Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. is the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company manufactures, packages, distributes and sells a broad portfolio of nonalcoholic beverages, including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Sprite, Fanta, DASANI, smartwater, POWERADE and Topo Chico, along with other brands owned or licensed by The Coca-Cola Company and additional beverage partners.

The company serves customers across a territory covering portions of the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, as well as the District of Columbia. Its customers include grocery stores, convenience stores, restaurants, vending operators, wholesalers and other retail outlets.

Coca-Cola Consolidated traces its history to 1902, when it was established as the Charlotte Coca-Cola Bottling Company. The business has expanded through investments in production and distribution capabilities and through the addition of bottling territories. J. Frank Harrison III serves as the company's chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $191.86 to $199.07
• 50-Day Range: $180.76 to $200.67
• 52-Week Range: $123.38 to $219.65
• Volume: 593,885 shs
• Average Volume: 563,406 shs
• Market Capitalization: $13.06 billion
• P/E Ratio: 26.03
• Dividend Yield: 0.51%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Coca-Cola Consolidated Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Coca-Cola Consolidated scored higher than 36% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 137th out of 168 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: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Coca-Cola Consolidated has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Coca-Cola Consolidated has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Coca-Cola Consolidated is 26.03, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.03.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Coca-Cola Consolidated is 26.03, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 13.88.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.15% of the float of Coca-Cola Consolidated has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Coca-Cola Consolidated has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.59.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Coca-Cola Consolidated has recently decreased by 0.98%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Coca-Cola Consolidated has a dividend yield of 0.53%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Coca-Cola Consolidated has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Coca-Cola Consolidated is 13.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.69

News Sentiment

Coca-Cola Consolidated has a news sentiment score of 0.69. 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 0.58 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Coca-Cola Consolidated this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

11 people have searched for COKE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 10% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Coca-Cola Consolidated to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Coca-Cola Consolidated insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.01% of the stock of Coca-Cola Consolidated is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

48.24% of the stock of Coca-Cola Consolidated is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/7 Dividend: 7/24/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/7 Dividend: 7/24/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/07/2026
• Today: 10/10/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Beverages
• Sub-Industry: Soft Drinks & Non-alcoholic Beverages
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:COKE
• CIK: 317540
• Web: www.cokeconsolidated.com
• Phone: (980) 392-8298
• Fax: 704-551-4646
• Employees: 17,000
• Year Founded: 1902

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.54
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.03
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $570.58 million
• Net Margins: 7.15%
• Pretax Margin: 9.71%
• Return on Equity: -1,041.59%
• Return on Assets: 13.71%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.21
• Quick Ratio: 0.92

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $7.69 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.70
• Cash Flow: $13.68 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.34
• Book Value: ($11.11) per share
• Price / Book: -17.66

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 66,564,000
• Free Float: 66,557,000
• Market Cap: $13.06 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.55