (KO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Coca‑Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a global beverage manufacturer, marketer and distributor best known for its flagship Coca‑Cola soda. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company develops and sells concentrates, syrups and finished beverages across a broad portfolio of brands. Its product range spans sparkling soft drinks, bottled water, sports drinks, juices, ready‑to‑drink teas and coffees, and other still beverages, marketed under both global and regional brand names.

Coca‑Cola’s brand portfolio includes widely recognized names such as Coca‑Cola, Diet Coke, Coca‑Cola Zero Sugar, Sprite, Fanta, Minute Maid, Powerade and Dasani, and in recent years the company has expanded into the coffee and premium beverage categories through acquisitions such as Costa Coffee. The business model centers on producing beverage concentrates and syrups which are sold to a network of bottling partners and distributors who manufacture, package and deliver finished beverages to retailers and foodservice customers globally.

Founded in 1886 and incorporated in the 1890s, The Coca‑Cola Company has grown into one of the world’s largest nonalcoholic beverage companies, with a presence in more than 200 countries and territories. The Coca‑Cola system — the company together with its bottling partners — focuses on brand marketing, innovation in new product development and global distribution. The company is led by James Quincey, who serves in the senior leadership team, and continues to emphasize global brand management and expansion across beverage categories and geographies.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $81.26 to $82.66
• 50-Day Range: $74.63 to $81.90
• 52-Week Range: $65.35 to $82.66
• Volume: 16.59 million shs
• Average Volume: 14.45 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $352.36 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.75
• Dividend Yield: 2.59%
• Price Target: $86.53
• Consensus Rating: Buy

CocaCola Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

CocaCola scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 14th out of 150 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: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

CocaCola has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 15 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for CocaCola is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

CocaCola has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.06%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for CocaCola are expected to grow by 7.06% in the coming year, from $3.26 to $3.49 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of CocaCola is 25.75, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.39.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of CocaCola is 25.75, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 25.56.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

CocaCola has a PEG Ratio of 3.24. 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 9.86. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.05% 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 3.03, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in CocaCola has recently increased by 8.45%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

CocaCola pays a meaningful dividend of 2.61%, 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 66.67%. 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 60.74% next year. This indicates that CocaCola will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.14

News Sentiment

CocaCola has a news sentiment score of 1.14. 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 0.46 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 65 news articles for CocaCola this week, compared to 14 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

163 people have searched for KO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 22% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

86 people have added CocaCola to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 473% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 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 $62,547,977.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.90% 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.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 4/1 Dividend: 3/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 4/1 Dividend: 3/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 4/01/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/28/2026
• Today: 5/19/2026
• 23rd annual dbAccess Global Consumer Conference: 6/04/2026
• Record date for 7/1 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/1 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

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: 65,900
• Year Founded: 1886

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for CocaCola: $86.53
• High Price Target: $92.00
• Low Price Target: $80.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +5.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.18
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.75
• Forward P/E Ratio: 25.12
• P/E Growth: 3.24
• Net Income: $13.11 billion
• Net Margins: 27.80%
• Pretax Margin: 33.58%
• Return on Equity: 40.55%
• Return on Assets: 12.90%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.09
• Current Ratio: 1.36
• Quick Ratio: 1.15

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $47.94 billion
• Price / Sales: 7.35
• Cash Flow: $3.29 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.92
• Book Value: $8.31 per share
• Price / Book: 9.86

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 4,302,480,000
• Free Float: 4,263,760,000
• Market Cap: $352.36 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.35